The Riots of August 2011

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnWsQFPM4A0 The Riots of August 2011 LO: To investigate reasons for anti- social behaviour and conflict during August 2011

2. Discussion question What are your thoughts and feelings regarding the riots and disorder over the summer?

4. Statistics from BBC news on August 12th 2011

5. Time line Thursday August 4th 18:15 BST - Mark Duggan, 29, is shot dead by policeat Ferry Lane, Tottenham. The death occurs during an operation where specialist firearm officers and officers from Operation Trident, are attempting to carry out an arrest. Mr Duggan is a passenger in a minicab and is shot after an apparent exchange of fire. A police officer's radio is later found to have a bullet lodged in it. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) announces it will investigate the incident and later says it believes two shots were fired by police. It also confirms that an illegal firearm was recovered from the scene.

6. Saturday August 6th 5pm – around 300 people gate outside Tottenham police station demanding justice for Mr Duggan and his family. Protest is peaceful, roads are closed due to numbers. 10pm - -The violence beginsas bottles are thrown at two patrol cars close to the police station. One of the vehicles is set alight, while the other is pushed into the middle of the road before also being torched. Unconfirmed reports say the incident was sparked off by a confrontation between a teenage protester and a police officer. Riot officers from the Territorial Support Group and police on horseback are deployed to disperse the crowds but come under attack from bottles, fireworks and other missiles. 20:45 - The London Fire Brigade receives its first calls to attend and by 04:30 BST the following morning has dealt with 49 "primary" fires in the Tottenham area and received more than 250 emergency calls from the public. 22:45 - As the violence continues, a double-decker bus is burnt out and more petrol bombs are thrown at police and buildings. Shops set alight in the area include an Aldi supermarket and a carpet shop. Looting is reported throughout the night and some thieves take the opportunity to load up car boots and shopping trolleys with stolen goods. Vision Express, Boots, Argos and JD Sports are among the shops affected.

7. Sunday August 7th 12:00 noon - Fire crews have all the fires under control but are still damping down some burnt-out buildings. 18:28 - Police are called to High Street Enfield after reports shop windows are being smashed. A police vehicle is damaged. 18:30 - Three police officers are injured after intervening in an altercation in Brixton, south London. Missiles are thrown. 19:45 - Around 100 hooded youths gather outside Enfield Police Station. 21:30 -The Guardian newspaper quotes a source as saying a bullet found in a police radio after Mr Duggan's death was police issue 22:00 - More reports of shop windows being smashed in Enfield. Riot police and mounted police patrol the streets 22:30 - Reports on Twitter of a police presence at Oxford Circus in London's West End. Police later say a mob of around 50 people damaged property in the area

8. Monday August 8th 00:45 - Six fire engines and 30 firefighters are despatched to a blaze at a Foot Locker store on Brixton Road. Police say gangs of youths are continuing to attack officers and shops are being targeted in Waltham Forest. 17:19 - Skirmishes break out between police and groups of young people in Hackney 18:42 - TFL says a bus has been set on fire in Peckham, south-east London. 18:45 - Video footage from Lewisham, south London, shows a fire burning in a street where at least one vehicle has been set ablaze 20:07 - West Midlands Police say some shop windows have been smashed in various locations, with property stolen. 20:58 - Aerial footage is now showing several fires burning in Croydon, south London http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14436499 21:50 - A BBC correspondent reports seeing a fire burning in Clapham High Street 23:05 - Phone shops are being looted in Woolwich High Street, several hundred youths involved, there is also a burnt-out police car. 23:27 - Rioting is taking place in Ealing, west London, where the windows of a Tesco supermarket have been put out, a car is on fire and rubbish is strewn in public areas. There is also a fire in Haven Green park. 23:30 - About 40 vehicles were damaged in a night of violence in Nottingham described by one senior officer as "motivated" by the London riots.

9. Croydon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXVqSS2T4H4

10. Tuesday August 9th 00:45 - West Midlands Police confirm that a police station in, Birmingham, is on fire. 00:59 - Merseyside Police confirm they are dealing with a number of incidents in South Liverpool, including cars being set alight. 01:05 - BBC staff member reports hundreds of youths ransacking a Panasonic store in West Ealing. 01:21- Hackney: 250-300 people gathered in Pembury Estate, setting alight cars and throwing petrol bombs. Businesses looted http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITJcparImeQ Newham: Looting in Stratford High Street. Lewisham: Roaming groups of youths were involved in disorder. Bethnal Green: More than 100 people looted a Tesco supermarket. Two officers were injured. Croydon: Fires burning at a number of premises, including a very large blaze at a sofa factory 03:06 - Major blazes in the capital: 1. Timber yard fire East Ham. 2. Shopping centre and offices of four floors fire on Woolwich New Road. Whole of the ground floor is alight. 3. fire on Lavender Hill now has eight fire engines and 40 firefighters at the scene. Most of the ground floor and part of first floor alight. 4. 40 firefighters at a fire in a warehouse on Solar Way in Enfield 17:29 - The Independent Police Complaints commission says ballistic test results show no evidence that a hangun found at the scene of the fatal police shooting of Mark Duggan had been fired. 17:46 - Reports of rocks and stones being hurled at police vans by gangs of youths in Salford, Manchester. 19:28 - Manchester police appeal for calm following a number of attacks by rioters on shops in Manchester and Salford. also reports of trouble in Birmingham and West Bromwich where there have been confrontations between police and gangs of youths. 22:36 - A police station in Nottingham is firebombed by a group of rioters. In the Bootle area of Merseyside a man is arrested on suspicion of vehicle theft after allegedly using a dumper truck to break into a Post Office.

11. Wednesday August 10th • 685 arrests made in London, many more across the country. • PM Cameron makes a statement about the riots after cutting short is holiday yesterday. • Parliament recalled. • Twitter and Facebookused to organise mass ‘looting cleanups’ Thursday August 11th Football games postponed amid fears of further unrest. 11:30 BST - Prime Minister David Cameron makes a statement to MPs in which he admits there are questions to be answered over the shooting of Mark Duggan in Tottenham. He calls the rioting "criminality, pure and simple" and says the courts will continue sitting for as long as necessary to deal with the extra cases. He says police will be given powers to force people to remove masks and scarves covering their faces where there are reasonable grounds to believe they are planning criminal activity. Mr Cameron also announces a £10m recovery scheme to make areas safe and clean again Metropolitan Police now say 1,009 people have been arrested in connection with the riots - and 464 have been charged so far

12. Woolwich

13. Pc Gordon Murphy, 30, and five other officers had just two shields to protect them against a mob who were trying to loot the stores, in Catford, south-east London, on Monday night. The officer, based at Catford Police Station, said that he and his colleagues charged at the mob - despite them being so few in their number - in a bid to scare them off. The father-of-one, who is also a local resident, said the gang of 40 to 50 youths waited until dark to start their assault. He said: ''We were able to create a small barrier at the end of the retail park. ''As darkness fell, the young people started attacking - they were throwing bricks and bottles at us. ''There were two of us with small shields to protect other police officers and the property. ''Once they had thrown missiles at us they then rushed directly towards us, shouting and screaming. ''Their intention was to run at us mob-handed to frighten us to run away. Don't get me wrong, it did cross our minds, but I am a local police officer, I work in the Safer Neighbourhood Team. When you police the local area, you get to know people, you do get quite protective of your area and have a pride in it. ''You want people to be safe, you want businesses to be safe, so we just thought: 'We are not having any of this'. ''We decided, as they ran at us, to rush back at them, with only six officers running back at 40. The mad thing is, they all ran back so we didn't even have to make contact with them. ''We just showed a show of strength, with our shields and our batons drawn, shouting as loud as we could: 'get back' and a few other war cries and the kids ran back across the road and continued throwing things at us.'‘ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8694190/London-riots-amazing-story-of-how-police-officer-fended-off-gang-of-50-hoodies.html Catford

14. Lewisham http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC5RQ5YbCXs

15. Peckham Notes of support from the local community

16. Group work Why did people riot? What was the impact on the communities and society? What should the police be able to do regarding anti-social behaviour? What was the impact for your group members personally? (if any) What should the government be doing regarding the situation, (or what should they have done at the time)?

17. Individual Work Following all discussions , pictures and clips this lesson you need to write a page explaining how the anti-social behaviour occurred and escalated. A*/ A grade extension Explain how the police and government could tackle the behaviour. Terms / phrases that should be used: • Discrimination • Powerlessness/ alienation • Recession • Lack of money • Media exaggeration • Media influence • Social media • Copycat behaviour • Gangs • Peer group pressure • Attention seeking.

18. Plenary Sharing work, read and review each others work and discuss opinions.