Archival caption: Violence broke out as thousands of angry demonstrators marched through London to protest against the police handling of the investigation into a fire in Deptford in which 13 black people died. The march to Hyde Park set out peacefully from New Cross but turned violent after a 200 strong breakaway group attacked shops, wrecked cars and punched passers by. Picture shows: Police fighting with a woman on Blackfriars Bridge Road. 2nd March 1981.
