The 1990 Poll Tax riots

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf protest
right
gptkbp:cause introduction of the Community Charge (Poll Tax)
gptkbp:date 31 March 1990
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The 1990 Poll Tax riots
gptkbp:location gptkb:London
gptkb:Trafalgar_Square
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive national and international coverage
gptkbp:notableFor mass protest
violent clashes with police
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Community_Charge
gptkbp:opposedGovernment gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher_government
gptkbp:participants over 200,000
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Anti-Poll_Tax_protests_in_Scotland
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Anti-Poll_Tax_movement
abolition of the Poll Tax
gptkbp:resultedIn arrests
injuries
property damage
political pressure on Margaret Thatcher
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:20th-century_England
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7