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Morning Cup of Murder

The Broadwater Farm Riots - June 28 2024

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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June 28th: PC Keith Blakelock Born (1945) Sometimes people resort to violence to make their voices heard. On June 28th 1945 a man was born who, later in life, would be thrust into the center of a riot created by a marginalized group of individuals tired of watching others like them lose their lives to the police.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Keith_Blakelock, https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-34433752, https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/unsolved-murder-series-1985-mob-12674010, https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/family-murdered-pc-keith-blakelock-11772072, https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/04/keith-blakelock-murder-accused-broadwater-farm-court, https://www.murdermap.co.uk/unsolved-murders/tottenham-riots-the-unsolved-murder-of-keith-blakelock/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:32.7

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:36.1

We have a weird homicide.

0:38.6

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:42.3

A cop of murder...

0:44.3

Sometimes people resort to violence to make their voices heard.

0:49.1

On June 28, 1945, a man was born who, later in life, would be thrust into the center of a riot,

0:57.5

created by a marginalized group of individuals tired of watching others like them lose their

1:02.9

lives to the police. So, if you like your coffee hot, but your bones chilled, sit back and

1:09.5

start your day with a morning cup of murder.

1:12.9

To understand today's story, you need some background on a few specific things. The Broadwater

1:18.5

Farm in Haringay, North London, the social unrest in England in the 1980s, a man named Keith

1:25.9

Blakelock, and a death that triggered a dangerous domino effect.

1:31.0

Let's start with Broadwater Farm.

1:33.7

Built between 1967 and 1973, in the borough of Herringay, Broadwater consists of 1,063

1:41.5

apartments in 12 blocks raised on stilts and connected by first floor outdoor hallways.

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