Editing Brixton (section)

===Operation Swamp===
{{Main|1981 Brixton riot}}
Before the 1981 riot was the centre of "Operation Swamp 81" aimed at reducing [[street crime]] mainly through the heavy use of the so-called [[sus law]], which allowed police to stop and search individuals on the basis of a "suspicion" of wrongdoing. [[Undercover operation#Plainclothes law enforcement|Plainclothes]] police officers were dispatched into Brixton, and in five days almost 1,000 people were stopped and searched. The local community was not consulted about the operation and tensions between the black community and the police on the streets of Brixton reached breaking point. Local residents complained about young, inexperienced police officers being sent on the streets, provoking confrontation.<ref>Battle for Brixton, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCjZEZt3QKc Youtube.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016145758/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCjZEZt3QKc |date=16 October 2015 }} [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW6kY6HfAqk&NR=1 Youtube.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712053410/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW6kY6HfAqk&NR=1 |date=12 July 2015 }}</ref>