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4 unusual facts about Joy Gardner


Joy Gardner

Joy Gardner was a 40-year-old African-Caribbean community mother and illegal immigrant from Jamaica who was killed during a struggle with the police at her home in Crouch End, London on 28 July 1993.

The poet Benjamin Zephaniah wrote The Death of Joy Gardner about the incident.

Lee University Campus Choir

The choir has performed with such gospel musicians as The Crabb Family, Jason Crabb, Mark Harris, Michael English, The Katinas, Natalie Grant, Joy Gardner, Alvin Slaughter, Ron Kenoly, and most recently, Geron Davis and Kindred Souls.

UK immigration enforcement

In 1993 an attempt by an immigration officer and police in London to arrest a Jamaican woman, Joy Gardner,went tragically wrong when she suffocated during attempts to restrain her.



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