Death of Keith Blakelock Violence and looting spread throughout England for several days, leading to five deaths, extensive property damage and over 3,000 arrests. Death of Keith Blakelock Keith Henry Blakelock was a London Metropolitan Police constable who was murdered on 6 October 1985 during rioting at the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, north London. The trouble broke out after a local black woman died of heart failure during a police search of her home, and took place against a backdrop of unrest in several English cities and a breakdown of relations between the police and black communities. PC Blakelock had been assigned
Pembury Estate Pembury Estate The Pembury Estate is a housing estate in the London Borough of Hackney in East London next to the Hackney Downs. The Pembury Estate consists of two sections of the housing estate: Old Pembury and New Pembury. Old Pembury consists 24 walk-up blocks. New Pembury consists of multiple 1960s styled bungalows. The Pembury Estate has approximately 1,500 to 2,000 residents. The Pembury Estate has had a reputation for gang crime and violence. The area saw violent protests during the 2011 England Riots. In 2016 there were reports that a regeneration scheme was planned for the Pembury Estate. However,