London: Mass condemnation of police killing of Mark Duggan

LONDON RIOTS – THE INCIDENT THAT CAUSED THE TROUBLE

RIOTS IN LONDON, POLICE CARS SET ALIGHT AFTER YOUNG FATHER SHOT BY

6 August 2011

BBC:  Riots in Tottenham after Mark Duggan shooting protest (news after BBC’s commercial)

BBC:  The BBC’s Andy Moore reports from behind police lines after a BBC satellite truck came under attack from youths throwing missiles–Petrol bombs have been thrown at police and three patrol cars, a bus and buildings have been set on fire in a riot in Tottenham, north London.  Eight injured police officers have been taken to hospital, at least one of them with head injuries.

The unrest began after a protest over the fatal shooting by police of 29-year-old Mark Duggan on Thursday.

About 300 people gathered outside the police station on the High Road after demonstrators demanded “justice”.

London Ambulance Service said a total of 10 people had been treated and nine had been taken to hospital.

Two patrol cars were set alight at about 20:20 BST but officers were not inside at the time.

Cdr Stephen Watson: “We had no information to suggest that we would have the scale of disorder that now confronts us”

UK: Tottenham in flames as riot follows protest of police killing (Guardian)

Two police patrol cars, a passenger bus and several shops were attacked and set alight in north London as violence erupted

• Sarah Bolesworth, Barry Neild, Peter Beaumont, Paul Lewis and Sandra Laville
• The Observer, Sunday 7 August 2011

Riots erupt in Tottenham with police cars, a bus and shops set on fire. Photograph: Sky News

Two police cars, a bus and ­several shops were attacked and set ablaze in north London on Saturday night as violence erupted following a protest demanding “justice” over a fatal police shooting.

Officers on horseback and others in riot gear clashed with hundreds of ­rioters armed with makeshift missiles in the centre of Tottenham after Mark Duggan, 29, a father of four, was killed on Thursday.

At one point, rioters broke through police ranks and attempted to storm Tottenham’s police station, pelting officers with bricks, bottles and eggs. As a police helicopter flew over Tottenham High Road, youths in masks and hoods added combustible material to two burned out police cars, included a bundle of documents and an awning ripped down from one of the shops. Some attempted to persuade the rioters to disperse, one young man shouting: “Go home now people.”

But others filled bottles with petrol to throw at the police lines.