In October 2005, rumours about a rape in a shop filled the pirate radio airwaves. The allegation was that South Asian shopkeepers had assaulted a schoolgirl of Jamaican heritage. The story struck a nerve and soon people were protesting outside the shop - a hair and beauty supply shop named Beauty Queen.

Over the subsequent days, the protests would morph into something else entirely, a riot which brought hundreds to the streets and left two people dead.

        01 17.04.20231. A Protest Ignites



    0218.04.20232. Refuge in the Church

        0319.04.20233. A Riot Rages


    0420.04.20234. The Layers of Resentment

       05 21.04.20235. Healing the Wounds



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