It looked like a rare act of kindness in the midst of mindless violence.
Dazed and bleeding, a young man sitting on the ground had been beaten senseless during a violent street attack in Hackney.
Surrounded by a small crowd of curious onlookers, a “Good Samaritan” gently helps the vulnerable and frightened young man to his feet.
But within seconds looters decided this was a target too good to ignore.