That’s it for the brainguff feed tonight. My thoughts are with everyone affected in London and Birmingham. Let’s hope this insanity will be over soon! – 23:13
Is it not time for the army yet? Or are they all in the Middle East? Completely out of hand, pretty hard to keep up with what’s going on. As always, better info coming from Twitter than from the news.
Rumours of shooting in Croydon – 23:10
No rioting in Leeds – 23:05
Police are now actually in attendance at Clapham, situation calming – 23:03
Children’s Hospital safe in Birmingham – 23:00
9 arrests in Birmingham – eyewitnesses are saying situation is not as bad as London and that looting is ‘copycat’ – 22:59
With no police at hand he’s fully justified RT
@PaulLewis Turkish man: “We’re protecting our homes. This is war.”
#hackney
Massive street fight involving hundreds in Hackney reported – 22:52
Turkish men who were reported to be attacking youths might be local residents taking matters into their own hands – 22:51
Reports of Lewisham looking calmer – 22:47
Reports of PC World and Comet being looted in Croydon – 22:45
Reports of Turkish men attacking other youths in Kingland Road, Hackney – 22:41
BBC describing situation as ‘lawless’ – 22:40
Reports of Homerton Hospital A&E being full of riot casualties – 22:38
Facebook petition to bring in army – 22:37
Santander broken into in Hackney, still no police – 22:34
General concern that riots may spring up in Liverpool or Bristol – reports have confirmed there is no trouble – 22:31
No trouble in Liverpool – 22:28
Brave woman gives the kids what for – http://www.twitvid.com/4JTZH (Not that they listen to anyone anyway, far too brain dead for that… No place in society left for them anymore.)
Police not responding to escalating trouble in Hackney. 22:25
Reports of youths in Sutton, but no disturbance so far – 22:21
Family business completely destroyed by fire in Croydon – 22:15
Sky news just on a loop – 22:11
Sirens can be heard in Kilburn – 21:56
Quiet in Kilburn – 21:51
Some of the looters are as young as 12, girls and boys alike involved – 21:50
Very brave Sky reporter asking looters if they are ‘having fun’ – 21:47
Currently no police on the street in Clapham – 21:46
Well over a thousand teens/youths on the streets of Clapham – 21:44
Rumour that police are blocking communications to avoid violence spreading – 21:42
Residents chased thugs away in Newham – 21:40
Looters rampage in Brent – 21:39
Clapham Junction shops being looted – 21:37
Reports of people locked in Sainsburys as gang tries to force its way in. Balham – 21:28
Disturbances in Whitechapel – 21:27
Fires in Croydon look to be spreading unhindered – 21:22
Prime Minister joining Boris Johnson in returning from his holiday – 21:17
Aston, Handsworth, Perry Barr, Chelmsley Wood.. Birmingham – 21:14
Situation seems to be calmer in Hackney – 21:13
Fire seems to be uncontained and spreading in Croydon – 21:12
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-14452468
Public calling for the army to be brought in – 21:09
Reports of police barricading Birmingham Children’s Hospital – 21:06
Unconfirmed rumour of stabbing in Birmingham. More shops being vandalised – 21:05
Police saying a small number of arrests have been made in Birmingham – 21:03
Riot police out in force in Birmingham as rioting continues – 21:01
Stabbing outside Bobov in Stamford Hill, North London – 21:00
Police taking a more hands on approach in Hackney – 20:59
Numerous fires in Croydon left to burn – 20:57
Police still urging parents to get their children inside – 20:56
Riots definitely not under control – 20:55
Police closing roads around Pembury Rd est. – possibility of an assault – 20:53
Public surprised that police are not taking more steps to stem the violence (rubber bullets, water canons etc) – 20:51
Standoff in Hackney/Pembury. Horses have arrived – 20:50
Unconfirmed reports of disturbances in Luton – 20:44
Around 100 youths in Chapletown, Leeds – 20:40
Unconfirmed reports of people being attacked by youths in Birmingham – 20:38
Reports of Birmingham on lockdown – police not allowing people to leave – 20:35
http://www.twitvid.com/ATUEH – 20:32
Unconnected shooting in Leeds – 20:30
Dozens of shops vandalised in Birmingham – 20:27
Possible disturbances in Leeds – 20:26
Shops being looted and Primark set on fire in Birmingham – 20:22
Police helicopter now above Birmingham – 20:21
RT
@DebsR: So it’s kicking off in
#Birmingham too Windows smashed around Bullring Shopping Centre. Hundreds of teenagers said to be involved
press photographer dragged to the ground by four youths and beaten
#Hackney #Pembury
To reiterate, journalists generally but esp photographers be v careful. Media being deliberately targeted
#hackney
All the late shops on Fore St in
#Edmonton are shut, with shutters down. A lot of tension round here this evening.
#londonriots
Eight riot vans and two fire engines just screamed past. Actually got chills.
#peckham
Friend of mine got whacked around the head by a chain on his cycle home
#londonriots #peckham another friend says her street on fire…
DVRs (Damage Recovery Vehicles) screaming down
#TrafalgarAvenue in direction of
#Peckham. Means police vans/cars been attacked & immoble
Sounds like the end of the world outside my window, cops rushing towards
#Peckham and
#Lewisham
Sirons and all sorts going off outside work! Apparently jd sports has just been smashed up…
#harrow
Kids dressed all in black
hoods and masks
#kilburn
#londonriots #peckham police are thinly stretched…Fire raging in a building..police attempting to secure area before fire brigade come.
There is heavy police presence in
#Harrow STAY OUTTA there please!
East or West? EAST OR WEST? RT
@PaulLewis Credible witnesses:
#Hackney violence spreading east, to Kingsland Rd and London Fields
Nearest two corners shops to me (K Stores and one by station) in Upper
#Clapton both shuttered. More people than usual on streets
#hackney
Widespread looting has now started in
#Lewisham
North End totally shut off, line of police on shops side, line of yout facing them. Looks scary.
#Croydon
So there’s apparently real ‘political anarchists’ in amongst the crowds helping them organise the
#londonriot in
#hackney
#Peckham, shops smashed and goods stolen on Rye Lane, right now. Fi
Burning bins and gangs all round btm lowr Clapton rd no buses going near
#hackney #riot
RT
@billykenber: Feels much calmer in
#hackney now. Will be on the move shortly, any suggestions where?
#Peckham seems reasonably quiet now. But four buses abandoned 1 burnt out evidence of v recent disturbance
Hub just cycled through
#Peckham. He said something’s on fire and yoof gathering… feels like something’s about to kick off
#londonriots
#Peckham, Rye Lane is currently being ransacked according to a caller on
@BBCLondon. “no police in sight @ ALL” he’s saying. WTF
#London #Uk
Time for the residents of
#hackney to rise up against the thugs. Mobilise and administer a bit of community justice.
In
#hackney. Spa door kicked in 15 mins ago and place looted. Shopkeepers on Mare St frantically closing up.
Shutters up all down Rye lane and alarms going off. Lots of people standing around waiting for something to kick off
#londonriots #peckham
News of
#Peckham disorder new reaching
#Skynews Reporting photos are of burnt out double-decker buses
So A202
#Peckham High St is blocked nr Rye Lane and
#Lewisham High St shut by Ladywell Road. Fi
It’s kicking off in
#Peckham. 100’s of people milling around, some are throwing stones and a lot wearing masks. Very nasty.
#Londonriots
Petrol bombs thrown in
#Hackney. If this keeps going on, soon there won’t be anything of London left
Cameras on the ground in afgstn, Iraq, Egypt +Libya when theres military firing on civilians.Not 1 cam on the ground in
#hackney. Seriously?
1st sign of riot cops gearing up east of the cemetary. 2 choppers overhead. All paths towards
#Hackney Central blocked off…
Stepped off bus straight into bunch of hooded kids throwing rocks at police cars. Not riot, just total f*cking idiots
#londonriots #Hackney
Looks like the mounted police are about to go in, now need the dogs, water cannons, gas and plastic bullets.
#LondonRiots #hackney
Looks like the mounted police are about to go in, now need the dogs, water cannons, gas and plastic bullets.
#LondonRiots #hackney
There is a man on the corner of Mare St pointing at the police helicopter shouting “This is judgement day”
#Hackney #LondonRiots
One of
#hackney rioters moons the police. If only that was as bad as it got. Bottle bin set alight and looters throwing bottles at police
RT @fieldproducer: RT @billykenber Fireworks at police now, bottle bank tipped over #hackney
Rain of bottles and police in full charge, just pushing the crowd further and further down Mare St
#hackney
Fireworks now fired directly at police and us. Clashes between police and rioters. Sounds of batons and shields hitting.
#Hackney
Rioters throwing things at police.
#hackney
Police line, 30-40, some with dogs, now 20yds from young people. Facing off. No one moving. Helicopter above. Smoke fills air.
#Hackney
RT
@Fitwatcher: No bang yet, but random ppls cars wing trashed. Police pushed the line back further now just at ellingfort.
#hackney #london
Walking toward Hackney on Mare St. Smoke and crowds heading my direction!
#hackney #riot
Press freedom anyone? RT
@ravisomaiya: Police officer just told me that if I try to cover incident in front of line, he’d “get” me.
#Hackney
2 buses have been stolen loaded up with wood in
#hackney
“A Mazda MX5 has just gone up in flames and there no police in sight”
#hackney
11 horses at Lidl on Well st being armoured up. They look like robots
#hackney #riot
Nothing to do with 1 in 2 kids born in poverty in
#tottenham? Nothing to do with grotesque youth unemployment in
#Hackney?
Shops and bars along Kingsland Rd,
#Dalston , closing for the day in preparation for the spread of
#Hackney riots
Police ran down the street in two squadrons, rioters ran away laughing lobbing cans of Diet Coke at them like it’s a game
#Hackney
best friend phoned again. says lots of masked people taunting the police, lots of horses just gone down Well St.
#hackney #londonriots
There are not enough police here in
#hackney as they try to manage the riot, crowns are breaking in to tesco
In Europe 100,000s of youths demonstrate peacefully
#indignados. In London, 100s of youths trash shops for consumer goods
#hackney #lewisham
People running around in masks throwing missiles in Hackney. This is so upsetting, families are fleeting their homes.
#hackney
At what point do the police and the Government admit defeat and send in the army?
#LondonRiots #Hackney
#Hackney anyone else just spot the chinook fly over Hackney? Are they sending the army in???
It’s been going round on twitter for at least a day
#hackney was next. Why weren’t police more prepared?
theres a riot in
#hackney and police are now udner attack in lewisham, my house is close to
#lewisham :O
I don’t know who Im more angry with, the police or the rioters
#hackney police setting bad example letting ’em get away with too much.
Walking toward line of riot police. Full body gear! Think i’ll try a diff route
#hackney #riot
And stop calling them protesters. If they were protesters they would have been kettled by now
#hackney #fb
#hackney..”reports say a stop and search triggered tonights riots”.. it has nothing to do with bad boys wanting new trainers and plasma tvs
Where’s the tear gas, water canons and cordoning off? Have we all gone soft or what?
#hackney
People please be aware that footage showing on
#BBC from
#Hackney is from about half an hour and showing on a loop
Trains no longer stopping at
#Hackney Central. Just passed through station, v worrying scenes down on the high street.
#riots
Glass bottles being thrown know, buses turning around. Hardly anyone bothering to cover their faces
#hackney
Shocked by whats happening in
#Hackney. Kids on the street smashing/attacking your own street. Should be ashamed of yourself!!!
Sent one of my girls home early as she lives in Hackney & her bus was just attacked by the rioters. WTF is wrong with these people?
#Hackney
Shop owner on Mare St tells me they have all been told to close and evacuate. “I can’t afford this, it will finish me”
#hackney #LondonRiots
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