Editor's comment: Reading the Riot Act
Last month saw the 30th anniversary of the Toxteth Riots, violent disturbances that erupted on 3 July 1981 following the arrest of a young man, Leroy Alphonse Cooper in Liverpool.
By 16 July 1981 Post was reporting insurers faced claims of "at least £700 000" arising from the riots - where tear gas was used for the first time in Great Britain. The disparity in scale of losses
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