8 Aug 2011: Walking home with the bandits

Pictures taken on the way to the hotel from the library on August 8th, the first night of the Birmingham riots.

8pm, New Street from Victoria Square.  Riots occurring further down.  Most rioters wear black and hoods.

New Street from Victoria Square. People watching for evidence of a riot further down the street.  People began running from the location shortly after this picture was taken.

Police riot vans near the New Street train station as seen from Hurst Street, looking down Navigation Street.

One of five street entrances to the Arcadian Centre--all entryways were barred.  My hotel is in the Arcadian but my coworker and I eventually got in through the parking deck entrance.