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Old 08-07-2011, 05:09 AM   #7067
Sundae
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Riots in Tottenham (North London).
It's a volatile area, but seeing London on fire just makes me feel ill.

It started as a peaceful protest outside the police station on Tottenham High Road, but quickly turned to violence and mob rule. It was ostensibly about the shooting of a man on Thursday - police said he fired on an officer and was shot and killed.

It ended with burning buildings, one police van, two police cars, looting, destruction of property and people leaving their homes with nothing on their backs only to return in the morning to burnt out shells. People's livelihoods effectively destroyed.

Animals are smart enough not to shit where they eat; what is with these people?!
Although it is suspected that many who turned up from midnight onwards were organised theives, who attacked a retail park half a mile from the centre of the action, in order to specifically rob a sports clothing store and an electrical store.

Let's hope todays two big football matches (in different parts of London) and the Hackney Carnival aren't touched by any of the same madness.

Last edited by Sundae; 08-07-2011 at 05:20 AM.
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