and the riot police are moving in. the first thing that i noticed was just how much was on fire. and i mean, we re not talking a few burning barricad in th street. this was entire shops. quite a few points, it looked like the police were losing control. there s several times that i actually filmed the police riot units going forward with the long shields and the baton shorter shield attack units going through. and i m with the police line. there s just this hail of bricks and bottles coming at you. as the night goes on, word of the riots and jason s video images spreads quickly via twitter and blackberry messenger. it was like one place would go. then you d suddenly hear several hours later there s another place in a completely different part of the country. suddenly, there was rioting all over. and it just felt like it was a virus spreading or something. over the following two days, riots break out in manchester, liverpool, and elsewhere across
and lead to the worst rioting in a generation. tottenham, england, august 6th, 2011. we want justice! when do we want it? now. a crowd gathers outside a police station demanding answers about the shooting death of a man named mark duggan. the beginning of all this is the shooting of a young man in north london, his shooting by the police. protests as a result of that shooting. the protests then turning into something more violent. independent video journalist jason parkinson hears about the protest and races to the scene. i d already spotted on twitter there was a lot of news feed coming out saying there s been a protest in tottenham about the shooting of mark duggan. and there s two police cars on fire outside the police station,
tensions explode on the streets of london. years of frustration boil over and lead to the worst rioting in a generation. tottenham, england, august 6th, 2011. we want justice! when do we want it? now. a crowd gathers outside a police station demanding answers about the shooting death of a man named mark duggan. the beginning of all this is the shooting of a young man in north london, his shooting by the police. protests as a result of that shooting. the protests then turning into something more violent. independent video journalist jason parkinson hears about the protest and races to the scene. i d already spotted on twitter there was a lot of news feed coming out saying there s been a protest in tottenham about the shooting of mark duggan. and there s two police cars on fire outside the police station, and the riot police are moving in.
the first thing that i noticed was just how much was on fire. and i mean, we re not talking a few burning barricades in the street. this was entire shops. quite a few points, it looked like the police were losing control. there s several times that i actually filmed the police riot units going forward with the long shields and the baton shorter shield attack units going through. and i m with the police line. there s just this hail of bricks and bottles coming at you. as the night goes on, word of the riots and jason s video images spreads quickly via twitter and blackberry messenger. it was like one place would go. then you d suddenly hear several hours later there s another place in a completely different part of the country. suddenly, there was rioting all over. and it just felt like it was a virus spreading or something. over the following two days,
tensions explode on the streets of london. years of frustration boil over and lead to the worst rioting in a generation. tottenham, england. august 6th, 2011. we want justice! when do we want it? now. a crowd gathers outside a police station demanding answers about the shooting death of a man named mark duggan. the beginning of all this is the shooting of a young man in north london. his shooting by the police. protests as a result of that shooting. the protests then turning into something more violent. independent video journalist jason parkinson hears about the protest and races to the scene. i d already spotted on twitter there was a lot of news feed coming out saying there s been a protest in tottenham about the shooting of mark duggan. and there s two police cars on fire outside the police station,