Murder of Keith Blakelock

Date: October 6, 1985 • Location: Harringay, United Kingdom

Police constable Keith Blakelock was killed during rioting in the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, London.

Keith Henry Blakelock QGM was a British police officer who served as a London Metropolitan Police constable. He was murdered on 6 October 1985 during the Broadwater Farm riot in Tottenham. 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 people in the black community.