On 6 August, an initially peaceful protest was held, beginning at Broadwater Farm and finishing at Tottenham police station.

[13] The protest was organised by friends and relatives of Mark Duggan (who was killed by police on 4 August 2011), to assert a perceived unmet need for justice for the family.

[14][15][16] The rioting occurred shortly after about 120 people marched from Broadwater Farm to Tottenham Police Station via the High Road.

They stayed in front of the police station hours longer than originally planned because they were not satisfied with the seniority of the officers available at the time.

[17] On Sunday evening, 7 August, violent disturbances erupted in Enfield, to the north of Tottenham, among a heavy presence of riot police.

A heavy police presence was seen outside Enfield Town railway station where people arriving were being searched for security reasons.

[26] Similar action drove back approximately 50 people along Southbury Road via Queens Street, after a preceding clash with rioters outside a supermarket.

By 07:59, the Metropolitan Police Commander Christine Jones said: "This is a challenging situation with small pockets of violence, looting and disorder breaking out on a number of boroughs.

[54] A Sky News satellite van came under attack and many shops, cars and buses were set alight in West Croydon.

[72] On the morning of 8 August several shops in Enfield Town and in the nearby A10 retail park were vandalised and looted,[29] and two vehicles set ablaze.

[73] Hundreds of riot police and canine units arrived with vans and charged at groups of teenagers until they dispersed, smashing cars and shop windows on the way.

He was attacked by a mob on 8 August 2011, while attempting to extinguish an arson fire in industrial bins on Spring Bridge Road.

[citation needed] Bowes was found without a wallet or phone as they had been stolen, and police initially faced difficulty in identifying him.

He has paid a terrible price.Time Magazine wrote "Not since the blitz during World War II have so many fires raged in London so intensely at one time".

[134] Looters burned a Sony-owned warehouse in Solar Way, Enfield[54] which acted as the primary distribution hub for the independent music distributor PIAS Entertainment Group.

Richmond's red watch was called to Merton where they tackled a blaze at Priory retail estate in Colliers Wood.

[147][158] Prime Minister David Cameron returned early from his Italian summer holiday and chaired an emergency meeting of COBR, following the third night of violence.

[183] East Ham's Labour MP Stephen Timms and Newham's Mayor Robin Wales praised police for their efforts that day.

[186] A 16-year-old boy was charged with breach of the peace in connection with a message inciting rioting in Scotland on a social networking site.

[198] In a statement at 11:05, Cameron announced that plastic bullets were available to the police for use in response to the riots if necessary, and put contingency plans in place to make water cannons available at 24 hours notice.

[201] The assistant chief constable of Norfolk police, Charlie Hall, slammed people who used Twitter and Facebook to post "fictitious and malicious rumours" that the riots had moved to many to safe, including Norwich.

[202] The family of Mark Duggan said they "are not condoning" the riots and looting that rocked north London, that left 26 police officers injured.

[201] Local Christians gathered in Derby's Market Place yesterday to hold a prayer meeting to ask for God's help and love towards all those involved in the riots.

[208] Cameron told lawmakers there would be no "culture of fear" on Britain's streets, and that the government would consider taking gang-fighting tips from American cities such as Boston.

[217] The IPCC watchdog admitted that it inadvertently led media to believe shots were exchanged and that Mark Duggan was carrying a gun that was never used.

[220] An estimated 2,000 people joined a vigil in Summerfield Park and laid flowers in memory of officers men who died protecting shops from looters in Winson Green, Birmingham.

[223] A 16-year-old from Hounslow was to be tried for the murder of Richard Mannington Bowes as well as violent disorder and four counts of burglary relating to the looting at a William Hill bookmakers, a Tesco Express, a Blockbuster video shop and a Fatboys restaurant.

[224] Martin McRobb, the Crown Advocate for CPS Mersey-Cheshire, read out in Chester court that "Jordan Blackshaw and Perry Sutcliffe independently and from the safety of their homes may have thought that it would be acceptable to set up a Facebook page to incite others to take part in disorders in Cheshire."

[225] The Liberal Democrat MP for Bradford East, David Ward, described government plans to withdraw benefits from convicted rioters as "nuts".

[229] [230] Jae-Kiel Van Eda, 28, was arrested after participating in an act in which 2 constables were hit by a green Citroen while they were dealing with reports of a group looting a clothes shop in Waltham Forest, north-east London on 8 August.