Bins were set on fire and roads blocked as crowds clashed with police in Kingsland Road, Hackney Ray Tang/London News PicturesA protest triggered by the death of a black man after he was restrained by police erupted into violent clashes last night as crowds blocked a road in northeast London. Rashan Charles, 20, died in hospital last Saturday after being held by two police officers on the floor of a shop in Dalston, Hackney. Riot police were deployed as a peaceful protest over the death of Rashan Charles turned violent Lauren Hurley/Press AssociationThe Metropolitan Police said that Mr Charles had tried to swallow an object, although this is disputed by his supporters. Bins, mattresses and debris were used to block the road last night and at one stage a lorry drove through the barricade with people clinging to it. The windows of several shops in Kingsland Road, which runs towards the City…

Source: The Times July 28, 2017 23:37 UTC