'There are children in there': moment councillor stops violence escalating in Leeds riot – video

  • 7/19/2024
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As violence and unrest broke out across Leeds on Thursday night, Mothin Ali, a Green party councillor in Harehills, made a plea to rioters to stop. Footage circulating on social media shows him telling a group of men "this is our neighbourhood". He said 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 said. Police car turned over and vehicles set alight in disorder in Leeds

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