1981 Brixton riot I note that in the quote from Armstrong where she says You are not a stranger to riots yourself I understand are you You have taken part in them yourself the word riots has been linked to 1981 Brixton riot As I indicated in my edit summary when I removed this link I don t think it is appropriate to link to that page since we don t know whether Armstrong was referring to that incident I note that a number of references have been added to support the view that Armstrong was referring to the 1981 Brixton riots yet I don t see that they do Armstrong said nothing further in the interview to suggest she was referring to 1981 and looking at the references they don t seem to say Armstrong was referring to 1981 either I note that the article says that Howe was arrested and tried for riot affray and assault in 1970 Considering that I think it is difficult for us to assume Armstrong was referring to 1981