Brixton is a strong and united community that utterly condemns the scenes we saw last night. People were shocked and appalled by the vandalism and hooliganism we witnessed and this kind of criminal behaviour has absolutely no place in our community.
Let’s be very clear that this is simply opportunistic criminal activity that has no justification whatsoever - it’s criminal disorder not riots. Relations between the community and police today are strong, and this incident will not undermine the huge progress made over the past decades.
We are now determined that the borough gets back to normal as quickly as possible and will be offering all the support we can to the police and reassurance to local people and businesses.
Please also see a message from the Leader of the Council, Cllr Steve Reed.
Please feel free to contact any of us if you have any concerns or questions.
Regards,
Councillors Paul McGlone, Sally Prentice and Neil Sabharwal
Ferndale ward
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