Officer cleared in shooting that caused riots in England

January 09, 2014 03:27

The man whose death at the hands of a police officer in 2011 sparked riots that shocked Britain was killed lawfully, a jury found on Wednesday, issuing a decision that was sharply criticized by the dead man's family.

Mark Duggan, who was 29, was shot dead by the officer in August 2011 in the Tottenham neighborhood of north London. After his death, protesters in north London confronted police and violence erupted, spreading first to other parts of London and then to other urban areas across England. The police struggled to contain a level of unrest for which they proved ill-prepared.

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