List of riots in London

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The following is a list of riots and protests involving violent disorder that have occurred in London:

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Cartoon of the Old Price Riots, 1809, following a rise in the price of theatre tickets
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The Justiciar...took proceedings against them in the King's behalf, saying that they, against the peace and their fealty to his lordship the King, had gone armed in the City, and had at night wickedly and feloniously wounded some persons, and had slain others, whose bodies, it was said, had been thrown into the Thames.

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Red commemorative plaque in Dock Street
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Police push back rioters during the 2011 London riots

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Notes

  1. ↑ The march was against the headquarters of the British National Party, located in the area. [13] Thousands of people attended the demonstration, for which 2,600 police officers were deployed. [14] A hardcore element associated with the SWP and Militant [15] refused to accept police instruction to divert the march away from the BNP's headquarters itself, once it had gone past it. In a resulting riot, 21 police officers and 41 demonstrators were injured. [14] In 1995, Welling Council shut down the BNP headquarters. [16]
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