Keith Henry Blakelock, a London Metropolitan Police constable, was murdered on 6 October 1985 during rioting at the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, north London. The riot broke out after Cynthia Jarrett died of heart failure during a police search of her home, and took place against a backdrop of unrest in several English cities and a breakdown of relations between the police and some black people.
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Date of birth | 28 June 1945
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Place of birth | Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
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Date of death | 6 October 1985
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