shop was ransacked, with people walking out with large flat screen televisions and computers. At one point the police attempted to intervene but were pushed back by a hail of rocks. Officers eventually began to gain control of the situation around 3am." Nando's restaurant in Brixton, south London, is cordened off after being ransacked on August 8, 2011 Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images 11.13am: James, another Brixton resident, has sent us this account of what he saw last night. He's particularly annoyed at the damage done to the Brixton Nando's: I just wanted to add my opinion to the police force's treatment of the riot last night in Brixton. I live in Brixton, literally opposite the police station, so I had a very good view of the entire proceedings. At around 12:30, we foolishly decided to go and see what was happening for ourselves after having read the news. We walked through the smoke infested high street and saw gangs tearing up metal barriers in in the pawn shop and literally walking through the door to grab any jewellery they could find. Before that they were across the street in the Game Station, where they used bricks and ladders to smash the windows before raiding it. But in both instances, the police were stood by the bridge near the then burnt out Footlocker/Brixton High street too busy stopping people from going past, while literally watching the looting take place. The gangs were openly mocking the police from a distance as they