SCOUT· 63%56m·2026-08-03·InterviewsMark Duggan: the shooting that sparked nationwide riots
When a specialist firearms officer fired the shot that killed Mark Duggan in August 2011, no one could have predicted what would follow. Within days, a community protest in Tottenham had erupted into disorder across London - and then into the worst rioting Britain had seen in a generation. Was Duggan lawfully killed,…
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