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This image is based on a historical event of a police raid in London. A policeman can be seen gesturing towards a woman who is protecting another injured woman. This painting is one of a number by the artist which focuses on the deadly clashes between the British State and the black community, which erupted between 28th September and 6th October 1985. During this calamitous week, an innocent, unarmed, black grandmother, Dorothy Groce, was shot and paralysed by police in her home, and an innocent, black grandmother, Cynthia Jarrett, died of a heart attack – also during a raid on her home. These incidents are recalled in the paintings 'Under Fire: the shooting of Cherry Groce' and 'Madonna Metropolitan: the death of Cynthia Jarrett'. The protests which followed escalated into running street battles between the police and local residents, which culminated in the violent death of a police officer, Keith Blakelock, at the hands of unknown assailants, and which Donkor recalled in the paintings, 'Coldharbour Lane: 1985' and 'On Duty: the death of PC Blakelock'.