Manningham riot
{{Short description|1995 ethnic riot in Bradford, England}}
{{About|the 1995 riot|the Bradford riots of 2001|2001 Bradford race riots}}
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| date ={{Start date|1995|06|9|df=y}}{{spaced ndash}}{{End date|1995|06|11|df=y}}
| place =Manningham, Bradford, England
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| methods = Rioting, petrol bombing, looting
| side1 = West Yorkshire Police
| side2 = British Pakistanis
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| howmany1 =9 June – 100
10 June – 600
11 June – <300
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10 June – 1,000
11 June – unknown
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The Manningham riot was a short but intense period of ethnic rioting which took place from 9–11 June 1995, in the district of Manningham in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
Unrest
A series of widely publicised riots and racial disturbances have occurred in this part of Bradford since the early 1990s, which have often been attributed to the segregation that has been identified between the various ethnic groups present in the city mainly the White Britons and the British Pakistanis.{{cite web | title=Bradford : One Year On Breaking the Silences| url=http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/pr/pressreleases/2002/silences.PDF| publisher=University of Bradford| accessdate=11 August 2011}} The riot of summer 1995 was limited to a relatively confined area of the city, but was seen as indicative of the circumstances which led to the later and more widespread 2001 Bradford riots.
The rioting started after someone complained to police about two boys playing football in the street.{{cite web|title=Bradford (Community Relations) |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1995/jun/21/bradford-community-relations|website=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)|date=21 June 1995|access-date=18 February 2018}} When officers arrived, the two youths refused to move on and were detained for what was seen as a very minor infraction and not given police until some time later.{{cite news|last1=Wainwright|first1=Martin|title=Street kick-about sparked a chain-reaction of anger Nights of riot cost Bradford £1 million plus its good name for community relations|work=The Guardian|date=12 June 1995|page=3|issn=0261-3077}} The families of the two boys went to the police to protest and the situation deteriorated from there: 100 West Yorkshire Police officers were called in to help quell the trouble.{{cite news|last1=Kerney|first1=Jo|last2=Harrison|first2=David|title=200 riot police in Bradford pitched battle|work=The Guardian|date=11 June 1995|page=1|issn= 0261-3077}} Other witness reports stated that the police had attempted to arrest and then successfully detained two youths who were in a crowd. One of the arrestees had entered a house and when the police gained entry, an allegation of an assault by the police against a woman with a baby was made.{{cite news|last1=Victor|first1=Peter|last2=Pepinster|first2=Catherine |author-link2=Catherine Pepinster|title=Asian youths in battles with police; Petrol bombs and burning|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/asian-youths-in-battles-with-police-petrol-bombs-and-burning-barricades-during-second-night-of-riots-1585838.html|accessdate=18 February 2018|work=The Independent|date=11 June 1995}} The rioting that followed was estimated to have involved around 60 people.{{cite news|title=Ten charged after Bradford riot|work=The Independent|date=11 June 1995|page=2|issn=0951-9467}}
Another version of the catalyst to the rioting was when a crowd of 30 youths had gathered outside the Jamiyat Tablighul Islam mosque after Friday prayers. The police had tried to arrest one and his friends came to support him with the situation quickly escalating.
The second night of the rioting (10 June 1995) saw rioters gathering around the Oak Lane police station in the city after peace talks between the police and the local community had broken down. At around 7:00 pm, the station was petrol bombed and stones were thrown with most windows in the station being smashed. Police had managed to disperse the crowd before trouble flared again at 9:00 pm.{{cite news|last1=Burns|first1=John|last2=Davison|first2=John|last3=Syal|first3=Rajeev|title=Riots rage in Bradford for second night|work=The Times|date=11 June 1995|page=1|issn=0140-0460}}
More rioting followed on 12 June with 300 police officers deployed on the streets with the rioting fizzing out after the Sunday. Over the course of the weekend, police made 21 arrests and numerous others on both sides had ended up in hospital with injuries. Assistant Chief Constable Norman Bettison, of West Yorkshire Police, stated that he saw a "..community tearing itself apart," and that "the youths seem to be rising up as much against society and elders as against the police. The police are the anvil youth is beating out its frustration and anger on. Youth seems to be alienated from every conceivable part of the community from which it is drawn."{{cite news|last1=Wilkinson|first1=Paul|title=Police blame cultural gap for rioting;Bradford|work=The Times|date=12 June 1995|page=1|issn=0140-0460}}
Two weeks later, eight men who had been arrested during the riot had charges against them dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service. Four men from the original arrest which sparked the riot remained on police bail.{{cite news|last1=Wainwright|first1=Martin|title=Dropping of riot action welcomed|work=The Guardian|date=23 June 1995|page=6|issn=0261-3077}}
References
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Category:Riots and civil disorder in West Yorkshire
Category:1990s in West Yorkshire
Category:June 1995 in the United Kingdom
Category:1995 crimes in the United Kingdom
Category:Race riots in England
Category:Building and structure arson attacks in England
Category:Attacks on police stations in the 1990s