Tottenham Mandem proximate cause of the 2011 England riots. Tottenham Mandem The Tottenham Mandem (also Tottenham Man Dem or TMD) are an organized street gang based in Tottenham, north London, that began on the Broadwater Farm estate prior to the Broadwater Farm riot in 1985. One of the early members and later leader Mark Lambie was a suspect in the murder of PC Keith Blakelock during that riot. Lambie had been top of Operation Trident's wanted list due to the close links he had built with gangs in Wembley, Harlesden and south London. He was jailed in 2002. In January 2014, it
The Riots 2012. The Riots The Riots is a play created by Gillian Slovo from spoken evidence, which explains and evaluates the events that took place during the 2011 England riots. The play is written in the style of verbatim theatre using interviews from politicians, police, rioters and victims involved in the riots. "The Riots" first opened at the Tricycle Theatre in Kilburn on 22 November 2011, after previewing from 17 November 2011. On 6 August 2011 rioting broke out in Tottenham, London in reaction to the death of Mark Duggan, who was shot dead by a police officer on 4 August.