Middlesbrough: Race Riots of 2024

“I need to start by saying that this felt more like a race war than a race riot. It felt more like a warzone than the streets of Boro. The far right met at the cenotaph in there few hundreds but there was barely a bizzy in sight. Jake wheatley, who was arrested on suspicion of possession of firearms, was present and welcomed as Teessides new 'Tommy'. They began marching, breaking police lines, chanting racist slurs, letting off petty bombs and other missiles while the police did little to even hold a line. It was around this time one member of the crowd pointed me out with "p4ki, kill it", which tells you all you need to know. They smashed the courts and then the university as it enrols a diverse student base. They began running through residential streets where the real carnage unfolded. Countless house doors booted off and hundreds of cars, houses and shop fronts smashed in with the arson of a car that set a front door alight. All while the police watched on from up the street and failed to keep up with the mob. Where is the media coverage of any of this? Our people have been lynch mobbed on the streets today, left with dislocated jaws and beaten with metal poles. Our people have been attacked in their homes, left traumatised and wounded, Where is safe for us if not home and certainly not the streets? This was systematic. It wasn't a protest, i. It was people out for blood and nothing less. Much of the racist group was eventually pushed into Albert park, it is unclear where they made their next moves. The group seemed to dissipate but small groups are still being spotted around town. It has been noted groups in vehicles are doing drive by window smashing & 'p*ki bashing'.”