Peter Parka
Well-Known Member
It's like Broadwater Farm again 25 years on. Lets just hope some policeman dosen't get beheaded this time. And all this because some stupid criminal got shot dead after opening fire on policemen. Pathetic.
London riots: Police patrol streets after violence
Clasford Stirling, a resident of Tottenham for 32 years, said the area looked like a battlefield
Emergency crews remain on the streets of Tottenham, in north London, after rioting saw police attacked and buildings and vehicles set alight.
Overnight, eight officers were injured in the violence which erupted following a protest over the fatal shooting by police of Mark Duggan on Thursday.
Police said there were still "pockets of criminality" on Sunday morning and residents reported more looting.
London Fire Brigade said crews were dampening down the scene of some fires.
A spokesman said all the fires were under control "at the moment".
On Sunday morning, police were manning a cordon around the scene of the violence, while horrified residents surveyed the damage to their community.
Home Secretary Theresa May said: "I condemn utterly the violence in Tottenham last night.
"Such disregard for public safety and property will not be tolerated, and the Metropolitan Police have my full support in restoring order.
A Downing Street spokesman said: "The rioting in Tottenham last night was utterly unacceptable.
"There is no justification for the aggression the police and the public faced, or for the damage to property."
Riot police and mounted police were called in after the protest deteriorated into violence about 20:20 BST.
Rioters threw petrol bombs at police and buildings. A double-decker bus was set on fire at the junction of High Road and Brook Street and buildings, including a supermarket and carpet shop, were also set alight.
Piled trolleys high The London Ambulance Service said a total of 10 people had been treated by medics and nine had been taken to hospital. At least one of the injured police officers suffered head injuries.
Crowds of looters smashed shop windows in a retail park near Tottenham Hale tube station and plundering goods from many stores.
Teenagers and adults were said to have turned up in cars and filled their boots with stolen items, unimpeded by police.
Others arrived on foot and piled shopping trolleys high with looted electronic goods, a local woman, who did not want to be named, said.
Another local resident told the BBC that looting continued beyond daybreak on Sunday. There were also reports of shops having been looted in nearby Wood Green.
Commander Stephen Watson, of the Metropolitan Police, earlier told BBC News a significant number of officers had been deployed with the aim of restoring "calm and normality to the area as soon as possible".
At the scene
Peter Jackson BBC News
Faint grey plumes of smoke still rise over Tottenham High Road some 12 hours after last night's unrest - the smouldering buildings the first visible signs of its intensity.
On the ground, at the junction with Monument Way, bricks, broken glass and debris litter the roads and pavements as far as the eye can see.
A burnt-out Ford Focus police car sits at one end and the shell of a double-decker bus can just be made out 150 yards up the High Road.
Local residents, some angry, most just frustrated, ask a line of up to 50 officers why they can't pass and get on their way.
The road has been completely sealed off.
Adeyemi Adeagbo is unable to get to his church - the CAC Outreach - just yards away.
He says it pains him as Sunday is the only day he gets to worship.
The rioters were fighting for their rights, but should have protested in a "civilised way", he says.
Another resident, who appears from the other side of the cordon, says he has seen a betting shop and post office completely gutted.
"They are shells, it's like the Blitz," he says.
Mr Watson said police did not have warnings of last night's level of disorder, despite being aware of raised tensions after Mr Duggan's death.
"What we experienced earlier on yesterday evening was a peaceful protest outside Tottenham police station - there was no indication it would deteriorate in this way. For those who involved themselves in this level of violence, there is no excuse."
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating Thursday's shooting.
A police officer was also injured in the incident, which happened when police stopped a minicab containing Mr Duggan.
The BBC's Andy Moore said that since riots in 1985, relations between the local community and police had been generally good, but last week's shooting raised tensions.
He said elements of the community were looking for instant answers but the investigation into Mr Duggan's death would be more long-term.
A friend of Mr Duggan, who gave her name as Niki, 53, said those who had joined Saturday's protest, which began with a march from Broadwater Farm area, wanted "justice for the family".
'Absolutely outrageous' Tottenham MP David Lammy on Saturday said the scenes overnight on Saturday were "not representative of the vast majority of people in Tottenham".
"The Tottenham community and Mark Duggan's family and friends need to understand what happened on Thursday evening when Mark lost his life. To understand those facts, we must have calm."
London's deputy mayor Kit Malthouse said: "I cant see any excuse for the kind of behaviour we saw last night.
"It's absolutely outrageous to see it on the streets of London.
"We'll do as much as we can to ensure there's no recurrence tonight."
Of the investigation over the shooting of Mr Duggan, Mr Malthouse said: "I can understand people's unrest.
"But these investigations take some time."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14435251
London riots: Police patrol streets after violence
Clasford Stirling, a resident of Tottenham for 32 years, said the area looked like a battlefield
Emergency crews remain on the streets of Tottenham, in north London, after rioting saw police attacked and buildings and vehicles set alight.
Overnight, eight officers were injured in the violence which erupted following a protest over the fatal shooting by police of Mark Duggan on Thursday.
Police said there were still "pockets of criminality" on Sunday morning and residents reported more looting.
London Fire Brigade said crews were dampening down the scene of some fires.
A spokesman said all the fires were under control "at the moment".
On Sunday morning, police were manning a cordon around the scene of the violence, while horrified residents surveyed the damage to their community.
Home Secretary Theresa May said: "I condemn utterly the violence in Tottenham last night.
"Such disregard for public safety and property will not be tolerated, and the Metropolitan Police have my full support in restoring order.
A Downing Street spokesman said: "The rioting in Tottenham last night was utterly unacceptable.
"There is no justification for the aggression the police and the public faced, or for the damage to property."
Riot police and mounted police were called in after the protest deteriorated into violence about 20:20 BST.
Rioters threw petrol bombs at police and buildings. A double-decker bus was set on fire at the junction of High Road and Brook Street and buildings, including a supermarket and carpet shop, were also set alight.
Piled trolleys high The London Ambulance Service said a total of 10 people had been treated by medics and nine had been taken to hospital. At least one of the injured police officers suffered head injuries.
Crowds of looters smashed shop windows in a retail park near Tottenham Hale tube station and plundering goods from many stores.
Teenagers and adults were said to have turned up in cars and filled their boots with stolen items, unimpeded by police.
Others arrived on foot and piled shopping trolleys high with looted electronic goods, a local woman, who did not want to be named, said.
Another local resident told the BBC that looting continued beyond daybreak on Sunday. There were also reports of shops having been looted in nearby Wood Green.
Commander Stephen Watson, of the Metropolitan Police, earlier told BBC News a significant number of officers had been deployed with the aim of restoring "calm and normality to the area as soon as possible".
At the scene
Peter Jackson BBC News
Faint grey plumes of smoke still rise over Tottenham High Road some 12 hours after last night's unrest - the smouldering buildings the first visible signs of its intensity.
On the ground, at the junction with Monument Way, bricks, broken glass and debris litter the roads and pavements as far as the eye can see.
A burnt-out Ford Focus police car sits at one end and the shell of a double-decker bus can just be made out 150 yards up the High Road.
Local residents, some angry, most just frustrated, ask a line of up to 50 officers why they can't pass and get on their way.
The road has been completely sealed off.
Adeyemi Adeagbo is unable to get to his church - the CAC Outreach - just yards away.
He says it pains him as Sunday is the only day he gets to worship.
The rioters were fighting for their rights, but should have protested in a "civilised way", he says.
Another resident, who appears from the other side of the cordon, says he has seen a betting shop and post office completely gutted.
"They are shells, it's like the Blitz," he says.
Mr Watson said police did not have warnings of last night's level of disorder, despite being aware of raised tensions after Mr Duggan's death.
"What we experienced earlier on yesterday evening was a peaceful protest outside Tottenham police station - there was no indication it would deteriorate in this way. For those who involved themselves in this level of violence, there is no excuse."
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating Thursday's shooting.
A police officer was also injured in the incident, which happened when police stopped a minicab containing Mr Duggan.
The BBC's Andy Moore said that since riots in 1985, relations between the local community and police had been generally good, but last week's shooting raised tensions.
He said elements of the community were looking for instant answers but the investigation into Mr Duggan's death would be more long-term.
A friend of Mr Duggan, who gave her name as Niki, 53, said those who had joined Saturday's protest, which began with a march from Broadwater Farm area, wanted "justice for the family".
'Absolutely outrageous' Tottenham MP David Lammy on Saturday said the scenes overnight on Saturday were "not representative of the vast majority of people in Tottenham".
"The Tottenham community and Mark Duggan's family and friends need to understand what happened on Thursday evening when Mark lost his life. To understand those facts, we must have calm."
London's deputy mayor Kit Malthouse said: "I cant see any excuse for the kind of behaviour we saw last night.
"It's absolutely outrageous to see it on the streets of London.
"We'll do as much as we can to ensure there's no recurrence tonight."
Of the investigation over the shooting of Mr Duggan, Mr Malthouse said: "I can understand people's unrest.
"But these investigations take some time."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14435251
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