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Riot police move in on looters in Peckham

Riot police move in on looters in Peckham
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Riot police charging in to stop rioting gangs but drop their batons twice.
  • Riot police move in on looters in Peckham

Start of the looting and rioting on the second day of hostilities in London. Clip showing a small team of riot police charging in, and dropping batons, to stop a gang burning a bus and looting local shops. London. UK. 8th August 2011

Clip showing riot police move in to stop a gang trying to burn buses and local shops. One police officer drops his baton, a colleague picks it up and then he drops it a second time!
Just down the Road (Peckham High Street) a gang had already set light to one double decker bus and were attempting to do so to another.
Taken at 18:21 - commuters were still around going home.

Taken on Camera phone.

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