Britain Video: Father of Murdered Birmingham Man Pleads for Calm "Respect Our Sons"

Tariq Jahan, the father of one of three men killed by a speeding car in the Winson Green section of north Birmingham on Monday night, made a televised appeal for calm yesterday.

After Jahan's prepared statement, there was a further encounter as youths --- angered over the deaths in a deliberate hit-and-run at 70 miles per hour --- called for a forceful response. Jahan called out ot the men: "I'm mourning my son and you want to start up again. Grow up, guys."

There was no violence in Winson Green overnight. Instead, about 200 people held a candle-lit vigil for Haroon Jahan, Shezad Ali and Abdul Musavir.

Britain Latest: After a Quiet Night, Attention Shifts to Politics and Policing (The Guardian)

Footage and interviews from the candle-lit vigil last night for three men killed in Winson Green in Birmingham

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David Cameron is facing growing cabinet pressure to rethink the coalition's policing cuts in the wake of the deaths of three young Birmingham men, who were hit by a car during violent disturbances in the city.

As the Police Federation warned of a "catastrophe" if similar riots erupted after the cuts were introduced, a senior government source said the Home Office would be advised to take a fresh look at its plans to cut £2bn from police funding over the next few years. "The optics have changed," the source told the Guardian.

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