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9 Liverpool L. Rev. 3 (1987)

handle is hein.journals/lvplr9 and id is 1 raw text is: Press Coverage of Urban Disorder in 1985 THE POLITICS OF LEGAL SIGNIFICATION: PRESS COVERAGE OF URBAN DISORDER IN 1985* Lindsay Farmer** I. Introduction On Saturday 28 September 1985 a black woman, Mrs. Cherry Groce, was shot and seriously injured during the course of a police raid on her home in Brixton. During the day the anger of her family and the community grew at both the injury to Mrs. Groce and the police attitude to the raid and its consequences. Later a crowd gathered outside the police station and the rumour spread that Mrs. Groce had been killed. This developed into a series of outbreaks of violence as stones and petrol bombs were thrown at the police station and the police charged out in riot gear. The crowds were finally dispersed by a heavy police attack at around midnight. The following Saturday on the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, another black woman, Mrs. Cynthia Jarrett, suffered a fatal heart attack during a police raid. The raid was carried out following the detention of her son, despite the fact that he no longer lived in the family home. Her family alleged assault and insensitivity on the part of the police officers involved. Anger grew locally and on the Sunday a public meeting was held to protest at the police conduct and to demand an independent inquiry into Mrs. Jarrett's death. Later there was a confrontation between youths and the police and the police sealed the area. In the course of the disorder which followed a policeman was stabbed to death and guns were fired by the rioters. The disorder * My thanks are especially due to Ruty Ambalo for sharing the original hard work and many ideas. I would like to thank Peter Goodrich for encouraging me to write and commenting on an earlier draft. Research Assistant, Strathclyde University. 3

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