Tony Moore

Broschiertes Buch

The Killing of Constable Keith Blakelock

The Broadwater Farm Riot

Beschreibung

A closely observed account by someone working at senior level in the Met at the time. Deals with the biggest breakdown in community relations and law and order in modern English social and policing history. Looks at the entire sequence of events from their first rumblings to their aftermath and legacy. October 2015 marks the 30th anniversary of the murder of PC Keith Blakelock during rioting on the Broadwater Farm Estate, Tottenham, against a backdrop of unrest in major UK cities and nadir in relations between police and black communities. After becoming detached from Serial 502 Keith Blakelock was kicked and hacked to death by a mob using clubs, iron bars, knives and a machete or similar weapon. His killers have never been brought to justice. This minutely researched book from former Metropolitan Police commander Tony Moore is based on new materials, private communications and matchless sources. It looks at both sides of the story of a breakdown in law and order at this ¿symbolic location¿, its history, background, influences, causes and who was most to blame. Tony Moore¿s book examines the stark policing choices and dilemmas as well as the 350 arrests of mainly black people, the wall of silence, fear, trials, appeals and campaign for the release of Winston Silcott, Engin Raghip and Mark Braithwaite (The Tottenham Three) and later jury acquittal of Nicky Jacobs. It looks at the calamitous legacy, questionable strategies and the acquittal of two members of the Met¿s CID charged with perverting the course of justice. From petrol bombs, burning barricades and unfathomable violence to the backdrop of immigration, recriminations and lessons of hindsight, this is a powerful book that should be read by anyone concerned with police community relations. Reviews: 'This is a remarkable book, not easy-reading yet easy to read, it is not for the faint-hearted and anyone who has policed in such dire circumstances may well be moved to tears. He writes not just about a police murder but about the root causes and he is not afraid to apportion blame to ensure lessons may be learned for the future. It should be compulsory reading not only for public order trainers and commanders but all senior officers. It is highly recommended': Police History Society newsletter. 'A well-researched and intelligent assessment... will remain as excellent source material for the applied criminologist for years to come... will help both professionals and the general public understand how far we still have to travel to achieve a social contract consensus between the state and its local diverse communities as the UK's population continues to expand': Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers. Tony Moore was a Divisional Commander in the Metropolitan Police. He is the author of the acclaimed Policing Notting Hill: Fifty Years of Turbulence (Waterside Press, 2013). He was involved in many high profile policing events. Professor Clive Emsley is a leading expert on police and policing, in the UK and internationally.

Autor

Born in Northampton England, Tony's mother Rosina passed away when Tony was 4-years old, he spent his early childhood in Lowestoft Suffolk with an aunt who became his guardian angel. After a childhood of being moved from place to place in foster homes orphanages and children's homes, Tony then then lost both adopted parents before he was 12-years old. He was forced into boarding school in Cheltenham, with hilarious results and on leaving school he moved back to Ealing in West London to begin a 5-year engineering apprenticeship achieving an engineering degree. As a lowly paid apprentice, earning very little and certainly not enough to support himself, he learned to sing and played in several bands to make ends meet before moving to Toulouse in France. He met many, now famous, people along the way, including royalty and their stories are meshed with Tony's in his first book "One Of A Kind Making Things Happen." He became an entrepreneur and owned several successful businesses in UK and USA and was the US Correspondent to a UK radio station, with his many interviews now available on his YouTube page and these stories are described in his book. Tony is now a professional writer with 8 books and several business articles now published. His business articles include a chapter in Emeritus professor Malcolm McDonald's eighth edition Strategic Planning, a required reading for MBA Students.Tony has four children, two daughters living in London with his six grandchildren, he also has two sons living in Greenwood Indiana where he now lives with his wife Sue of 30 years.Tony's faith is in a divine presence that can and will help any and all of us and all we have to do is to ask. Tony also believes that each of us are given divine gifts that we can choose to use or choose not to and that freedom of choice is ours alone to make. If the tools, or skills we are given are used, our lives can be incredibly altered and we find ourselves doing things we love and things we are good at. Through doing this we can positively affect all those around us. In Tony's book 'One Of A Kind Making Things Happen' you will see how he used his gifts to achieve incredible international success with his life so far.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Waterside Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 465g
• ISBN-13: 9781909976207
• ISBN-10: 1909976202
• Artikelnr.: 42835000