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<ref name="DailyMail-2023556-martyr">{{cite web|author=Paul Bracchi |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2023556/Tottenham-riot-PAUL-BRACCHI--Violence-drugs-fatal-stabbing-unlikely-martyr.html |title=Tottenham riot: Violence, drugs, a fatal stabbing and a most unlikely martyr – Mark Duggan|work=Daily Mail |location=UK |date=8 August 2011 |accessdate=8 August 2011}}</ref> The police claim that he was armed and shot at the police before being shot back at by the policemen.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23975846-man-shot-dead-by-police-in-tottenham.do|title=Father dies and policeman hurt in 'terrifying' shoot-out|last=Moore-Bridger|first=Benedict|coauthors=Parsons, Rob & Davenport, Justin|date=5 August 2011|work=London Evening Standard|accessdate=9 August 2011}}</ref> Friends and relatives of Duggan claimed that he was unarmed.<ref name="DailyMail-2023556-martyr">{{cite web|author=Paul Bracchi |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2023556/Tottenham-riot-PAUL-BRACCHI--Violence-drugs-fatal-stabbing-unlikely-martyr.html |title=Tottenham riot: Violence, drugs, a fatal stabbing and a most unlikely martyr – Mark Duggan|work=Daily Mail |location=UK |date=8 August 2011 |accessdate=8 August 2011}}</ref> The media reported that a bullet was found embedded in a police radio, implying Duggan fired on the police.<ref name=Laville07 /> An article in ''[[The Guardian]]'' reported that preliminary [[ballistics]] tests on the bullet recovered from the police radio suggested that the bullet was consistent with bullets used by the police themselves.<ref name=Laville07 >{{cite news |title=Doubts emerge over Duggan shooting as London burns |author=Sandra Laville |author2=Paul Lewis |author3=Vikram Dodd |author4=Vikram Dodd |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/07/police-attack-london-burns |newspaper=The Guardian |date=7 August 2011 |accessdate=7 August 2011}}</ref> |
<ref name="DailyMail-2023556-martyr">{{cite web|author=Paul Bracchi |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2023556/Tottenham-riot-PAUL-BRACCHI--Violence-drugs-fatal-stabbing-unlikely-martyr.html |title=Tottenham riot: Violence, drugs, a fatal stabbing and a most unlikely martyr – Mark Duggan|work=Daily Mail |location=UK |date=8 August 2011 |accessdate=8 August 2011}}</ref> The police claim that he was armed and shot at the police before being shot back at by the policemen.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23975846-man-shot-dead-by-police-in-tottenham.do|title=Father dies and policeman hurt in 'terrifying' shoot-out|last=Moore-Bridger|first=Benedict|coauthors=Parsons, Rob & Davenport, Justin|date=5 August 2011|work=London Evening Standard|accessdate=9 August 2011}}</ref> Friends and relatives of Duggan claimed that he was unarmed.<ref name="DailyMail-2023556-martyr">{{cite web|author=Paul Bracchi |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2023556/Tottenham-riot-PAUL-BRACCHI--Violence-drugs-fatal-stabbing-unlikely-martyr.html |title=Tottenham riot: Violence, drugs, a fatal stabbing and a most unlikely martyr – Mark Duggan|work=Daily Mail |location=UK |date=8 August 2011 |accessdate=8 August 2011}}</ref> The media reported that a bullet was found embedded in a police radio, implying Duggan fired on the police.<ref name=Laville07 /> An article in ''[[The Guardian]]'' reported that preliminary [[ballistics]] tests on the bullet recovered from the police radio suggested that the bullet was consistent with bullets used by the police themselves.<ref name=Laville07 >{{cite news |title=Doubts emerge over Duggan shooting as London burns |author=Sandra Laville |author2=Paul Lewis |author3=Vikram Dodd |author4=Vikram Dodd |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/07/police-attack-london-burns |newspaper=The Guardian |date=7 August 2011 |accessdate=7 August 2011}}</ref> |
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The police officers who killed him were part of [[Operation Trident (Metropolitan Police)|Operation Trident]], a London Metropolitan police unit which deals with black gun crime.<ref name="guardian" /> |
The police officers who killed him were part of [[Operation Trident (Metropolitan Police)|Operation Trident]], a London Metropolitan police unit which deals with black gun crime.<ref name="guardian" /> Duggan was [[Black British|of African ethnicity]] and may have been a victim of [[racial profiling]]. |
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Duggan attended St David's and St Katherine's, now [[Greig City Academy]], in [[Hornsey]]. He is survived by his fiancée Semone Wilson with whom he has three children,<ref name="guardian">{{cite web |url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/08/mark-duggan-profile-tottenham-shooting|title=Mark Duggan: profile of Tottenham police shooting victim |author=Patrick Barkham and Jon Henley |date=August 8, 2011 |publisher=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=8 August 2011}}</ref> and a fourth child from another relationship.<ref name="DailyMail-2023556-martyr"/> |
Duggan attended St David's and St Katherine's, now [[Greig City Academy]], in [[Hornsey]]. He is survived by his fiancée Semone Wilson with whom he has three children,<ref name="guardian">{{cite web |url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/08/mark-duggan-profile-tottenham-shooting|title=Mark Duggan: profile of Tottenham police shooting victim |author=Patrick Barkham and Jon Henley |date=August 8, 2011 |publisher=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=8 August 2011}}</ref> and a fourth child from another relationship.<ref name="DailyMail-2023556-martyr"/> |
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Mark Duggan (15 September 1981 – 5 August 2011) was a taxi driver and alleged drug dealer shot dead by police in August 2011. His shooting was mentioned as a trigger factor in the 2011 London riots. [1] The police claim that he was armed and shot at the police before being shot back at by the policemen.[2] Friends and relatives of Duggan claimed that he was unarmed.[1] The media reported that a bullet was found embedded in a police radio, implying Duggan fired on the police.[3] An article in The Guardian reported that preliminary ballistics tests on the bullet recovered from the police radio suggested that the bullet was consistent with bullets used by the police themselves.[3]
The police officers who killed him were part of Operation Trident, a London Metropolitan police unit which deals with black gun crime.[4] Duggan was of African ethnicity and may have been a victim of racial profiling.
Duggan attended St David's and St Katherine's, now Greig City Academy, in Hornsey. He is survived by his fiancée Semone Wilson with whom he has three children,[4] and a fourth child from another relationship.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Paul Bracchi (8 August 2011). "Tottenham riot: Violence, drugs, a fatal stabbing and a most unlikely martyr – Mark Duggan". Daily Mail. UK. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ Moore-Bridger, Benedict (5 August 2011). "Father dies and policeman hurt in 'terrifying' shoot-out". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Sandra Laville; Paul Lewis; Vikram Dodd; Vikram Dodd (7 August 2011). "Doubts emerge over Duggan shooting as London burns". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ a b Patrick Barkham and Jon Henley (August 8, 2011). "Mark Duggan: profile of Tottenham police shooting victim". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 August 2011.