NBC, msnbc.com and news services report, August 7, 2011:
On the north side of Tottenham High Road on Saturday night, one rioter told the UK’s Channel 4 News that he was “here to tell the police they can’t abuse us, harass us. We won’t put up with it, this is just the beginning, this is war, and this is what you get — fire.”
The BBC reported that its TV news crew and satellite truck came under attack from youths. Sky News also said it was forced to temporarily withdraw camera crews from the area as the situation became increasingly volatile early Sunday.
A spokesman for British Prime Minister David Cameron branded the rioting as “utterly unacceptable.”
“There is no justification for the aggression the police and the public faced, or for the damage to property,” the spokesman told the BBC.
Widespread looting was also reported Sunday morning in the nearby Wood Green district of north London.
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