DaddyDazed salutes Tariq Jahan – a man in England who remained calm despite the death of his son in the UK riots.
Tariq Jahan urged those involved in violence to "calm down" after his son and his two friends were murdered.
Haroon Jahan, 21, died alongside brothers Shazad Ali, 30 and Adbul Musavir, 31.
They were hit by a car in Birmingham in the early hours of Wednesday morning by suspected looters.
The Chief Constable of West Midlands Police, Chris Sims, has praised the father of one of the men allegedly murdered while trying to protect people from looters.
Mr Sims said he thinks words spoken by Mr Jahan on Wednesday helped to calm rising racial tensions in the city.
The men were killed in the same area that suffered riots involving clashes between groups of Asian and black youths in 2005.
"Today we stand here to plead with all the youth to remain calm (and) for our communities to stand united. This is not a race issue," Mr Jahan said on Wednesday.
"Blacks, Asians, whites – we all live in the same community. Why do we have to kill each other?
"I lost my son. Step forward if you want to lose your sons. Otherwise, calm down and go home."
"The intervention he felt able to make was one of the most powerful, generous and far-sighted that I think I have ever seen, at the moment of absolute grief and devastation," Mr Sims said.
"Anyone who felt there was any mileage from continuing a cycle of violence in the name of those young men who died must have thought twice about it.
"Those words were powerful, heartfelt and spontaneous."
Mr Sims said there was still a lot of work to be done, but that communities could "build on the foundations" of Mr Jahan's words.
Three people have now been arrested in connection with the incident.
They are two youths aged 16 and 17 and a man aged 26, all from Birmingham.
A 32-year-old man who was arrested following the incident has been released on bail, while inquiries continue.
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