London Riots: A decade on from six days of chaos

[@saitamabaldy2566]

I don't get how they say it's to "fight against the 'elite' and the 'government' and police" but they're just destroying there own neighborhood the 'elite' or even police officers wouldn't even live anywhere near Tottenham they'd live in nicer areas

[@cov9290]

And the elite is what gives us jobs

[@LJ60AWW]

@@lennyremi866 they're usually stolen

[@solomonwalker4132]

Because it's a convenient excuse for being a thug, they're angry because they haven't gotten anywhere in life and they blame everyone else for that

[@bobbob9821]

Their goal wasn't to fight elites. It's to fight white people. Lol.

[@niamushi2033]

@ItsKarlDude Well said!

[@MrKenng123]

Can't imagine how fast time has passed. That's a decade already.

[@raidertheconqueror3818]

and years later we have Plebs protesting Lockdown

[@Jerry21238]

@@raidertheconqueror3818 And all those statues been vandalized, and the knife crime, then the country shuts down for a flu virus.

[@raidertheconqueror3818]

@@Jerry21238 seasonal flu

[@Jerry21238]

@@raidertheconqueror3818 👍

[@truthhurts3305]

Right?! I remember it like it was just yesterday! We even had to go home early from work because it was that intense

[@EV-Diary]

Made me happy hearing the thug that burnt down that store got 11 and a half years

[@Rondawwg]

The owner called him a gentleman. I beg to differ!

[@robbielawson4828]

He'll be out and on government handouts, on drugs in council flat by now.

[@originalunoriginal4055]

Ironically, the businessman will be funding the culprits prison term, through business taxes paid to the government!

[@krystingrant6292]

Damn

[@MichaelJ44]

He would’ve been out in 2

[@MeganoOdles]

Rioting usually happens in Summer, good weather, no school, nothing else to do...

[@gbjanuary]

Summertime 👻

[@Wodens-Wolf]

Those behind the violence don't deserve a fund! They deserve prison.

[@coolking_07]

true

[@coolcat6103]

The government are always behind the violence

[@d-d-d-daam5375]

@@coolcat6103 shut up. Not this violence. Nice try

[@jamestoliman9081]

The police who brutalized innocent people deserve prison and death

[@raidertheconqueror3818]

@@jamestoliman9081 couldn't agree more

[@125ZJK]

"Judge made an example of me and gave me a year for each bottle" it's not funny , it's hilarious 😆

[@amymay2583]

I remember this like it was yesterday! I was 11 and I’m now 22! Time goes so fast

[@paulallen2919]

Same, I thought we were all going to die haha. I'm 21 now, I feel old

[@PokiDonnie]

Your both so young still 😂 enjoy it lol

[@DarkFalconAnimations]

I remember the aftermath of the riots. All the shops on the streets were bordered up because they had been smashed up and looted. I was 6 back then. I'm now 16. I'll never forget what I saw that day.

[@reality0815]

If digital ids and forced injections take place these scenes will look like a picnic.

[@raidertheconqueror3818]

exactly

[@henryg9059]

Get food in guys

[@raidertheconqueror3818]

@@henryg9059 oh definitely

[@suziesmith8288]

And the Afghanistans get to stay in london like places like Richmond when UK citizens are on the housing list and can't get a place in London yet gets sent out of london.

[@raidertheconqueror3818]

@@suziesmith8288 doesn't make sense but then again thiers us and them

[@LeeJohn70]

Whenever Tories are running the country there is trouble. Previously we had the Poll Tax Riots and soon if the Tories don't address the energy crisis, what's the betting there will be even bigger riots. The Tories need to learn all lives matter, don't just sit on their arses on fat salaries & expenses and neglect people.

[@sc4344]

The energy crisis is Global, read up.

[@petercdowney]

The House of Reeves arsonist's name was Gordon Thompson. His sentence was the longest passed in connection with the riots.

[@dancoulson6579]

While I agree the state needed to pay severely for shooting an unarmed man, looting innocent and private businesses was not the way to go about it.

[@EV-Diary]

As soon as the first shop was looted it had nothing to do with mark anymore and just a load of yobs ruining their own communitys

[@patriciasanderson2171]

Yes, it was as simple as that. Opportunists.

[@macklee6837]

Crazy how the last 10 years have flown by

[@SiliconBong]

yea

[@destrohades2094]

To title the video saying social media kickstarted it all is inaccurate

[@JustChillingNahhhhMean]

Click bait and pushing propaganda

[@kevinbartley9731]

Social media did tho I even had a friend who went prison for trying to instigate a riot in the area i live through facebook post. How old are?

[@ItIsGonnaGetWayWorse]

its english news, of course its inaccurate

[@kevinbartley9731]

@@ItIsGonnaGetWayWorse so how did every one know we're to meet and kick off cause I remember this very well I was traveling to other city's it wasn't just London that had riots

[@bbcfakenews9677]

Yes. Even ten years ago phone messaging was very common among young people.

[@1066ukjoseph]

He only said it was a mistake because he ended up with a criminal record.

[@Irishtradchannel]

A drug dealer who made his living destroying lives in his community.

[@samartz]

Theres no excuse for looting and rioting. In another country, they would have been beaten or shot

[@marksolway4018]

Going to be a lot worse this time.

[@jwestwood8522]

Cant wait 😬

[@mollflanders9184]

Little boys dreaming of being hard men......

[@marksolway4018]

@@mollflanders9184 Actually dreaming of a world where inalienable rights are respected.

[@crispy4797]

@@marksolway4018 wear a mask. Stay in side. Don't go to work or see your family. Take the vaccine or else

[@raidertheconqueror3818]

Oh it definitely is when we're out there and show them that where called the English for reason.

[@anenigma6940]

10 years already?

[@johnhotchkiss9842]

I remember that. I was in Cardiff as it was happening. 3 guys in Cardiff tried to start riots in Cardiff. People in Cardiff witnessing the events elsewhere reported them. Even teenagers in Cardiff refused to join in.

[@YTPEXPERT]

Some guy tried to start Plymouth off too. Didn't happen

[@tonycarter8884]

@@YTPEXPERT I recall there was a riot in Union Street Plymouth in 1986 and then Bristol around the same time.

[@thetwitterlectual9528]

Well done to the people of Cardiff back then….sadly not in May 2023 though.

[@someguy1907]

In America our gun laws protected us against looters

[@winnerscircle6393]

Yea right we looted all summer 2020 🇺🇸

[@godrules3596]

George Floyd

[@TheTonytiger89]

Oh boy, am I glad we’ve imported millions more since then!

[@HISTORYUNDER]

6 days of “ gonna get me some free Air Jordans bruh” Notice Bakeries don’t get looted as a cry for justice.

[@jeremysmith8035]

There are going to be riots again.johnsons approval is at its lowest ever.businesses are going bust in the north east where morons voted for johnson.brexit and the daily wail

[@kevinbartley9731]

Social media is the worse thing that ever happened internet should of stay at dial up and mobile phones should never of done then more then make phone calls and texts should never of got any more advanced then Nokia 402.

[@omari9593]

Honestly, social media is one of the worst things to ever seize to exist,

[@podfast2685]

And as they say. History repeats itself. I can see more of this coming (for different reasons)

[@DoFeedThePigeons]

Fell for the race bait like a fish 🎣

[@podfast2685]

@@DoFeedThePigeons I was referring to riots, for other reasons. Not remotely related to race

[@ianator999]

This summer I’m calling it now

[@Fonefitness606]

Sad very sad. Feeling sorry for businesses

[@Jac296]

Bro looting and vandalising their own community, idk how that gonna justify his death but ok🤷‍♂️

[@thecrypto5340]

Reminds me like France

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

I hope I live long enough to witness the British revolution .

[@portaldolphin13]

​@sandpiper9288 ?

[@missmelonah]

Disappointed at how this report was put together. Starting with implying Mark Duggan had a gun, when it was found he did not😞

[@scarlao]

I commented the same thing. Reports always fail to admit that he did not have a gun. They were wrong.

[@j.kearney484]

The authorities trying to justify a murder with a narrative fed to the media? That would never happen...

[@cliveramsbotty6077]

he had a gun, it just wasn't in his hand when he got shot

[@justadummy8076]

They said “intelligence suggested he had a gun” which is true, they were under the impression that he had a firearm

[@harnsisdead9197]

the furniture store owner is speaking the truth when he said that the looters only took part in it because theyd never own the stolen items legitimately in their lifetimes. its cute seeing them all masked up thinking theyre big men in a huge group. the rubber bullets need to be reissued i think.

[@nrg-5003]

Unfortunately i can see something like this happening again possibly much worse this time. Let's just say trying to force people to do things they don't want to do has never been a good idea and certainly won't end well!

[@monty8838]

Yeah definitely

[@izza1642]

well now we defo need too

[@jackjones544]

Imagine how pissed off this lot are going to be when they realise that Cashless is not some cool convenient method of paying for their energy drinks. When they go to their so called bank accounts and find out they’ve been cancelled, fined, penalised and controlled. How angry are they going to be when the penny drops that their every move is tracked and traced by Cashless. IF WE LET IT HAPPEN.

[@lordbottaro4549]

@@jackjones544You’re a Pot Mong.

[@elvismawhinney2494]

Calm down fs, happens in Belfast all the time and we don't hear much about it on the news.

[@byblispersephone2.094]

well those unionists are experts in stirring up trouble

[@humeragondal2135]

because its not the capital of England

[@petermizon4344]

DONT FORGOT WE ENGLISH ARE EXEPTIONAL, I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT WHAT WE DID IN TBE PAST TO OVER 100 COUNTRIES DIES MAKE ME FEEL GUILTY, AND TORIES MAKE MATTERS WORSE WITH THEIR INCESANT LYING

[@MrThegenral1]

Yo Elvis

[@j.kearney484]

it has unfortunately been normalized up there

[@odakyuodakyu6650]

funny how Sky news describes a betting shop and a bank as part of 'their own community'

[@williamthebonquerer9181]

Who works in those buildings?

[@odakyuodakyu6650]

@@williamthebonquerer9181 parasites. next question.

[@gbjanuary]

@@williamthebonquerer9181 well educated people.

[@wynnhorton1208]

the people running such businesses are probably the ones who got expelled from many countries for hundreds of years. In some areas of Europe, it was locals who ran them off, not the government who accepted bribes from them.

[@buddha1736]

Nothing changed it just gets worse every year.

[@originalunoriginal4055]

So looting, shops burnt down... Is still taking place on the streets of London isit ???

[@DoFeedThePigeons]

Fell for the race bait like a fish 🎣

[@raidertheconqueror3818]

@@originalunoriginal4055 oh I'm so offended

[@TheMattGilbert]

Oh look, the comments are open! 😅 Sky News social media team will have a field day with the comments. 👍

[@sanusri4036]

First of all, people's attitudes must change. 🇱🇰🇬🇧

[@slayedclaw317]

Ew dont put that dirty flag next to my flag yuck sri lanka is dirty

[@nkanyisonzimande5059]

Watching from South Africa

[@mrq5805]

Bra same as what happened 3 weeks ago in SA

[@williamthebonquerer9181]

Is south Africa destined to be a failed state

[@gooddaymba6641]

The government don't give AF they enjoy the fighting .

[@devsehgal7432]

I grew up in West London and still remember this like it was yesterdays

[@gopherbar]

Anarchy is the best form of letting the gov know the people want change. The French are good at a good old revolution

[@S-O-T]

A man with a gun was shot I don't see the problem? Most of the people that were protesting are probably drug dealers, the man with the gun would have been

[@kevinkibble8342]

Destroying private businesses and attacking innocent bystanders. Yeah, really sticking it to the government, man!

[@jesoby]

Good way of alienating people to your case though.

[@pyromagic7113]

This year isn't over yet I wouldn't be surprised if we get a repeat again all it takes is a spark to set it off, such as another Grenfell.

[@HISTORYUNDER]

No, it was a fridge that set it off.

[@JohnSmith-uu5ov]

I'd like to comment on the video about the women claiming her brother had told her doctor, that he regretted not taking the vaccine, do doctors generally give away patient information like that "Oh btw, your sorry your brother passed away, his last words to me were, I regretted not taking the vaccine" pftt

[@foxon172]

It's all 24/7 propaganda for the ☠ jab! Lies, lies and more lies!

[@PickleThePig]

🤣😂🤣

[@aceyspud551]

Next time, Rob a place like Harrods instead.

[@ernestmiddleton4764]

Sometimes it takes civil disobedience to change things. With a 80 seat majority? This lot aren't going to listen.

[@bluepillreproductions5781]

was shocked for a millisecond there when i was started reading the title that the MSM were reporting the protests

[@edwardmal1802]

hes right they did get away with it

[@sambee8982]

No doubt that a similar riot may eventually happen at petrol stations when people panic buy fuel and don't want to stick to the £30 limit and selfishly run the pumps dry......

[@BretClement1989]

And it will happen again if Boris carries on the way he is behaving.

[@gbjanuary]

He is.

[@quantumlogix7209]

Peaceful or not, the people and protests are treated the same! Tear gas, pepper spray, jail, guns, bombs, EXEDRA!

[@tt2406]

I don't know how the dumbass thought that crime was the solution. He needs to take responsibility but judging by how he has the forever victim mentality, doubt it.

[@Steve-oj2lx]

It's like rioting is contagious

[@Sensiking19]

No acknowledgement = no progress

[@Jackblox-ro1yv]

Unacceptable and outrageous, the rioters should have been brought to justice. They don’t care about the countless vehicles, property and buisness damage they did so hundreds of family’s. Discusting

[@j.kearney484]

When people get neglected they have a right to protest, but it's opportunistic people who'll ruin it for the people that need change, and the original message gets lost. It happens again and again but people will still be neglected because "hooligans just wanted to break things". Its just not that simple

[@aarondavids5798]

The usual suspects, they want to stand up for injustice yet they wreck their own communities in protest.

[@mollflanders9184]

Oh look another newly joined agent provocateur....

[@j.kearney484]

I think it's more nuanced than that

[@williamthebonquerer9181]

We have the 5th lowest police brutality rate on earth

[@shadowz4780]

So how have we moved on? How does taking a TV relate to police brutality; The main issue the riots started was Mark Duggan''s interaction with the police. The second was the increases to university tuition fees and the removal of Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA). So again, how have we moved on?

[@cliveramsbotty6077]

an 'interaction with the police' is an unusual description of a man being shot dead

[@man-who-sold-the-world]

Boris Johnson was mayor, now pm.

[@derf9465]

What do they want? What does society owe them?

[@Twilleh]

I'm not a fan of London honestly.

[@TonyEnglandUK]

It's the greatest city ever.

[@Twilleh]

@@TonyEnglandUK Nah

[@Explorewithlouis]

Rule number one in riots and looting only go for the big corporations never independent businesses

[@edmundprice5276]

I was 11 at the time, living in north devon, i was scared to travel to the rest of the country, but my mum insisted that i visit my aunt

[@sandracharles2808]

Surprised no one raided an art gallery and took a Rembrandt or pascco painting there worth millions

[@joesmith8701]

who would they sell it to

[@sandracharles2808]

@@joesmith8701 Dark web an aristocratic whoz got castles I would make sure I find that person to buy those masterpiece

[@bobmiah]

@@sandracharles2808 thats long tho

[@hijodepuuu]

They know who to steal from. 👍

[@josephoconnor4490]

I just realised that I go past that furniture shop on the way to school.

[@matt1981bav]

Very wrong place. They should have done this in areas where it hurt the Rich.

[@paulallen2919]

Imagine if they tore down mayfair, that would have been way more interesting lol

[@robbielawson4828]

Would these riots (particularly in London) have actually happened if successive governments (red & blue) hadn't imported millions of people from the 3rd world?

[@joesmith8701]

we need a alternative to red and blue we need a alternative thats patriotic by the year 2066 whites will be a minorty in this country

[@manuelpalmeira7278]

The towns up north are far worse.

[@TRC98]

‘Fight against the man’ Proceeds to only destroy their council estates

[@Sean-yk8he]

I don’t remember any council estates being destroyed

[@mojo199]

'shot and killed because intelligence suggested (Duggan) was carrying a gun'. Hmmm I'm pretty sure he WAS carrying a gun

[@thesecondYouTube]

He wasn't.

[@bobmiah]

@@thesecondKZbin apparently he had a gun hidden in a sock but he still shouldnt have been shot

[@mojo199]

@@bobmiah on what basis shouldn't the dangerous, armed criminal murdering gangster have been shot?

[@bobmiah]

@@mojo199 the police were in complete control at the time and couldve just arrested him

[@thesecondYouTube]

The gun found in a sock several meters away from his body had no DNA from him. They lied about him firing a gun, they had to confess later he didn't. The police did not tell the family about his death for a day and a half.

[@colonelangus8247]

people have the right to keep and bear arms for good reason

[@samstevens7888]

Not in the UK we dont

[@raidertheconqueror3818]

@@samstevens7888 not in England we don't thanks to Scotland

[@samstevens7888]

@@raidertheconqueror3818 True

[@technohow6494]

Foff USA twonk

[@triplehernan5155]

Lol, how did the 2nd amendment help during those BLM riots, didn't stop a thing.

[@PsytanicA]

Sky New censoring recent Covid Videos > Karl Marx

[@yorkshire_tea6875]

Don't worry about the 3000 arrested over half won't have been charged and the ones that were most likely got a suspended sentence or some kind of youth awareness program

[@marvwatkins7029]

Everyday London. Everyday Britain.

[@UncalBertExcretes]

Social media didnt start anything, it just enknowledged people

[@aaronjboysreleasing2001]

"28 Days Later" caught on arrived!! During the devastations spreads!

[@asbestosfish_]

Boy this sure is a great way to feed people a narrative about how dangerous and scary protests are, and how we should all live in constant fear of any kind of civil unrest.

[@themindflayer3192]

Best part about riots is looting and getting free food from kfc

[@izzyf5409]

It was so scary for me at that time. I had nightmares later.

[@JeroenBIG]

I hope this black man goes back to his country to make a new start. He didn't do well in the west and really needs another type of environment.

[@AnthonyD-yy2in]

Mark Duggan was half white! that means that he was half indigenous to the United Kingdom...... just saying.

[@davie8593]

@@AnthonyD-yy2in he was a gangster who got what he deserved

[@j.kearney484]

jesus chirst man no one asked

[@chrislynn3923]

“Freedom isn’t Free “

[@coolcat6103]

Freedom ……..only the dumb think they’re free

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

FFS .What is happening to our country .

[@justagaurdsmen3391]

what the police did to mark was wrong but Jesus Christ nothing gives any one the right to behave like that

[@TheNutter44]

wow it's really been over a decade since it happened . i remember it very well cause it had spread into my hometown and sadly i was trapped in mare street at the time. here's the story from my perspective : i had just finished up in the job center and i was going to the supermarket to pick up some bread and milk before heading home. i had only just got in to the supermarket when all of a sudden the shutters were closed everyone was wondering WTH (what the hell) was going on they announced that a riot was going on outside and they wanted to keep everyone inside safe. there was panic but everybody was safe. i called my mother at home to tell her that i was going to late home she asked me where i was and i told her that i was inside the supermarket and i couldn't get home for a while but at the same time she was watching the news on tv. it was then she realised the reason why i couldn't get home. she panicked and was crying on the phone but thankfully it was over in two hours and i made it home safe but it looked like a warzone outside. HOPE IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. (hopefully?????) and yes i am a hackney resident. but sadly because of the riot i had been diagnosed with PTSD and now unable to work cause i keep having recurring nightmares because of it to this day.... sorry i can't comment anymore cause it brings up very bad memories of that day.

[@tarekcompuworld]

I stood outside my shop in Shoreditch with a sword for 3 days. Was a nightmare!

[@patriciasanderson2171]

Bloody hell!! I can't remember did it get to that area of London?

[@manuelpalmeira7278]

@@patriciasanderson2171 Yes, the rioters were chased in nearby Dalston and Whitechapel.

[@barrysmith4674]

Norfffff London 😔

[@DB-qj5kt]

Bollocks he shouldn’t have done it, no ones that thick to think that it was an over reaction, deserved all he got and hope he gets booted out, people like him with his playing the victim mentality are a drain, maybe they’ll realise how lucky they are if they are deported

[@Qualit695]

My mum told me that she literally needed security to guard her when she went to work.

[@Jac296]

Just a lame excuse for idiots to the stuff they always wanted to do

[@emirates111]

now mark duggans son is heavily involved in game crime.

[@djpeekay25]

Sounds like a model family 🙄

[@stormtrooper4654]

It happens in northern Ireland a lot

[@chilipalmer8809]

“Own communities” ??? Ahhahaha yeah Santander do so much for us

[@williamthebonquerer9181]

People work in those banks from the community

[@WHEREYOSAFEAT]

"They were living in occupies areas..." we live in the UK my friend. The UK police force are going to occupy our areas.

[@lutfurrahman1637]

Apparently horses and Lamborghini in london have the same road to go on

[@MatthewChapmanYT]

When we going again boys?

[@hello-wj8hk]

Diversity is strength

[@malcolmsoh5648]

so the person wasn't carrying a gun and he still got shot by the British police LOL

[@JGXXD]

This was very lack luster reporting 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@flare9866]

damn look at all that loot.

[@Kiki-hd4uf]

Hard to believe the people in those footages are 11 years older lol

[@lew8431]

I'm surprised that there haven't been more tbh

[@spartacusforlife1508]

Ever considered that what is coming will make this look like a small upset

[@odakyuodakyu6650]

4:37. yes it was!