Adjaye Associates unveils Cherry Groce memorial
By Tom Lowe2020-07-09T06:00:00
Groce was shot in her home by police in front of her children in 1985
Adjaye Associates has unveiled its design for a memorial to Cherry Groce, whose shooting by the Metropolitan Police in her home sparked the 1985 Brixton riots.
Groce, who was shot in front of her children and paralysed from the waist down as a result of her injuries, died in 2011.
The memorial in Brixton’s Windrush Square consists of a single column supporting a triangular roof planted with flowers.
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