Public concerned over planned far-right riot in Finchley

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Residents and workers in Finchley share their concerns over a planned far-right riot outside an immigration centre. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Well, it's terrible, really unfortunate. Sad to hear. You know, we've got a vibrant community

00:05here in North Finchley. No need for it really, so it's very disappointing. The police are

00:10showing presence, so still relatively safe and, you know, we've got to show unity along

00:16the area that we live in, so just keep going as we are.

00:20Well, we're all a bit worried. Obviously, we heard it yesterday. I've noticed that a

00:24few shops have boarded up. Yeah, we're quite concerned. I work literally round the corner

00:28from here. I've just come for a coffee, and even that I wasn't sure I wanted to do. I

00:31am going to leave early. Yeah, I'm out of here at lunchtime, hopefully. I'm hoping it

00:35doesn't happen at all, but if it does, yeah, we're all quite concerned. Yeah, it's worrying,

00:39isn't it? Local businesses, people that are working around here as well.

00:43It's quite concerning, to be honest with you. A nice local area like this to be subject

00:47to such violent behaviours from the public. It's not the Finchley that we know, and it's

00:54not the England that we know at the moment, so...

00:55It's going to affect our business. We're going to close, firstly, because people worry

01:02about this protest. It's no good for community, no good for business, no good for people.

01:13Of course, we are not happy. If people making problem, this is no protest. This is something

01:22else. I respect for protest, like democratic protest, but not to do a problem for shops,

01:34for... You know, this is not good for protest.

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