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All gone off in Tottenham tonite, police cars been torched, The Met in their infinte wisdom have sent more cars in to deal with the situation. Or most likely get torched

cardinal2011 wrote:

All gone off in Tottenham tonite, police cars been torched, The Met in their infinte wisdom have sent more cars in to deal with the situation. Or most likely get torched

Maybe they should just stay in the station, have a cup of tea and let the local innocent residents fend for themselves

Two patrol cars have been attacked after members of a community where a young man was shot dead by police took to the streets to demand "justice".

The 29-year-old, named locally as father-of-four Mark Duggan, died at the scene in Tottenham, north London, on Thursday.

About 120 people marched from the local Broadwater Farm area to Tottenham Police Station, forcing officers to close the High Road and put traffic diversions in place.

After night fell, two police cars parked about 200 yards from the police station were set upon.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "Missiles were thrown at them. One was set alight and one was pushed into the middle of the High Road."

Officers were being dispatched to disperse the crowd, he said.

He could not confirm that those responsible for the trouble were connected to the protest.

A family friend of Mr Duggan, who gave her name only as Nikki, 53, said the man's friends and relatives had organised the protest because "something has to be done" and the marchers wanted "justice for the family."

Some of those involved lay in the road to make their point, she said.

"They're making their presence known because people are not happy," she added. "This guy was not violent. Yes, he was involved in things but he was not an aggressive person. He had never hurt anyone."

Mr Duggan had been travelling in a minicab on Thursday and was gunned down after an apparent exchange of fire.

A police officer's radio was found to have a bullet lodged in it afterwards, suggesting they may have narrowly escaped being struck.

Officers had been attempting to carry out an arrest under the Trident operational command unit, which deals with gun crime in the black community, according to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).

An IPCC spokesman said that at around 6.15pm on Thursday, officers from Trident, accompanied by officers from the Specialist Firearms Command (CO19), stopped a minicab to carry out an arrest.

"Shots were fired and a 29-year-old man, who was a passenger in the cab, died at the scene," he said.

It is believed that two shots were fired by a firearms officer, equipped with a Heckler & Koch MP5 carbine.

A non-police issue handgun was recovered at the scene as well as the police radio.

"Both the radio and the handgun are being sent for expedited forensic tests," the spokesman said.

"The exact sequence of events is subject to the IPCC investigation. A CO19 officer was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure but has since been discharged."

Local MP David Lammy has called for calm, saying the community was anxious over what had happened.

A police officer, PC Keith Blakelock, was hacked to death in 1985 following a riot in Broadwater Farm from where the marchers set off this afternoon.

A police officer blasted in the chest in a gunfight escaped with his life when the bullet struck his police radio.

He was following a known offender from London’s notorious Broadwater Farm Estate during a covert operation when the suspect opened fire.

Mark Duggan, 29, shot the officer from Scotland Yard’s elite firearms squad CO19 in the side of his chest with a handgun.
But the bullet lodged in the police radio the undercover officer was carrying in a side pocket.

Armed officers shot the gunman dead seconds later.

Residents said at least three shots were fired when officers swooped during the evening rush hour at about 6.15pm.
The Evening Standard quoted the dead man's girlfriend Simone Wilson, 29, as saying she was 'shocked' to learn her boyfriend of 13 years was carrying a gun.

QuartzGooner wrote:The dead man was guilty of illegal possesion of a firearm, but was he given an proper opportunity to surrender peacefully?

Riot does not surprise me, even though millions of pounds poured into Broadwater Farm since 80's riot, a Saturday night in the middle of summer is prime time for tension to escalate, kids are bored.