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  "textContent": "To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nA mob smashed windows and launched projectiles during a night of chaos inside a London park.\n\nFootage shows crowds of people, mainly men, gathered at Beckenham Place Park in south London on Wednesday.\n\nThe group is seen pounding on the windows of nearby vehicles, before kicking them in and filming the driver as he tried to get away while some people inhale balloons.\n\nThe vehicle does manage to drive off, but with the passenger door hanging open.\n\nDespite this no arrests have been made.\n\nThe vehicle does manage to drive off, but with the passenger door hanging open (Picture: @CrimeLdn/X)\n\nThe group is seen pounding on the windows of nearby vehicles, before kicking them in and filming the driver as he tried to get away (Picture: @CrimeLdn/X)\n\nLocals have expressed their anger as images show the amount of rubbish left behind on the ground.\n\nJohn McAuliffe wrote: ‘People don’t deserve beautiful open spaces if they treat them like this there’s plenty of bins to put your rubbish in.’\n\nMark Phillips wrote: ‘ I did tell the Police and the Council last night while I watched the crowds grow larger.\n\n‘Yes its an open space for people too but people need to share that space with the life that was there before they were, not destroy it through ignorance and laziness.\n\n‘My heart bleeds for the life that I see taken everyday by humans who think the world is theirs by right regardless.’\n\nThe car with its window smashed in (Picture: @CrimeLdn/X)\n\n##  Latest London news\n\n  * Bag thief didn't realise he took £2,000,000 Faberge egg and swapped it for drugs\n  * We find out how children got hold of knives in London - and it's not from the dark web\n  * Warning over 'dodgy' online e-bike batteries after fires surge\n\n\n\n_**To get the latest news from the capital, visit Metro's**  London news hub._\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said: ‘We recognise the concern this has caused for local residents and officers are working at pace to identify and locate those seen in the videos.\n\n‘Local people can expect to see an increased police presence in the area over the coming days.\n\n‘We’d encourage anyone with information to get in touch with us so we can pursue every possible line of enquiry.’\n\nIt comes as crowds of teenagers tore through Clapham High Street, ransacking shops and facing down police officers last week.\n\nFamilies and passersby were barricaded inside stores as hundreds of youths piled through after schools emptied for the Easter holidays.\n\nFootage emerged of fires lit outside and fireworks set off on Clapham Common.\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,** check our news page.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
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