A series of widely publicised riots and racial disturbances have occurred in this part of Bradford since the early 1990s, which have often been attributed to the segregation that has been identified between the various ethnic groups present in the city mainly the White Britons and the British Pakistanis.
[2] When officers arrived, the two youths refused to move on and were detained for what was seen as a very minor infraction and not given police until some time later.
[4] Other witness reports stated that the police had attempted to arrest and then successfully detained two youths who were in a crowd.
[6] Another version of the catalyst to the rioting was when a crowd of 30 youths had gathered outside the Jamiyat Tablighul Islam mosque after Friday prayers.
"[8] Two weeks later, eight men who had been arrested during the riot had charges against them dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service.