Fuckin’ ‘ell. Here’s what London looked like a day ago, before 16,000 police officers were deployed to regain control. The above video shows just how quick a seemingly small crowd of hellraisers can become a swarm, while the video below shows looters (with taste) trying to crack open a Bang and Olufsen store without much success.
In related news, although London is quiet tonight, but the shit has reportedly hit the fan in Manchester and other cities like a real life version of the rage virus.
The young thug had fire in his eyes.
With 100 of his mates ranged behind him in the smoke-filled street, I knew his threat wasn’t hollow.
I’ve covered riots for the Mirror in the past – Belfast, G20, the student fees protests, even the looting after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans – but none matched the intensity of violence and destruction in London and spreading like a cancer across the UK.