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Jacked at London riots - 8th August.webm

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The few seconds before I got robbed at London riots. YouTube link: youtube.com/watch?v=Yv2CnuCeQPs Blog Beppe Grillo link: beppegrillo.it/2011/08/un_italiano_a_l/index.html ENGLISH text: "I want to share what I have experienced because it is more raw and terrifying than any photo or video that you see in the media. I am a filmmaker who lives in London for 4 years, in Peckham, one of the poorest neighborhoods and hostile. In the early afternoon, in the house I heard an unexpected noise, then voices, screams, and police cars. I saw a bus on fire, the 36, the one I usually get every day. I thought it was time to film, I went down the street and I have to admit that maybe it was not a good idea, it becomes difficult to remain a neutral observer, when you're in the middle of the course of events. I found some police officers who drive people away, after turning off the flames, they let everyone did their photos as if they were heroes. I felt the strong smell of burning plastic, hard to breathe. Not far away I saw a surreal situation. All the shops, chains of multinational companies, window shops.. all looted. In front of the public library in Peckham you were facing 50 policemen and a g

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