UK Police Arrest Over 200 as London Riots Continue
August 8th, 2011Via: AP:
Violence and looting spread across some of London’s most impoverished neighborhoods on Monday, with youths setting fire to shops and vehicles, during a third day of rioting in the city that will host next summer’s Olympic Games.
Skirmishes broke out between police and groups of youths across Britain’s capital, and also spread to the nation’s central city of Birmingham – where police said dozens of people were involved in damaging shops across the city center.
In the Hackney area of east London and districts in the city’s south, vehicles and buildings were set ablaze as authorities struggled to halt groups of rampaging young people.
Hundreds of youths attacked shops and set fire to cars in Hackney, while police in riot gear were pelted with fireworks, bottles and lumps of wood.
Thick smoke billowed from a high street in the Peckham district of south London, where a building was set ablaze along with a bus – which was not carrying passengers. In nearby Lewisham, lines of cars were torched.
Home Secretary Theresa May, the Cabinet minister responsible for policing, and London’s Mayor Boris Johnson cut short vacations in an attempt to deal with the crisis – while police confirmed they had made more than 200 arrests.
Flash mob in Philadelphia, PA over the weekend. No newspaper report to send. Global Revolution occurring. So it seems.
Interesting phenomenon. 1960’s redux. Stock Market crash (my father used to pace the floor at night due to his stock market losses) and kids where rioting all over the U.S.
Its Deja Vu all over again.