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Thursday
Aug112011

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.

Thursday
Aug112011

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


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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