Nottingham Riots: Tuesday pix 1
tash@indymedia.org (Tash [Alan Lodge]) | 11.08.2011 15:55 | August Riots
Tuesday 9th August 2011
Nottinghamshire Police mounted an operation across Nottingham City over the last few night.
In a statement, the police say that they had over 800 officers on duty to police the situation. A large number of PSU's were deployed and were added to by units from Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Mounted officers were also deployed.
Damage was done to 5 Nottingham Police Stations. and a number of city centre shops were damaged and now boarded up. On monday night, the Victoria Centre entrance and glass in shops there were also smashed.
Nottinghamshire Police issued a detail statement of events at: http://tinyurl.com/3nd2rw9
They now report 105 arrests. 60 so far have been charged. They say: "The force is actively looking to make further arrests and will continue to gather evidence to do so."
Nottingham Riots: Canning Circus Police Stn Damage
Nottingham Riots: Boarding up + Police Standby
Riots spread to Nottingham [Nottingham Indymedia Feature]
Summer of Unrest: an indymedia overview of the 'riots' [UK Mayday Feature]
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ALAN LODGE
Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham. UK
Email: tash@indymedia.org
Web: http://digitaljournalist.eu
Member of the National Union of Journalists [NUJ]
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"It is not enough to curse the darkness.
It is also necessary to light a lamp!!"
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