Basically some dude was shot an killed in Tottenham by the Police. I've been told that he was shooting at them but thats the not the point.
The next day I think it was the Saturday just gone there was a peacful protest and everything went horribly wrong. Rioting broke out, loads and loads of houses were burned out,
cars were destroyed, police or otherwise, I think a bus was set on fire and 42 people were arrested. Some police officers were hospitalised too.
This was on the news while I was at work and the footage of the aftermath was pretty shocking, to me at least.
Theeeeeen last night rioting broke out over the country, basically a culmination of not alot of money, people having nothing else to do and peer pressure.
From my point of view it alls comes down to people think they can loot things and get away with it, then use the "But everyone else was doing it" excuse. Which while being an excuse is still a big part of why it is all breaking out. Also fingers are going to be flying but you could blame loads and loads of things. People are going to be blaming games, and for once I agree to an extent. You could get ideas of looting from GTA, hell it could have been your first contact with that sort of thing, or it could be from TV, whatever.
Also there's going to be alot of "FUCKING CHAVS" and self righteous people of facebook calling for people to be shot, all the stuff that usually happens. My view on chavs is something I can't be bothered to go into now so I won't.
Oh also from the pictures I've been seeing on tumblr (From this lovely blog Ol posted:
http://catchalooter.tumblr.com/) you will notice alot of the people are black. Prepare for alot of dickheads of facebook being immensely racist. I also believe that the guy who was shot in the first place, Mark Duggen, was a coloured guy.
Also the rioting is going all over the country. Like I said my parents went out to eat last night and then were told to go back home because of rioting. That was from Clapham station which is about a 10 mins train journey away from where I live. Also my mate just told me he was shouting at by some drunk guys telling him to "Stop rioting", a load of blame the youths coming too.
Oh Joy........................
