The Forgotten Riots that Almost Destroyed London

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Today we remember the London riots, an insane period of time I and many other brits lived through where for 4 days the UK was on fire.
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[@user-pc5oz5je2j]

2pac one said a see no changes all I see is racist faces what I always like to bring up when talking about uk politics like when ever the tortes fuck up they will try to divert the attention away from them to Irish people or black people or the lgbtq community it fucking sucks living here with labour being really cringe and trying to justify the Iraq war with the Blair boys fuck the uk

[@caoimhinmcglas777]

Dude, you need to do the same with George Floyd as you did with this investigation, I thought Floyd was cut and dry, but he isn't. He was a bad man, he was full of drugs he swallowed so the police wouldn't find it, he was passing fake money when he was caught, he held up a pregnant woman in her home with a gun in her belly. I shed a tear for George when I watched it, but then, months later, they released ALL the footage. There's no way the police in UK would have put up with George's play-acting for as long as they did in USA.

[@jaynedavies2757]

it is also the fact that, our police, don't have the balls, to reject the exchange programmes with America and look up to American policing. so it will happen again and again. racial profiling is an American method, of policing, it's alien in every way to the British people, and the fact our police are trained in it. well it makes me wonder why.

[@timjohnson2235]

Mark Duggan was scumbag and it was never a peaceful protest.

[@caoimhinmcglas777]

@@jaynedavies2757 I lived in a scheme/estate, No blacks, just white schemos. The police profiled us from the 70s. If we took a short cut through a rich area, the police would stop and search us, same if we were walking into town. Why, because we more likely to be committing crime. The same happens in America. Black are more likely to be committing crime because they are schemos/chavs

[@krisheathmusic]

Due to inflation riot kits are now £10

[@samgill8183]

Only a tenner??!! I got ripped off then, £20

[@kyrohowe3156]

Prices always rising 🙃

[@jamiebrown8811]

Didn't know you could get a pair of air max and a balaclava for a tenner!!

[@tacticaldatatactical]

still cheap

[@jamespeters2859]

😂

[@pearofgeeksii8156]

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

[@escfxp]

So God intervened to stop the criminals who were the devil's minions. Makes sense.

[@pearofgeeksii8156]

I never said the rain was divine intervention to prevent a biblical prophecy. It's Britain, it rains a lot. The riots persisted until it rained for a few days.

[@escfxp]

@@pearofgeeksii8156 I believe you're correct. Thugs are their minions are lawless and this would have otherwise required military intervention I suspect.

[@timcolivet7343]

@@escfxp You what?! Are you smoking crack?

[@sofol699]

Rained in London, never

[@fallenangelo6049]

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

[@peeron6829]

i can see it in the comments😂

[@almansouri100]

Doubt you even live in London mate

[@salkoharper2908]

The 2011 Riots were really about poverty and the lack of money/jobs following the 2008 recession. The same pattern is repeating now in 2024. Many Londoners being priced out or straight up replaced by cheap migrants fresh off the boat. I actually think the tinder box is worse now than in 2011. I think we wil see more violence in the coming years.

[@loolfactorie]

@@almansouri100 20 years was enough for me.

[@LennyMadona-jm8yq]

And I can see you looking in your crystal ball , you antisemitic 🤷🏻‍♂️ Your Race card is laying on the floor where you left it ole-China-plate

[@control4230]

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.

[@Wildonnor]

Why didnt they order you to close the shutters instead??

[@BresciGaetano]

Why you was kept on duty while it was so dangerous to be there? Don't you belive you should had a day free? Would you die for a day paycheck in a market?

[@ALLISEEIS6S]

INSURANCE BABYYYY​@@Wildonnor

[@fallenangelo6049]

Same with shop I worked in. My head office wasn’t based in London so they were unaware of how many little shits were out on the street and even after telling them they still insisted we remain open. Fortunately the police had a riot van pull up outside and they made us close up. Only had a small group come in though-trying to steal fragrances, we were lucky as JD sports was two doors along and that was their prime target.

[@BresciGaetano]

@@fallenangelo6049 what amaze me is that on a side there are a lot of emotionally distressed people with a limeted consciousnes on the other there are those CEOs or alike consciously and openly showing no care for their employers and the mentioned employers risking their life to bring a pay day home and doing so keeping the system of the leaders helding strong. Yet is widly viewed as criminal the mob, even gimmy in the final conclusions, despite noticing all the time how there had been a lot of factors that fueled the spread of violence, he can't help but calling the riot out as "the problem". In my book the riot Is a solution, maybe a bad one, i can agree. The problems are the reasons why the riot started in the first place. I trully "love" how simple logic can be turned so upside down with enought propaganda.

[@Tom88]

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.

[@Limossol3922]

Yeah I remember watching that - it stuck with me for a while. Same as the international student who was beaten up during Covid.

[@billyglimstead5204]

Yh I remember watching that as a kid I was out there too didn't even know why

[@johnw574]

The driver of the riots was the family who denied all evidence that he was armed and dangerous and got himself killed for his own actions and they lied to everyone that he was a poor, innocent and discriminated against. You perpetuate these lies and validate their violence and this will happen again.

[@chalachala6]

Same people. Different city.

[@empee5796]

It wasn't inequality. It was opportunity, and criminal gangs. They just used the death of a criminal as an excuse.

[@JJ-te2pi]

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

[@davewordsworth1251]

I agree. What do you expect from them?

[@muffinman6048]

@@davewordsworth1251 Agreed. These people are not civil rights activists. Martin Luther King never ordered his followers to loot stores. These were just sick thugs, plain and simple, who took advantage of a shooting to do some looting. Sad to see it get repeated in American in 2020

[@SASMADBRUV7]

But let's not pretend it's not parts of the working class contributing to it as well.

[@stavrosr9819]

Which city of Africa did these riots occured?

[@danh555]

@@SASMADBRUV7working class 😂 No mate, they were too busy working

[@imconfused1237]

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.

[@ralphmarx7554]

So this person is full of shit

[@paulinekilburnie2224]

100%. Fatherless, feral kids - emboldened by race-baiters, given victim status and given an excuse to do as they wished.

[@B.A.Pilgrim]

course you did mate

[@theshamanarchist5441]

Well said. They need sending back aswell.

[@Alphoric]

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

[@DMWBN3]

Sell rice, remember the idiot who admitted to stealing a kilo of rice & got jailed 😂

[@aetherialbeing4223]

Exactly, “we hate the police so let’s go and harm innocent people and rob their stores”

[@ashleyoasis7948]

exactly had enough of blacks bashing south asians shop owners

[@Alphoric]

@@ashleyoasis7948 you seem to have a whole lot of identity problems and a weird focus on the identity of others

[@VOLRAK1]

​@@DMWBN3yeah.....the thing about that is.I know people who were paid by a news channel to say they were there and tell stories while acting them out. They were offered get this- clothes and trainers 😂 I'm not saying fake news, just saying the news is fake! Why bribe youths to incriminate themselves so you can have a story? Eh BBC? Any answers?

[@lordbonney9779]

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.

[@stelladavis7832]

And who caused the riots?

[@pathos2853]

@@stelladavis7832little shits

[@13thcentury]

Billy. Billy caused the riots. All of them.

[@tagus100]

@@stelladavis7832 Certain ethnic groups.

[@jb-if7sg]

@@tagus100 shut up,

[@denkanator]

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

[@alexandrual2782]

It is astonishing how biased the member of this 'community'' can be and unfortunately not taking responsibility and actually condemn the bad apples makes them all look alike, and makes us all feel like there is nothing that can be done for them to improve. It's a vicious cycle that never ends.

[@jamespearson8949]

He and George, good boys, promise.

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

"He was the best guy around" "what about the murders?" "WHAAAT MURDERSSSS?"

[@utjiuatjavara3787]

Okes if you're gonna be racist just be racist fully don't hide behind euphemism and what not . Don't be cowardly

[@BlesW]

You obviously don’t understand what’s it like to live in a gang territory sometimes people not involved need to carry a weapon

[@Nobby76]

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..

[@DMWBN3]

I’d just moved to Barcelona & watched it on the tv. Seeing Spanish people’s reactions, I felt pretty embarrassed to be English. Trashing businesses, Robbing, looting … all for trainers!!! Morons.

[@lolza-qh2xw]

We laughed at the rice looter but because of inflation that 1kg of rice is now worth thousands

[@indi_prime]

@@DMWBN3 wasn't the English looting though was it, however I would feel embarrassment on behalf of some of my fellow English, if I was still capable given their woke state, in that they can't tell the difference between what is English and what is most clearly not

[@DMWBN3]

@@indi_primeI’d say there were many English born looting. Didn’t ask to see ID, but think I get what you mean!

[@smokeshivgaming9150]

Basmati!

[@Ironbuket]

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

[@Supersonic0324]

You lot will never change will you

[@richtheunstable3359]

Only shops that got burnt on Brixton high street were footlocker and JD

[@Ironbuket]

@@richtheunstable3359 Was it burnt before or after it was looted?

[@richtheunstable3359]

@@Ironbuket who knows, possibly during. Most like had run out of stuff to loot. Don't think many if any other stores got looted.

[@dogdog2635]

you are right the exact same happened in SA. The initial riots were small but spread like wildfire when the looting began. Literally in every single interview of these rioters, they all confess that they only joined in for the looting

[@DLIN666]

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.

[@marekohampton8477]

"Mark was just a lovely boy. Used to help old ladies over the road, bring 'is muvver flowers every day, luvved puppies 'n kittens"

[@user-op6kt8pg9y]

Exactly not to mention his son being a known criminal and famous rapper who claims the police discriminate against him

[@DLIN666]

@@user-op6kt8pg9y one of his best mates is doing a life sentence for murder and has to serve at least 19 years (after appealing the original 21 year tariff).

[@user-op6kt8pg9y]

@@DLIN666 I stopped listening to drill music when ofb the gang his son is in made a song where one of the members literally says "I poked him I poked him yeah well that's true" and then literally the next line he says "the police always stopping me cus I'm a black yute" after that I stopped with drill altogether I just couldn't believe someone could blatantly admit to stabbing people and then say the police are racist for stop and searching him, it was an odd faze of my life from 16-18, the problem is they all think like that, every single one of them they have the mindset of "oh I can stab and kill and shoot whoever I want, but if the law gets involved it's because they're racist", like digga d he had a whole BBC documentary made about him and about how the police constantly stop him while driving despite the fact he was arrested multiple times for driving around with full on machetes in his car, it's actually embarrassing the lengths the media and the race baiters go through to justify criminals being criminals

[@DLIN666]

@@user-op6kt8pg9y mate, with that comment you’ve left me with nothing to say apart from - amen. Spot on mate. Amen.

[@derektetteh1608]

If you lived in London at the time, trust me you never forgot these Riots. I Never Will

[@csvickers151]

I remember this day and the days that followed… army was even put on standby.

[@hotmess9640]

Don’t be so soft. This would’ve been seen as just another Tuesday in France

[@trigger.t132]

@@hotmess9640 ur chatting pure shite lol France had 1 recent riot which was in Paris n before that the revolution in like 1800’s😂💀 London riots was on the news worldwide with more deaths than the Paris riots n don’t forget uk had to save France in ww2 as the nazis were battering them😂😂

[@user-op6kt8pg9y]

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

[@IDunGivaFook]

who just got arrested for having a gun with bullets. apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

[@ayt_a]

​@@IDunGivaFook this is the point! The few making this a race thing are barking up the wrong tree though.

[@TM-ch3hl]

they rioted because the police killed him and lied about the circumstances, it was also just the cherry on top over the way the police treat certain communities, also if the police had killed your father when you were a child and you grew up in tottenham in a poor family you'd be having a laugh if you think you'd never commit a crime.

[@user-op6kt8pg9y]

@@TM-ch3hl ah the classic "blame everyone but myself for my own actions" It has been proven time after time that police don't treat different communities differently it's just some communities are willing to take accountability for their actions while others aren't, you don't see white or Asian kids creating gangs and calling themselves "road men", stop acting like they aren't the ones proudly talking about being criminals they literally make music about stabbing people and act like it's a normal thing to be proud of having turf wars over postcodes and what council estate you live on, it's embarrassing how you can attribute all of that to "it's everyone else's fault" isn't it funny how the generation before them didn't resort to violent gang crime

[@ayt_a]

@@TM-ch3hl exactly. There's clear evidence on the links between poverty, trauma etc. and crime/'anti-social behavior'

[@johnwaugh1719]

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

[@theogtinyweiner5879]

My man uploaded 3 days IN A ROW?!?!? Respect and appreciate the grind sir!!!

[@DaveSCameron]

He’s just one man, no “men’s” here…😂😂😂

[@HaggardPillockHD]

​@@DaveSCameron how do you know that he hasn't got an editor or other members?

[@ThePussukka]

Uploading when that CPM is high

[@ronald666mcdonald]

"my man" is chav chat , yu get meh ?

[@royfr8136]

'grind' 😂🤣😂😅

[@retrojames4226]

My neighboring cell mate was involved in the riots. He was cookoo. Absolutely mad and mentally unwell. He was one of the looters. When I asked him why he did it, it had nothing to do with Mark Duggan. He just wanted free stuff and be involved in the madness. Good lad though, always helped me out if I needed anything.

[@mananzi9907]

Yeah it's a shame, but it's common for protests / riots with genuine cause being used by others for entertainment etc

[@MrKingkz]

​@@mananzi9907This is what happens when bad education meets consumerism it's won't be the first time and it definitely will not be the last if the world is defined by haves and have-nots I can see more riots having the same energy just look at the BLM protests in the USA for example they had the same problem

[@mantovannni]

Yeah I heard idiots on the bus boasting about their free tv's People just took advantage in the chaos as people tend to do.

[@gregprocter765]

@@mantovannni funny thing is when i lived in london i found so many tv on the street for free

[@gubbasgubbas]

@@mananzi9907or get pushed to that by their gov so they can use force…

[@kento7899]

Nothing pisses people off more than when the police look at them suspiciously as if they're probably doing what they are, in fact, doing.

[@ThePsycoDolphin]

Said no one ever as police continually shoot and cover up their crimes, lie in court, destroy evidence against people doing absolutely no crimes at the scene of their deaths. But hey, he's a black. Must be a crim eh? You getting tired licking those boots?

[@Deadpoolwashere]

What ive learned in life is when an innocent person is harmed nobody cares. every protest there has ever been is always over criminals and terrorists. animals

[@anonymousinternetaddict]

Erm, Rodney King?

[@Deadpoolwashere]

@@anonymousinternetaddict have you not seen his criminal record. from wife beating to armed robbery you prove my point. typical

[@anonymousinternetaddict]

@@Deadpoolwashere he was on parole after having other charges dropped. Still doesn't warrant receiving 11 skull fractures and permanent brain damage when the police could've just restrained him. That was what people were outraged at

[@Deadpoolwashere]

@@anonymousinternetaddict that's not my point. you are changing the point to help you sleep at night as you cannot face reality. My point is that people riot over criminals but when truly pure hearted people are hurt nobody cares, people keep eating their dinner and there are no riots. This is the simple animalistic nature of humanity. These people you support even if it wasn't totally right how they died or where injured are fact 100% without a doubt criminals, evil doers or terrorists.

[@runningcommentary2125]

I don't think most of the rioters even knew who Duggan was.

[@petebrad01527]

Recently I've been getting so fed up with everyone making 3hr long videos about KZbin drama and then the other day I saw your video on the 90s rave culture and it was a total breath of fresh air,was thinking about it for days. And now this is another banger of a video on another subject close to my heart, so just came to say keep up the great work my friend. My 2 favourite videos of this year so far and they are both yours 👊😶

[@JimmyTheGiant]

Very glad you enjoyed thank you

[@petebrad01527]

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[@TheUltimateBlooper]

@@JimmyTheGiant Dude, me and the missus discovered your channel - your videos about the subcultures and various events are AWESOME! You've got a bangin good style going, keep it up :)

[@Gnarlyboi]

I'm exactly the same. I don't give a shit about which internet celebrity is a terrible person. But Jimmy does videos on things I actually give a crap about and feel more relatable to me as a Brit. We need to back more British content creators like this.

[@muggsyboykins4393]

One of the most successful channel pivots ever, Jimmy is awesome at this investigative stuff

[@Radioteleviziunerelaniana]

The reason why Turkish shops weren't looted was because the Turkish owners actually defended their stores against rioters, the 2011 England Riots version of the Roof Koreans but Turkish and without guns, respect from Romania.

[@ManLikeChesh]

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

[@Rumpleforeskin77]

Mad. .no one could predict that or his son being a criminal too.

[@zainabibraheem]

Also in jail

[@hosephanerothe1440]

Starkey was right

[@kevinbrown-ge6sz]

Do you get the death penalty for being a low-level drug dealer?

[@michaelshultz8973]

Man, what you said about MPs simply taking money from the taxpayers rather than smashing into stores to grab plasma TVs...that hit hard.

[@bawsack69]

Highly doubtful anybody in those riots have ever paid tax.

[@akgfilming]

because they dont have anywhere near a need to. MPs were born wealthy, and stay so by driving these people into further poverty

[@Tomartyr]

@@bawsack69 everyone pays VAT

[@bawsack69]

@@Tomartyr shoplifters don't.

[@TheSupaman98]

@@akgfilmingMPs were born wealthy? I know you hate MPs, but to say every MP was born wealthy is simply untrue.

[@mikemines2931]

I'm old enough to remember when England was a peaceful place what happened? Oh yes we needed bus conductors. That was lie number one.

[@joshwebb5016]

It’s tragic isn’t it. We really did manufacture our own demise

[@Fury851]

Whyte replacement happened

[@TheCrazyhusky]

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.

[@sebastianmorell2012]

Heh, criminal of the year award :)

[@adsadam1]

I remember a Twitter photo at the time of a guy's coffee table with loads of TV stuff he looted on it? I think he was in it, I can't remember it perfectly but I remember it still to this day

[@Limossol3922]

Brooooo, what a video! Just subbed. I remember being stuck right in the middle of the riots in a fight between the police and the rioters. I was 15, on my own and just came out of CEX in ilford with a new PlayStation game 😅 I had absolutely no idea what was going on

[@milky5640]

Mate, keep doing this sort of direction and thesis about your video production. Extremely down to earth and relatable sense of humour etc. You will go places mate!

[@milky5640]

Im an 04 kid so this event seemed eeringly like the norm. So it is extremely interesting to observe these once very *present events - are now part of a timeline in mad history.

[@alfiemckeough3762]

I remember this. I was 11 at the time, terrified that the riots would reach where I lived. It seems so strange how we all seem to have forgotten about it almost.

[@ImmortalRimas]

What was ironic about this was that David Cameron was making budget cuts to British public services some of which were to the police and then suddenly he needed the police but after all this ended he continued to make cuts to the police which is probably why crimes such as knife crime are on the rise in the UK now as a knock on effect from his time as Prime Minister. He’s got a lot to answer for today

[@shibbymiyah6614]

No he hasn't. Cameron is a legend the best prime minister uk has ever had. He's also a keen gta 5 online player. I've played him a few times and he has a wicked son and a bad boy whip (car)

[@i_know_youre_right_but]

@@shibbymiyah6614seen him in O beach last summer and he gave me a key in the bogs. Can confirm he’s a fucking legend.

[@mikehunt2181]

@@shibbymiyah6614 Lmao it doesnt matter he was a keen gta 5 player or even owned a sick ass bad boy car the guy actually did fuck up the country at the time with the budget cuts which have spirilled out of control with the lastest gov and also fucked a pig (not his wife) 😮‍💨

[@kumajin3621]

it was no coincidence, just like they the most important people being out the country during such a chaotic time

[@lindltaylor5596]

Yh the funding cuts hurt the police but I've got mates in the police. They say the problem isn't funding it's the courts giving stupidly lenient sentences.

[@jammydodger1449]

All I'll say is, I'm from a poor working class mining town in the North. And when Drummer Lee Rigby's head was cut off by Islamic extremists I didn't go burning down my local neighbourhood. :) So clearly yes environment has an impact, but ultimately I agree with the historian on the basis that I've not been drawn into such activity, but then again the North's demographics aren't exactly like London's are they?

[@flow_state959]

You're misunderstanding. A singular event is never the sole reason. Social tentions were brewing way before. The best way to prevent these social tensions is to solve issues in these communities.

[@arthurheath7002]

I mean enough poor Northern towns have had race riots to prove this statement a load of bull. I was living in South london during the riots. It was white people as well as any other group looting

[@JawncoreIL]

Jimmy you’re spoiling us with three uploads in three days 🙏 appreciate your hard work!

[@samlagos2192]

We forget the fact that Mark Duggan wasn’t a good man

[@happyjonn9242]

Mark Duncan

[@zainabibraheem]

Fr

[@campbellthetoast7897]

This isn't Judge Dread

[@samlagos2192]

@pf.ric3 are you just acting stupid or is that a genuine question. You do know they were looking for him don’t you? Of course they knew about his personal life🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@samlagos2192]

@@campbellthetoast7897 don’t care ?

[@ImmersiveSportsScience]

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.

[@lunkycultist5519]

And France is hosting next... Oh god

[@MonacoFerrari]

As somebody who lived in Wood Green (next door neighbours to Tottenham) I remember these on the headlines and remember the high road being blocked off due to these riots and fires. Remember it like it was yesterday…

[@beaulynskey8470]

I remember being 12 years old and watching footage of the violence broadcasting all over the telly. Over 12 years later and it's still shocking to revisit these events.

[@likemysnopp]

until you realized that the UK had a literal problem with people throwing fkin ACID in other peoples faces. ACIIID. When I remember that part I dont really view the riots from 2011 as a chocking event. Sure it was well messed up but I rather have some shops being beaten up then actual faces being completely ruined from melting.

[@miscellaneousz2681]

Old

[@traffecone]

@@miscellaneousz2681 He's 24 or 25 bro, that aint old 😭

[@peeron6829]

@@miscellaneousz2681 you like 6 year old that sees everyone older than 16 as grown up lmao

[@OneOfThePauls]

"This is the side of Britain that we often keep a big secret" - that's the quote, dude. That's what ALL of this was about.

[@likemysnopp]

tbh I kind of like the UK because of that. Like we know fully well that they do their best to hide the poor behind a huge wall or something so that nobody see them. But every now and then things like this happen so we can get a view from the outside what actual britian is like.

[@RoyStanfield]

The

[@britainman3459]

@@likemysnoppYou didn’t hit the nail live here for 15 years then you can talk

[@richardwillson101]

​@likemysnopp the poor and "underprivileged" are the loudest people in Britain. They are not forgotten or hidden, they make sure of this. Maybe the rest of the world doesn't like to hear it, so just ignores it, but here in the UK it's not like that at all. In fact, the most hidden thing and taboo to talk about is how people who appear to have some "wealth" are actually struggling to feed their families, to hold down a job and are not being helped by anybody. A real problem here which is a taboo to talk about because "they have a job" or "they have a mortgage". Them, and if that horrible woman in parliament has her way, the homeless will be hidden. Moved on from the streets, locked up for pitching tents and begging for money. Braverman is a scary woman with scary ideas.

[@Th3_Gael]

​@@richardwillson101bingo, it's the destruction of the middle class and further treading down of the poor

[@underworldunmasked]

Brilliant video mate I know this all takes a lot of time and energy to edit and film I respect the graft! Keep up the good work

[@clarkejosland9982]

Well 130+ people met in elham to protect the shops. Some of the rioters got a good hiding before the police started protecting them.

[@Rumpleforeskin77]

Millwall boys Eltham locals and some Charlton . Enfield locals did the same

[@clarkejosland9982]

@Rumpleforeskin77 yeah I was there. Shame you can't even defend you own home anymore

[@Rumpleforeskin77]

@@clarkejosland9982 Good lad yourself .

[@sunlight9056]

i've only recently dicovered this channel and now i'm hooked.

[@JimmyTheGiant]

Welcome

[@otsonuutilainen6489]

same

[@DaveSCameron]

Remember that plum who robbed free Argos catalogues and got fined😂😂😂😂😂

[@yesbabelon]

I seem to remember a picture of a lad posing with a massive bag of Tesco value rice that he had nicked as well 😂

[@chrisgoodwill3818]

Really really good video, very informative and genuine. You have earned a new follower mate 👍🏻

[@MarkyFormula1]

Watched a few of them now and your videos are really well written/presented man. Keep it up.

[@vinnievega9843]

I definitely won’t forget it, I remember feeling the heat from the flyover at Reeves corner furniture store as I was driving home from work.

[@jddarnes1131]

Your content is some of the best on KZbin.

[@Redmoon415]

Another great video. Your videos are awesome man keep up the good work.

[@ChipsandPeas]

I lived in Peckham at the time. What tickled me is the looters couldn't get into JD Sports, but did get into Clarks and stole a load of hush puppies...

[@Jono153]

Didn't take any work boots then?

[@catmoore2443]

😂

[@amensentis]

This was so crazy. I had moved to London from Sweden like a week earlier for my then girlfriend. Whole town went crazy. My girlfriend forbade me from going outside until it was all over. We lived in Brixton at the time. I took a tour around town some days after, amazed by the damage.

[@SnareProds]

It’s crazy to hear this, Sweden is now a real life war zone I remember when it was the best place to live at one point. The whole world is falling apart sadly

[@amensentis]

@@SnareProds Its really not. Sure there are some dangerous gangs and the situation is bad, but the media really likes to blow things out of proportion. I live in one of these specially designated areas, sure there is some gang selling weed and one of them got shot like 4 years ago, but its not really so bad. 2 gangs in the Stockholm area are fighting each other that's driving up the murder statistics. London for example was way worse when it came to feeling safe, visible crime and societal disorder in daily life.

@amensentis Your country literally has no go areas that attack Swedish ppl on site and gangs who use grenades. Stop talking.

[@amensentis]

Lol, like i said i literally live in one of these famous areas. Neither me or anyone else is getting attacked on sight, unless your some weirdo right wing journalist there to provoke said reaction. Gangs are a big problem in recent years, but its still just extremely few individuals involved in it. They might have some big conflict every few years, but other then that they mostly just sell weed around the corners.

[@Alexq79-]

@@amensentiscope. Sweden speaks Arabic now

[@cupscout]

Absolutely love your videos. As an American we have no idea about any of the subcultures or historical stuff so KEEP IT UP WE LOVE IT!!

[@andyb3666]

In fact in most cases no idea about anything outside of the lower 48.

[@user-lv9ox1hj4j]

"Diversity is a strength: Free England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@theodraws5887]

I agree, but that’s not the English Flag. (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

[@user-lv9ox1hj4j]

@theodraws5887 my apologies I changed it.

[@NickPhillips-yf2re]

lol your so wrong, you’ll find we have more in common with immigrants then the rich, let’s learn to love each other mate

[@user-lv9ox1hj4j]

@@NickPhillips-yf2re oh please, I bet you're not even english but a refugee yourself, and if you're not shame on you for betraying your own people.

[@jeongbun2386]

Pls go outside

[@AdrianDoesStuffBadly]

This was a great idea for a video. Amazing retro coverage

[@TheKalaxis]

There was a status going round in Middlesbrough at the time saying "Boro: Too mint to riot". It was scary watching it unfold though, especially for those of us with friends and family down there.

[@jimbo6059]

I was working late one night by East Croydon station when the riots were at their worst. Could see fire and smoke in the distance as I rounded the corner to go to the station and a pile of police officers, one asked me what I was doing. I said going home and I could feel his eyes watching me until I went through the barriers being of mixed race. Days later as I believe irpt was a Friday I came back and parts of Croydon were sealed off. I was glad to get out of there. Soke colleagues actually had a very scary night as routers and police were in the back gardens in houses just south of the town centre.

[@goldie8501]

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

[@tcraigh1]

This is why I boycotted that event! A total waste of money.

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

There was the big meme which was one of the looters running away from the Olympics symbol after stealing one of the rings.

[@Fury851]

The whole system we live under is anti Whyte

[@abstractacus1598]

I was coming back from Spurs, a pre season friendly, with my three kids, walking. The crowd outside the cop shop were angry but it was mostly women and children. But as we passed by I saw down the side of the station a load of guys hooded up. I think they were waiting for the footie crowd to pass by. By the time we got home and I'd done dinner we turned on the telly and Tottenham High Street was ablaze. Was scary after that for a couple of days!

[@user-my3wr8ts7i]

It's intriguing to view the 2011 UK riots as an American. We've had a history of racial tensions. When I saw the riots on the news, I assumed it was a soccer/football riot that got out of hand. Racial issues have always been serious in the U.S. but I didn't think at the time the UK had similar issues.

[@gubbasgubbas]

Racism exists everywhere, underclass exists everywhere, imigrants to blame exists everywhere and people out to do as much harm as possible also sadly exists everywhere

[@zedzed1046]

It was nothing to do with it, it was just idiots looking for an excuse to rob and rob they did.

[@Imp-mq1be]

Racial tensions (as most things) are the same here but everyone isn't as loud about it. and like the recent American riots, a "racial" issue was used as an excuse to burn uninvolved peoples lives to the ground as reparations

[@ylangdon61]

It doesn't. Some sections of society whinge about racism but the reality is they also commit a lot of crimes.

[@Gnarlyboi]

It's weird how almost ten years later you would undergo a similar incident with the BLM riots of 2020. Not completely identical but there are definitely comparisons to be made.

[@TheLukeylala]

These communities show you who they are once they feel they've got a 'free pass' or a just reason to do terrible things.

[@adrianleiba566]

bro is spitting factual information rn fr

[@charlesmiv3842]

Who are "these communities"?

[@ForeverFree767]

@@charlesmiv3842Non ethnic English communities.

[@charlesmiv3842]

@@ForeverFree767So basically just thinly veiled racism? Got it.

[@DarkCobra88]

its funny these same people complain the country has no money, the police have no funding... i mean come on, I'm sure none of this has to be rebuilt, police cars didn't need fixing or replacing, nah mate, of course, must be the government's fault. And no, not defending the useless MP's, but come on, you can't destroy a city and be upset that the money needs to come from somewhere...

[@JAMGAM-pb9rf]

I lived in Camden and was staying in the Lake District at the time. As a child it was terrifying, I came back to find out it had not only effected my city but my neighbourhood as well.

[@chiefsmeg7832]

Really insightful and objective analysis, really liked this.

[@stayflippinghard1]

4 love your vids jimmy been watching you since the parkour days when i was young now you make vids i love carryon you deserve more sub and have a good easter

[@JimmyTheGiant]

Thank you!’

[@vkdrk]

I moved to Tottenham area (from Slovakia) in September 2011 but I wasn't bothered by this situation because I was working in Greece the year before and they had riots on a daily basis (2010 Greek crisis) so I was kind of used to it at this point lol

[@andrewwillis9759]

Iv always wondered why do people leave there home country's for Tottenham. I dont mean it in a bad way, I know someone from a really nice place in italy and now lives in Tottenham and i cant understand it.

[@lewishowe8349]

@@andrewwillis9759they want our money to enjoy it back home, simple really.

[@badger297]

Bro your videos are excellent 👌 Really cool to see how far youve come

[@EatMyVlogs]

I lived in Croydon when all this went on. Went out with mates for the day to Morden, all this popped off and couldn't even get back home cause everything was just cut off. Was a madness walking through the highstreet next day, even the landlines for staff in currys were gone.

[@jordinometry1589]

I remember the when this happened. Everyday after play centre my gran would get us home early so we didn’t get caught in the chaos. It was definitely a scary time

[@DuragHomer]

should make a video on the race war in birmingham

[@Rumpleforeskin77]

Which one ?

[@jade4r4]

Fantastic upload bro, your presentation and narration is on point ❤☘️🍀🌹☮️💜

[@harveyepstein8256]

i wonder why people didn't behave the same way after lee rigby was murdered?

[@NickPhillips-yf2re]

? People reacted like this because police have been killing us for years, he was a criminal it wasn’t exactly about him it was a build up of it

[@raynardhymen2139]

Exciting times, especially because I was watching on the telly in a different country.

[@iainohanlon2262]

Funny how Duggan's son has literally just been arrested on firearms charges too! They always blame the police and never take responsibility for their own behaviour! Strange how these riots never happen in Japan. I wonder what they do different over there? 🤔

[@user-bv8fr4to8k]

"Economic factors"

[@mosesman01]

​@@user-bv8fr4to8kyeah. thats why people are like that

[@lance941]

Have the brains to not storm the official residence of the president just because their favourite didn't get elected

[@DanielCullen-yu5bt]

Its because people in Japan and South Korea kill themselves when they're lives are horrible instead of rioting. Despite their lives being so much worse with way more school and work.

[@dalaiklama]

Must be all the hentai they have over there

[@houseof192]

I remember I was playing outside with my brother and friend when building was burning. My mum called us in. We where watching the building on the TV burning. What makes this crazy is that we had to close our windows as smoke was coming into our house.

[@musicwithguitars]

Really good video mate. i lived near Wood Green at the time and it was definitely a bit of a wild west out there then. Earned yourself a new subscriber, keep it up

[@trillshox2281]

I remember when this was happening just staying up all night watching the news coverage for days as it spread to the other cities

[@loolfactorie]

I remember the kids posing with asda value bags of pasta and videogames, a polish woman jumping out of a burning building 1st floor window, people getting mugged by other yardies and chavs as they crawled out of game with video games they just stole, a woman who was due to appear in the olympic opening ceremony was caught smashing a cop car etc. Then the Asian, Turkish and Eastern European communities did a good job banding together to defend their homes and businesses. Driving home from central to South London, 10 miles through streatham and brixton and just seeing glass and smashed in shops everywhere was wild. I remember the west end being defended very heavily by the police, much more so than any other area of London, and the central areas near banks and such.

[@mr.wookiesack]

When there's crazy protests, criminals take advantage and will start looting. Same as white collar criminals take advantage of economic collapses. I think about the sublime song about riots. He said it's about being poor and getting a chance to get the things they always wanted but have no way of attaining

[@guy2334]

Looting is a response to systemic economic injustices that leave marginalized communities with few options to challenge their circumstances. In a society where wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few, looting serves as a form of direct action to redistribute resources and draw attention to the inequalities that persist. While it may be controversial, it can be seen as a justified means of challenging oppressive economic systems and demanding change. It's important to recognize that not all participants are criminals; many are ordinary people driven to action by desperation and a sense of injustice.

[@TheSupaman98]

@@guy2334Looting and stealing other people property and ruining their lives is not justified because you think you’re not so well off. You can’t “redistribute” wealth that isn’t yours, especially if you go out of your way to harm other people.

[@lefoix4629]

@@guy2334 what a lot of leftist bollocks. Its not the fault of our societies that these people are lazy criminals.

[@TheNobbynoonar]

@guy2334. As Mr Jahan said “Grow up” I know from first hand experience that there were many criminal elements that took full advantage of the situation. All they needed was an excuse to try and justify their crimes. There are millions of decent hard working people in this country who do not have much, and struggle daily to make ends meet. They don’t feel the need to go on the rampage and steal. Your comments are an affront to all of the decent people in this country trying to do the right thing.

[@vids595]

@@TheSupaman98Fuck that, eat the rich!

[@cdwyer737]

Brilliant video and intelligent analysis! Well said!

[@Zagorka007]

I was in Streatham and OMG people were just looting any shops. Driving from Colliers Wood to Elephant and castle the entire path was such a scary place and my car was several times banged with objects and I had to drive on the pavement to avoid abandoned cars. That was so so surreal! I believe the looting but not the protest was in the heads of the guys that destroyed the area.

[@darrentaylordigital]

I remember working in Hammersmith and living in Lewisham. My work sent me home early because they thought it would kick off and trains would be off. I thought the gaffer was overreacting, but f**k me, it went nuts! I remember the week after they bought in police from the Welsh valleys to help the Met keep Lewisham under control 😂 Weird times man

[@Huggz87]

When you down played who Mark Duggan was and what we know about him and his criminal lifestyle and connections. Plus described the rioters as “Chavs”, I knew I’d struggle liking this video

[@JimmyTheGiant]

From my understanding he was a low level criminal. Also - i said chavs & roadmen. I specifically said roadmen. But in this time they were all referred to as chavs. The distinction of roadman wasn’t in common usage in 2011.

[@Huggz87]

@@JimmyTheGiant first and foremost, I really love what you do, been a subscriber since seeing you with Storror years back! This is a complex and sensitive subject and striking the right balance to not offend anyone or any community must have been difficult. For me personally, it just felt a little off. Still love your content and appreciate the video Jimmy, keep up the good work

[@babalonkie]

"I ❤Clapham Junction" Don't forget who was in charge... Boris Johnson was Mayor of London (In charge of police) and David Cameron was PM (in charge of everything). They purchased water cannons and proposed a permanent expansion in armed police and the creation of armed CTFO... 1 Minute into reports of disturbances (Not even rioting... they knew what was coming). This is after cutting patrolling and beat police by thousands, halfing their pensions, imposing strict austerity on the community and massively increased stop and searching immediately after taking charge 1 year earlier. They knew what was coming. They caused what was coming. They made Police and the community unstable and on a knifes edge.

[@karlhenfrey3281]

From what I remember, they targeted JD sports and Footlocker for trainers more than protesting.

[@nathanw9770]

I was 9 when the riots happened. I remember my mum driving me to my aunts house and seeing around 20 man rollerskate down the middle of Bromley Road in Catford which is a majour road, probbaly on their way to smash up JD. People quite literally went mad.

[@arthurvanrodds2772]

Traditional media always being helpful

[@lunkycultist5519]

Its hard to argue that you're the "good guys" when hundreds of innocent people are fighting back against rioters

[@Connor_.]

I remember watching these live streams and videos as it happened, crazy how quickly time has gone by yet I still remember the scenes so vividly

[@SCBLGamingFilm]

I'm originally from Lewisham (south east london) and I remember seeing this on the TV, seeing places minutes from where I lived getting torched and legit being too shook to leave the house. Real life purge is right.

[@johnydangerous4597]

The year i moved out of london after having my house burgled and 2 month old car stolen watched the pub round the corner go up in flames good times lol .

[@Tyy024]

Worst time to leave London investment wise

[@johnydangerous4597]

@@Tyy024 I will never borrow money of santic bankers who create money out of thin air and charge you interest lol. No thanks.

[@johnydangerous4597]

@@Tyy024 It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning. ― Henry Ford

[@johnydangerous4597]

@@Tyy024 It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.” ― Henry Ford

[@coolbreez773]

The biggest surprise for me is since 2011 inequality has grown exponentially but no more riots...yet....

[@oilychapfromblok1]

Society has gone soft since 2011 is my 2ps worth

[@oilychapfromblok1]

All lives matter buddy🫡

[@wavell14]

muh inequality

[@mrpugster]

@BurnerAckman As what's happened since then? Oh the BLM exec accused of stealing 10,000,000 USD, dirty infighting. Yeah real progressive!

[@marcusclarke5628]

Blacks always looking for a excuse to loot and riot

[@carphunter5042]

I dont think the people who lost there businesses have forgotten !!

[@afaxmachine5045]

They would have had insurance.

[@lunkycultist5519]

​@@afaxmachine5045 many acts of God happend that week... Done by man

[@huracan360]

In America they had rooftop Koreans defending their convenience stores, in England we have streetside Turks

[@tommyatkins2527]

At least Koreans were armed

[@TheVoodooKids]

I remember living in Milton Keynes on the night of the riots. Rumors of riots breaking out was all over Facebook. From a Toys R Us being on fire to an Argos being blown up. The only thing I remember actually happening is someone threw a Watermelon at a Blockbuster.

[@bruisedviolets]

🤣

[@patrickwilliamson29]

"Boris Johnson was mayor of London" That tells me all I need to hear

[@FaceFcuk]

Better than that British hating Muslim mayor

[@lorienator]

Outstanding video

[@cypherglitch]

*"If Mark had a gun he would run, hes a runner"* ahhh weird comment. If he is a "runner" why would he have a gun?

[@RitchieRosson]

True. Obviously a criminal.

[@Duck-ik8wu]

i love your videos bro been watching since the parkour days but this new shit is bussin too

[@_-Nyx-_]

I was here back then. But stopped watching after he stopped the parkour stuff, but I'm interested in the London riots, so. But i might start watching the newer stuff.

[@uroztas]

I feel like you covered this story really well!

[@illustriousbreadcrumb7816]

The UK riots didn't come to an end because of any kind of empathy. I remember watching the news and on the day it was announced rubber and plastic bullets were authorised there wasn't any other riots at all, it ended in one day.

[@rice4550]

It’s not a long term solution if the root problem is still there ie institutional racism which the McPherson report labelled the met then it will happen again in the future

[@1nikg]

I was thinking about this today and how many businesses were destroyed and the innocent people killed.

[@TheGameGuy2024]

"These are sickening scenes..." Yeah, because you cant cope with the fact we're giving ourselves the voice YOU never gave us. Tottenham is an *example* of what we can do, and it's an *example* of we're capable of, and an *example* of how god damn scared the government is of its People.

[@amot31]

i remember just having turned 13, cycling through the middle of Tottenham when this was going on, buildings on fire left and right, truly awful.