London Calling “For Help” *Exclusive Photos*

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London Calling

FOR HELP!!!

We don’t do water cannon, we rely on consent”

 Says: Theresa May, Home Secretary

She rules out tough action as vigilantes are forced to defend shops

  • Hundreds of Turkish shopkeepers take to the streets in north London to defend their businesses

  • Theresa May: ‘We need robust policing but we also need to ensure that justice is done through the courts’

  • Police cells in the capital are full after hundreds of arrests over three nights of rioting

  • Senior officers complain Met police ‘rudderless’ since Sir Paul Stephenson left

Reported By Rebecca Camber

Last updated at 4:02 PM on 9th August 2011

Vigilantes were forced onto the streets last night to protect their homes and businesses after police failed to materialise at many of the scenes of looting and violence which swept across London.

As officers lost control of the streets locals were forced to take the law into their own hands, arming themselves with sticks and chasing looters away from their properties.

In Dalston and Hackney, north-east London, Turkish shopkeepers and their families fought back against looting youths, before spending the night standing shoulder-to-shoulder in an attempt to deter further attacks.

One man said: ‘This is Turkish Kurdish area. They come to our shops and we fight them with sticks.’

Despite increasing calls for the police to get tough with the rioters, Home Secretary Theresa May today sparked anger as she appeared to dismiss the notions that water cannons and even the Army could be used to ensure violent scenes are not repeated tonight.

As police were slammed for appearing to let looters run riot under their noses, Mrs May instead advocated a more softly-softly approach.

She said: “The way we police in Britain is not through use of water cannon. The way we police in Britain is through consent of communities.”

Vigilantes: Mobs of Turkish men throng the streets in Dalston, where they chased away rioters intent on looting shops and businessesVigilantes: Mobs of Turkish men throng the streets in Dalston, where they chased away rioters intent on looting shops and businesses

Taking over the streets: A large crowd gathered in this street in Hackney, east London, before clashing with he police

Taking over the streets: A large crowd gathered in this street in Hackney, east London, before clashing with the police

On Shacklewell Lane, the Turkish community was hailed across Twitter as being the force which saved the area from wanton destruction.

After a single-deck bus was burned out, stick-wielding shopkeepers chased away a gang of youngsters before standing defiant in the face of further violence.

One, who would not give his name, said: ‘We beat up four of them quite badly and they ran off.’ Another said: ‘This is not justice, coming here and trying to attack us.’ 

In testament to the men’s bravery, several businesses on the street remained open as usual, unlike other areas where shopkeepers had heeded police advice to shut their doors early.

Guardian reporter Paul Lewis described the scenes on Kingsland Road, Hackney, as Turkish men clashed with youths, tweeting: ‘Kingsland Road chaotic as Turkish men attack other, predominantly black, youths with sticks, metal barricades and bricks.’

In a further tweet Mr Lewis quoted a man carrying a stick as saying: ‘This is Turkish Kurdish area. They come to our shops and we fight them with sticks.’

South of the river in Tooting, near to Clapham, where high streets were ravaged, Asian shopkeepers shut up early and stood guard outside their stores with their relatives to protect them.

A local resident, who asked not to be named, said: ‘With no police on the streets, it could’ve been a free-for-all for criminals. I’m so relieved it didn’t kick off round here last night. If it had kicked off I dread to think what would have happened.’

Meanwhile, in Clapham, residents accused the police of ‘doing nothing’ to stop opportunistic looters pillaging the area’s high street. Shops including department Debenhams were stripped bare by rioters who arrived in cars which they filled with whatever items they could steal.

Late night looters: A group of youths run through the streets in Dalston, east London, after breaking into the area's Kingsland shopping centre

Late night looters: A group of youths run through the streets in Dalston, east London, after breaking into the area’s Kingsland shopping centre

Too little, too late: Riot police protect the entrance to the looted Debenhams department store in Clapham Junction, south London. Residents accused the police of doing nothing to stop looting in the areaToo little, too late: Riot police protect the entrance to the looted Debenhams department store in Clapham Junction, south London. Residents accused the police of doing nothing to stop looting in the area

'Community policing': Theresa May, Home Secretary, this morning ruled out calling in the Army and equipping police with heavier weapons

‘Community policing’: Theresa May, Home Secretary, this morning ruled out calling in the Army and equipping police with heavier weapons

In spite of the fact that people were forced to take the law into their own hands to defend homes and businesses across the capital, Home Secretary Theresa May this morning seemed to rule out deploying the Army.

David Cameron is now back in the capital after flying home early from Italy during the third night of horrific scenes with mobs burning buildings, looting shops and terrorising residents.

The Prime Minister met with Mrs May and Acting Met Police chief Tim Godwin this morning before chairing a meeting of the Government’s emergency committee Cobra.

Mrs May and Mayor of London Boris Johnson have also been forced to curtail their holidays and return as Scotland Yard battles to keep peace on the streets.

Mrs May condemned the violence as ‘sheer criminality’ for which she said there was ‘no excuse’ but she downplayed suggestions the Army could be used to bolster police numbers.

She said: ‘The disorder we’ve seen is at a level that hasn’t been seen for some years in this country. We do need to bring an end to it and we need to bring an end to it soon.’

‘There is no excuse for these levels of criminality and it needs to be dealt with. These people need to see that there are consequences for their actions.

‘We need robust policing but we also need to ensure that justice is done through the courts and this will begin today.’

She hailed the ‘strong leadership’ of the police as she called on local communities and parents to help efforts to keep the peace.

Asked if the Army would be brought in, Mrs May said an end to the riots could be brought with policing, the use of intelligence and the help of local communities.

‘The way we police in Britain is not through use of water cannon,’ she said. ‘The way we police in Britain is through consent of communities.’

She also urged parents to keep tabs on their children and for the support of local communities to help police do their jobs.

Some 6,000 officers were on duty in London last night as more than 20,000 999 calls were made. A total of 13,000 will be working in the city over the next 24 hours.

Mr Godwin has also called on all special constables – volunteer police officers – to come in to further bolster numbers. The FA has now cancelled tomorrow’s friendly between England and Holland at Wembley to avoid further stretching police.

More than 450 people have now been arrested since the violence first erupted on Saturday, with police cells across the capital now full. Three people were arrested last night on suspicion of attempting to kill a police officer.

Commander Christine Jones, at Scotland Yard, said the events were ‘simply inexcusable’: ‘Ordinary people have had their lives turned upside down by this mindless thuggery.’

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stephen Kavanagh said all police leave has been cancelled and vowed ‘all able-bodied officers’ will be deployed. And he appeared to contradict the Home Secretary regarding the use of the Army by saying nothing had been ruled out.

‘The people of London need to know that the Commissioner and his management board team are considering everything and working through those options as we go forward,’ he said.

Stealing: A group of looters flee from clothes store Blue Inc in Peckham after stealing clothes

Destruction: A group of looters flee from clothes store Blue Inc in Peckham after stealing clothes

Residents questioned why no police officers were available to combat rampant looting as thieves methodically cleared stores. Up to 300 officers were drafted in from Home Counties forces to bolster the response but they were overwhelmed by the sheer scale of the rioting.

Residents in Clapham, Croydon, Peckham and Hackney complained at the absence of police officers during the worst confrontations. In Clapham, Owen MacCarthy, 28, a bank worker, said: ‘It’s disgusting. These kids are out to loot as much as they can and they won’t stop until they’ve got everything.

‘I have seen people rob things then go home and come back for more. We’ve been here for an hour and half and we haven’t seen a single police officer and these kids have no idea between right and wrong.’

In Peckham, onlookers said they feared for their lives as people struggled to get through to emergency services by phone and police took a long time to arrive. Staff in a branch of Tesco Metro described how they hid as masked looters rampaged through the shop stealing alcohol and food.

The manager said: ‘I was locked inside my store for 45 minutes before the police came and let me out. We phoned them at seven o’clock and they didn’t come until eight. We locked ourselves in the office.

‘They kicked the door in and looted everything – it was terrifying. I didn’t even know what to do. I had my seven staff inside with me.’

Former London Mayor advisor Atma Singh tweeted: ‘The image of London on TV is lawlessness. The police has a duty to stop the violence & criminals. No excuses for inaction. It’s appalling.’

 Met Police officer Pc Paul Deller was in the control room overnight co-ordinating the response and admitted the force was overstretched. It had to send out non-specialist officers to tackle the rioters because ‘the box was empty’ of reinforcements,’ he said.

‘We simply ran out of units to send. That’s not something we would normally expose those officers to a risk of, but last night decisions were made that we had to and that’s what we did. We threw everything we had at it,’ he told the BBC.

However, he defended the police effort – insisting they were doing everything possible to restore calm. We didn’t surrender the streets. Over 50 of my colleagues were injured last night defending those streets to the best of their capability. I don’t think at any point did we surrender.’

By midnight flashpoints had multiplied around London, with Clapham, Hackney, Dalston, Peckham, Woolwich and Lewisham added to the list which already included Enfield, Walthamstow and Tottenham.

And there were fears that the chaos could spread nationwide, with Croydon to the south of the capital ablaze, and even Birmingham and Bristol joining in the destruction as hundreds of youths smashed shop windows and looted the contents.

At 2.30am the Metropolitan Police changed tactics in the Lavender Hill area of Clapham, introducing armoured vehicles to push back more than 150 people where substantial damage was being caused to shops and local businesses.

Because the tactic was a success police are now considering using the same tactic elsewhere.

Commander Christine Jones, said: ‘We are using tactics flexibly to respond to the disorder we are still seeing in different areas of the capital.

‘Anyone involved in criminality should be under no illusion that we will pursue you.

‘We have been making arrests all evening and have a team working during the night examining CCTV images.

‘We will follow up evidence in the coming days in order to bring anyone else responsible for criminal acts to justice.’

With cars, shops and homes burning, police tactics were coming under ever-increasing attack.

Riot officers were unable to deal  with the sheer scale of the violence and there were questions about the  Metropolitan force’s lack of leadership following the resignation of Sir Paul Stephenson.

The police lack of control allowed mobs of children aged as young as seven to rampage through the streets at will. Mobs of masked youngsters, some on BMXs, roamed the streets ransacking stores in daylight and hurling petrol bombs at police.

At least 35 officers were hurt and tens of millions of pounds of damage was caused to homes and businesses in ‘copycat criminal activity’ across London. 

Youths in Peckham were videoed throwing fireworks down one street yesterday evening

Youths in Peckham were videoed throwing fireworks down one street yesterday evening

Smashed This Maplin store in Birmingham was targeted by the unrest
This bookmakers shop in Peckham was also vandalised by rioters

Smashed: This Maplin shop in Birmingham and a bookmakers in Peckham were vandalised by the rioters

Raid: This group targeted a jewellery store at the Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham

Raid: This group targeted a jewellery store at the Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham

Acting Metropolitan Police Commissioner Tim Godwin took the extraordinary step of appealing to parents whose children were running wild, telling them: ‘I do urge that parents start asking where they are.’

David Cameron was forced to quit his holiday and fly back to chair an emergency summit this morning.

The orgy of violence has its roots in the police shooting of suspected gangster Mark Duggan last Thursday.

But by last night it had descended into ‘pure criminality’ and ‘thieving on a mass scale’.

On another calamitous day for the capital, it emerged that:

  • Some 334 arrests had been made, the youngest being a boy of 11;
  • Police promised to track down the internet provocateurs who called on others to join the looting;
  • Pamphlets were handed out advising thugs to burn clothes if caught on CCTV to evade capture.
  • There were reports that Mark Duggan did not fire on police, but an officer shot him dead because he feared he was in danger from the gunman;
  • It emerged that Duggan was armed with a blank-firing gun which had been converted to hold live ammunition; 
Rampage: A group of looters raid a local shop in Hackney, stripping the shelves bare of drink and cigarettes, while a cash machine is also ripped apart

Rampage: A group of looters raid a local shop in Hackney, stripping the shelves bare of drink and cigarettes, while a cash machine is also ripped apart

Stripped bare: The looters jumped over counters and threw food such as crisps and sweets to the floor in order to get to the things they wanted

Stripped bare: The looters jumped over counters and threw food such as crisps and sweets to the floor in order to get to the things they wanted

Milling about: Hundreds of people gather outside a parade of shops in Hackney before things turned violent in Hackney

Milling about: Hundreds of people gather outside a parade of shops in Hackney before things turned violent

Last night London was in lockdown as police lined the streets braced for violence led by ‘burglars, thugs and bullies’.

Scotland Yard invoked special powers in four trouble hotspots – Lambeth, Haringey, Enfield and Waltham Forest – allowing officers to stop and search suspects without reasonable suspicion.

But the move backfired when violence erupted in Hackney, East London in retaliation to the search operation.

There, armed gangs on BMX bicycles attacked a crowded bus during the evening rush-hour and then chased the screaming commuters as they tried to escape.

Riot police were forced to evacuate homes in the area. Screaming children were led to safety as cars and buildings continued to burn.

London's burning: A riot officer watches as a shop burns in Croydon as riots spread out of London yesterday evening

London’s burning: A riot officer watches as the House of Reeves furniture shop burns to the ground in Croydon last night

A firemen lifts a hose as he attends to the fire at the House of Reeves furniture shop in Church Street, Croydon
Surveying the scene: A firefighter watches as colleagues spray water onto the fire in furniture store in Croydon

Gutted: Firefighters were powerless to put out the blaze at the Reeves furniture store in Croydon. The family business was razed to the ground

Police were unable to prevent the attacks because all the riot officers on the streets were caught up in running battles with gangs who pelted them with lumps of wood, chairs and bottles.

The mob set fire to several buildings and three police cars. Witnesses reported seeing children aged as young as seven involved. They smashed the windows of stores, grabbing what they could before riot police arrived.

Other thugs fought each other over a bag of diamonds which had fallen on to the street after it had been looted from a jewellers.

A police officer could be seen lying on the ground after being struck on his shield by a missile.

Other officers created a cordon around him while he was treated by colleagues.

At one point child rioters tried to hijack a bus so they could drive it at police. As shop protective grilles were ripped up and a security camera smashed, two teenage girls giggled to each other, saying: ‘We’re gonna get gold!’

There were also reports that white people were being targeted for robbery by gangs roaming the streets.

Thieves: Group of youths steal shirts and other clothes after breaking into a shop in Peckham

Thieves: Group of youths steal shirts and other clothes after breaking into a shop in Peckham

Attack: A group of youths kick the door in of a JD sports store in Hackney
A group of youths, one carrying a stolen television walks past a shop in Hackney

Smash and grab: A group of youths kick the door in of the JD Sports store in Hackney, while another group escapes from a store, one carrying a television he has taken

Mindless: A group of youths attacks a helpless photographer in Birmingham as the violence spread north last night

Mindless: A group of youths attacks a helpless photographer in Birmingham as the violence spread north last night

Police advised businesses across the capital to close as the violence also spread to Peckham, Deptford and Lewisham in South London.

More than 300 officers from 12 outside forces were brought in to help the Met deal with riots. But areas of the capital were left entirely unprotected. In affluent Clapham, a 200-strong mob tore along the high street while one witness said: ‘There isn’t a single officer here.’

Metropolitan Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stephen Kavanagh said Scotland Yard was on high alert and said the looting was ‘disgusting behaviour, ripping apart people’s livelihoods and businesses’.

He said a third more officers were on the ground than Sunday night, which was three times more than Saturday when the riots started.

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6 Responses

  1. heavy_knowledge says:

    yep things are f** up over hear

  2. Percy says:

    What a scam. Veterans Today, Gordon Duff has exposed this for what it is… its a black ops false flag scam to try and get the people to call for martial law and to start world war three between christians and muslims. Its the only way and its why the Home secretary had no intentions of stopping all of this. They started it with their operatives and intend to keep going til they get caught, which they just have been caught, or until they get their martial law. NOTHING IS WORKING FOR THEM….. even Norways event got outted as another black ops false flag. It appears it well may have been uniformed police that the survivors say were shooting at the kids and if it hadn’t been for civilian rescue by fisherman in boats, those kids might well have all been dead. Its a good story and a CNN video that got buried was discovered and one of the rescuers, a fisherman on vacation said that the students told him police were the ones doing the shooting. How about that? BELIEVE NOTHING OF WHAT YOU HEAR FROM THE MSM, NOW INCLUDING PAK ALERT AND ONLY HALF OF WHAT YOU SEE, IF IS NOT VIDEO. Lets see if they are willing to post this. I need to know for myself and this is a good way to find out. The old pak alert would have investigated even deeper before publishing and would have broken the real story on this instead of Veterans today.

  3. saleem says:

    very nice job done by ur team

  4. vljones says:

    I guess the best thing to do is to arm yourself and protect yourself and your familiy when things like this is going to happen.

  5. vljones says:

    Now one thing I do not understand is where is the parents. Is parents getting this bad that they just let their kids run rampant,steal and burn down a city like this. These youth today are not fearful and have no type of morals anymore. I heard on BBC news that children as young as 11 was doing these horrible things. NO way in my right mind I let my kids run around being that young. Then they steal TV’s, clothes, and other items that not even a neccessity. WHen a disaster hit one day I guess that the things they be stealing instead of water, food, and other importants material. I also did not agree how they killed that youth Duggan that was unneccessary but that what they do they target Black men like that. The media need to stop their lives and just saying that is just Black people because I see white, arabs also stealing. I see mass white people stealing and robbing as well. They at least tell the truth that all riots is the break down of morals, economic crisis, high unemployment rate with the youths. The children just do not have nothing to do because all the cuts they are doing the government and including other coutries worldwide. This society is just going to get worse and soon they going to be everywhere. THe money crisis really hurting ever countries it do not matter what color,age, creed and ethnicity/gender the person is. The education system is also being cut and many kids are seeing shorter days in school. Then there is no jobs for most of them to do.

  6. K Z says:

    Europe’s most civilized nation!!!

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