This type of mindless violence and destruction of private property has no place in civilized society anywhere in the world! It only takes a handful of fools to cause serious damage.
The Sun
CHILDREN aged SEVEN joined in the orgy of mob violence and destruction that engulfed Tottenham.
Saturday's savagery in North London caused £100million damage. Cops made 56 arrests. And last night there was looting and violence in nearby Enfield.
Tottenham's police chief was on holiday, despite an alert over simmering anger after gun cops shot dead dad-of-five Mark Duggan, 29, last Thursday.
Detective Chief Superintendent Sandra Looby decided not to cancel her break after talks with community leaders.
Looting
She flew to Florida hours before protests over suspected gangster Duggan's death flared into riots and looting - the worst scenes since Tottenham's Broadwater Farm riots in 1985.
Buildings, police cars and a double-decker bus were burnt - and 26 police were injured.
Meanwhile, the police version of events at the shooting of Duggan was challenged. They said he was shot after firing at a cop, who was saved by the bullet hitting his radio.
But tests on a bullet lodged in the radio are said to show it was police issue, not from the handgun Duggan was carrying.
Witness David Akinsanya, 46, said: "I saw kids as young as seven or eight running up the street with their faces covered."
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