Thread: Violent Riots Ravage Tottenham After Shooting

A few tweets.
1847: Mr Clegg has told a town hall meeting of guests invited by London radio station LBC that recalling Parliament is not a priority: "I totally back the very brave police officers.. and that's the priority right now, not politicians talking to each other at Westminster."
1845: Footage is coming in from Lewisham, south London, showing a fire burning in a street where at least one vehicle has been set ablaze.
1842: Transport for London says a bus has been set on fire in Peckham, south-east London.





1913: John W Rees tweets: Police
blocking Lwr Clapton Rd when I left 10m ago after electronics shop window smashed #londonriots
1909: Deputy Assistant Commissioner Steve Kavanagh says extra officers have been drafted in to police the capital's streets this evening: "People who are using current events as an excuse or cover to break the law, steal, attack police officers and cause fear to Londoners will not be tolerated by the vast majority of Londoners and us."

1907: Jonny Apps tweets: Just seen
small pockets of young guys hooded with scarfs round face on walworth Rd. Definite storm brewing in sky and on ground #londonriots

1907: Dave Rogers tweets: And I don't
care what started the #londonriots. It's gone too far. Time to stop, kids. There are other means.
1906: More pictures, this time from Hackney. Here was the scene earlier outside a branch of the workwear store Carhartt.

Originally Posted by jizzybloke

watching BBC news and they say a bus is on fire in Peckham now along with looting going on a few miles away in Lewisham!

This is just the kids setting up the no-go zones in the afternoon. The main event, petrol bombs, rockets at police heicopters etc will take place after 10 when it gets dark.

A lot of "static" on the media links, plans are being made. As some have said the "prosperity" trumpeted by the politicians when the Olympics were "awarded" has missed the local population entirely.

There are a lot of frustrated "locals" being persecuted, shot dead, stopped and searched by a very ham fisted Met police force. Baton charges, kettling, armed horses charging at civilians. The under dogs unemployed due to their poor education, living on "benefits" in overcrowded housing have not a lot to lose.

I spoke to my brother who lives in Brixton today. He says a large police presence in the centre, lots of traffic detours, tube station closed intermittently and gangs being chased through the streets last night by mounted police.

The met police story of the original killing of a youth has been "corrected", the original story of a "shoot out" has been denied - their was no shoot out. The published report that a policeman's life was saved as a bullet allegedly hitting his radio has been amended and the "bullet" is allegedly from a police weapon.

Not too reassuring and London is on fire again tonight.

Originally Posted by jizzybloke

Smashing up and looting a Tesco metro about half a mile away from me!

Cunting jigaboos, go down and throw a fucking petrol bomb into the shop while theyre all in there looting. Seriously, who's gonna know in all this chaos.