Tonight’s block party hasn’t helped at all." Not because I can’t go out, but because I live in Church Road, Harlesden, an area where many people are ignoring the lockdown. Who decides to have a block party during a pandemic?"Ī third wrote: "I’ve been put in the high risk category for covid19 so I have to self isolate and I feel trapped.
Were you at the block party? Do you live nearby? Email user tweeted: "Not getting an early night with the helicopters hovering over Harlesden. There was a huge police presence at the "unlicensed music event", with video showing about a dozen officers being jeered as they try to make their way through the crowd at one point. The scenes sparked outrage on social media, where one local councillor said he was "embarrassed" and many people feared it would lead to a surge in Covid-19 cases in Brent, the borough with the highest number of coronavirus deaths in London. Police helicopters circled overhead for "hours", fireworks were shot into the sky and the party went on until about 3.30am, according to police and neighbours who were kept awake by the noise. Eleven police officers were assaulted and five people were arrested at an illegal block party where about 500 revellers ignored the coronavirus lockdown and social distancing rules.įootage shows a massive crowd of mostly young people dancing to music played by a DJ, drinking, smoking or just hanging out at the rave about 350 yards from a police station in Harlesden, north-west London.
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