As violence and unrest broke out across Leeds on Thursday night, Harehills Green Party councillor Mothin Ali made a plea to rioters to stop.
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Footage circulating on social media showed him telling a group of men ‘this is our neighbourhood.’ Ali told the me that there were children inside the house they were attempting to burn and that it was their community. ‘You can’t treat it like this,’ he added.
Police said they were called to an address in the West Yorkshire city at 5pm on Thursday where they found an ‘ongoing disturbance’ involving agency workers and children. More people started to arrive and the agency workers and children were taken to a safe place
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this is our neighborhood this is our neighborh don’t burn it who’s inside that house you going be BL before you act there’s children in there in there before you act this is our neighborhood those cameras are recording each and every one of us our houses we’ve got get 10 years ago and my whole life destroyed so do what El to these things use your BR this is your community and you can’t treat this right brother
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The usual suspects.
Wise gentlemen 😇😇🙏🙏🕊🕊.
Meanwhile let’s ignore the cameras and arrest Barbara for sharing a meme and give her a prison sentence!
More proof that the two tier justice system is actively happening .
This is where in the Middle East?
Go bk to the middle east
violence news
Proper Leeds lads ALAW MOT
They probably don't even live there
Warssdarrrrrppppp
2.8 million people seen harehills😂 Jm
Uncles 😂😂😂😂
That doesnt sound british
Bro we're the big man tommy 😂 and his so called team EDL 😂😂😂😂 they standing there paying attention to what our bros are saying like this at a uni lecture 😂😂😂
We have to pray 🙏 for nations to stop fighting people the real war is against evil . Open your eyes 👀
They have camera on us😂😂😂😂… Use your brains😂😂😂😂 well that says alot.
Turnabout is fair play
Great they torched a bus. Whoever is responsible should do community service such as building a new double decker bus. People go to work without cars and now they are ending up late for work. This is a disgrace.
Dont get over excited… great choice of words😐
Usual suspects think they back in syria
Impressive.
So brave with their faces covered 🙄
🤔 is the government causing the problem with our community's
Guardian selective in their narrative as usual, No balance