on 1 october 1985, 10 people (including three police officers) were injured in a second riot in toxteth on 1 october 1985, after gangs stormed the district's streets and stoned and burnt cars in response to the arrest of four local black men in connection with a stabbing. merseyside police operational support division was deployed into the area to restore order and were later criticised by community leaders and the roman catholic archbishop of liverpool, [derek warlock], for their "over zealous and provocative tactics", which included the drumming of batons on riot shields.