The Forgotten Riots that Almost Destroyed London

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I remember those riots, I worked in a supermarket In Croydon and I can still remember security comming into the office and telling the store manager "They're outside, obout a hundred of them". We had already been told by head office that if they got inside we weren't to stop them, our only concern was to make sure they didn't start a fire. Scary times when it's outside your door and not just something on TV.

Due to inflation riot kits are now £10

It wasn't extra policing which ended the riots. It rained.

16:01 - the man just lost the most valuable thing in his life, his son. Yet he's there calling for an end to hostility; having to argue his point too. A real brave wise man amongst fools

one video that stuck with me from this time was where a international student got attacked, had his jaw broken I think.... and then some other guys offered to help him back up but then stole stuff from his backpack while he was distracted. I agree inequality was a big driver for the riots, but its hard to feel sympathy for people who do that kind of thing.

I was stuck working in birmingham when the riots broke out there. As the riots started getting closer and closer escape routes were getting blocked off more and more, our boss did the only thing he could think of, bundle us all in othe back of a 7.5 tonne lorry (about 25 of us) and told the driver to get us at least 5 miles away. Driver was given explicit instructions, if the cops are in front of us, stop, if rioters were in front of us, keep going no matter what (which translated to " If someone tries blocking you in, run them over") it ended up, we got out with minutes to spare, they were literally like 2 streets away.. We got to a safe distance and waited to hear the news on if the company building had survived, it didn't... They smashed the place to shit, ram raided the doors open and just destroyed the place, not even bothering to try and loot much stuff, they just wanted to detroy everything around them. It had nothing to do with Mark being killed, it was just mob mentallity "Hey people are rioting across britain, this looks fun, lets do it too" Was NOT a fun time to be alive.. I remember seeing one internet post where some kid was bragging he had been looting.. What did he steal ?? a 1kg bag of white rice. Proper gansta that one. Although the dip shit was showing his face in the video and cops used that to match to someone on cctv. He basically grassed himself up and provided the evidence the cops needed..

I remember a stupid lad that took photos of him posing like a gangster with a large bag of tesco value rice he stole from Tesco during the riots and then posted it on Facebook. He stupidly posted his own crime and He ended up jail for a few years. Of all the things you could end up in jail for... stealing a £1.39 bag of rice.

The looting is the worst thing about riots like what did some local man’s shop do

London is becoming hugely divided now, only a matter of time before something else kicks off

It seemed obvious early on, to those of us that lived through this that the ‘revenge’ criminal damage often appears to have occurred to draw police to a location so that gangs could then loot unopposed in other locations whilst the cops were dealing with the first. The reason it spread was that there were plenty of people up for doing a copycat and getting a load of designer gear for free once they saw the tactic was working. The ‘rioters’ only looted shops which contained designer gear or other items they desired or thought they could sell on easily. They didn’t burn the phone shop they looted it. They didn’t loot the furniture shop they burnt it. This is just like what is happening in California now, once people see they have a way to get free stuff for very little risk all the rats come out and copycat. Same thing happened in South Africa a few years ago

At the time I lived on Chestnut Estate. Now for those unfamiliar with the area, it is the estate behind Tottenham Police Station. You can’t really get much closer to the street than being there and you cannot help but become aware of who’s who and the local ‘faces’ - most of whom you’ll either see or they’ll be spoken about. Make absolutely no doubt about it, Mark Duggan - and all of his accomplices - were extremely well known ‘faces’. It didn’t shock anyone on Chestnut when it came out that he was the one shot by the police. If you involve yourself in serious organised crime - which IS what he did - eventually you will get bitten: either by the police, or someone else within that life. The whole riot thing was a disgrace. Why did it start? I’ll tell you. It was his family gaslighting the media, and trying to build a narrative that he was an innocent angel. I dunno maybe it’s too embarrassing to admit that a member of their family was a criminal who brought misery and suffering? Easier to paint him as a victim than to admit the truth. On Chestnut, no one shed any tears for him. In fact, more tears were shed seeing the High Road destroyed by the feral brats. No one felt safe for a week and that wasn’t fear of the police - it was fear of these hooligans who thought it was okay to intimidate the community. It’s not a rich area - quite the opposite - and you don’t do that. Why did other areas riot? It was summer and bored feral kids with nothing better to do. They saw it as an opportunity to go and rob a TV or tat from JD Sports. Nothing about all that was to do with Duggan, just an excuse to justify criminality.

Its disgraceful how the working people were the ones having to clean up after these disgusting bastards.

"he wasn't a gangster. he wasn't like that"... "but if he did have a gun"

I still find it funny how they rioted for a known criminal and now his son is a big rapper also a known criminal, the irony

Maddest thing is he actually was a drug dealer and his son is now a drill rapper

You forgotten to mention that Britain had the olympics the following year and many of the foreign press were questioning weather the UK could host an Olympics safely.

The way the family talk about mark duggan is embarrassing. It’s well known what he was like, who he was connected with and that he was far from innocent.

One of my mates lived in Croydon during the riots, always talks about the windows being boarded up in their house and his dad putting barricades in front of the front & back doors. Wild.

A reminder that this happened just a year before the London 2012 Olympics, an event supposed to bring people of all communities, nationalities and backgrounds together. The timing could never have been more perfect