Originally Posted by
John Doh
I guess that you left Liverpool long before the riots. The Rialto you're speaking of, along with its 'dignity and glamour' were long gone by the time of the riots. Swainbanks and his second-hand furniture shop were allegedly targeted because he made his living by assisting the destruction of the culture by stripping any remaining artefacts and selling them to the Americans at vastly inflated prices.
More importantly, the Toxteth riots were not in any normal sense an example of racial violence. They were rather the spontaneous uprising of the community, black AND white united against oppressive policing. The only racial element came from the police who routinely used racist language and behaviour in the area.
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