On the streets of Hackney.
This is the fucking reality… [***] the fucking burning of property! [***] burning people’s shop that they work hard to start their business!
You understand?
[***] the fucking shop, there? She’s working hard to make her business work, and then you lot want to go and burn it out – for what? Just so that you can say that you’re “warring” and that you’re a “bad man”?
This is about a fucking man who got shot in Tottenham – this ain’t about having fun [***] and busting up the place!
Get it real, black people! Get real! Do it for a cause. If we’re fighting for a cause, let’s fight for a fucking cause!
You lot piss me the fuck off. I’m ashamed to be a Hackney person. ‘Cause we’re not all gathering together and fighting for a cause – we’re running down Foot Locker and TV [***].
Dirty t’ieves, you know!
Watch, with thanks to Talal.
Also, on Twitter (11 pm):
hiloBella Chilo Moore
TURKS+KURDS DiD WHAT DA BRITISH POLiCE COULDN’T DO CHASED DOWN 600 RIOTERS WITH BASEBALL BATS AND DONER KNiFES #Dalston. #LondonriotsMrAliDickinson Ali Dickinson
Turkish Shop keepers apparently just chased the rioters out of Dalston with metal poles. Yes Dalston spirit! #Dalston #LondonriotThis is right outside my flat –> “Who needs riot police when you have Turkish shop owners? #dalston #londonriots yfrog.com/kk9a0wkj”
danielrhamilton Daniel Hamilton
Reports of heroic scenes on #Dalston High Street. Turkish families lining the streets to oppose #riots. What great Londoners.primanirules Gerica
#Dalston god bless the Turkish shop-keepers.Protecting their property.Try messing with them you pathetic bunch of cowards in your balaclavasThis is right outside my flat –> “Who needs riot police when you have Turkish shop owners? #dalston #londonriots yfrog.com/kk9a0wkj”
sophwilkinson Sophie Wilkinson
TURKISH MEN, I LOVE YOU RT @StevenWeston: Crossways, #Dalston 5 mins ago… http://yfrog.com/kk9a0wkjcharminglass Jasmine Sandalli
Hadi Türkiye!! RT @danielrhamilton: Reports of heroic scenes on #Dalston High Street. Turkish families lining the streets to oppose #riots.benedict Benedict Singleton
“@PaulLewis: Man with stick: “This is Turkish Kurdish area. They come to our shops and we fight them with sticks.” #hackney” #dalstondonatman piero donat
Guess what i predicted few hours ago is now happening. Turkish shopkeepers fighting back in #dalston. We don’t need the army!toros46 Hasan Usak
#Dalston daki Kurt ve Turk esnaf yagmacilarla mucadele ediyor dukkanlarini korumak icin @dilrike @ibrahim_Dogus @sevcanbikimlee23stone Lee Stone
Lamb shish for life! #turkssavetheday #dalston #realcommunity #riots #thanksTineTweets Christine Ullmann
A big thank you to the people who kept #Dalston safe.redbellyboy Ewan Taylor
Just saw an army of Turkish shop owners chasing hoodies down Kingsland Rd. Go #turks protecting their shop/homes #dalston #londonriotschukker_norris matt vidal
Saw about 30 masked youths followed by about 15 Turks from the #Dalston neighborhood watch. #dontneednostinkingbadges
The Guardian reports:
We’ve detoured to Dalston where a bus was set on fire in shacklewell lane earlier. The single deck bus is now cordoned off and there doesn’t seem to be much damage, but the incident has clearly shaken the large Turkish community here. Many shopkeepers are on the street talking about how they chased away the gang of youths behind the bus fire.
“We beat up four of them quite badly and they ran off,” one man, who wouldn’t give his name, said. Another said: “this is not justice, coming here and trying to attack us.” Notably several businesses are still open as usual here, unlike other violence hit areas.
We’ve just watched a mob of locals chase a gang of hoodies down the main road, with police vans on full siren in pursuit.