wilf789
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Not sure if in other countries the news has picked up on this yet, but London is turning into a war-zone at the moment.
On Saturday a riot in North London started after police shot dead a man last Thursday who was supposedly in possession of a gun himself. Since it happened rumours began flying around about whether or not he was actually a 'gangster' or whatever - apparently he was very well known in the local community and it prompted a lot of outrage.
The area of Tottenham experienced massive riots, with police cars, double-decker buses, and many shops and homes being looted and set on fire. Then on Sunday the same happened, this time spreading to other North London areas as well as East, West and South London. More fires, more looting, more rioting.
Then again today and going on right now tonight it has spread even further, right out to the London suburbs where I was born and my grandma and brothers live - in quite nice parts of the city. It has even spread to cities miles away in other areas of the country.
This is the latest BBC story on it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14450248
This is a map and timeline of the story since it started last week up till now: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14436499
Already 215 arrested in London and 35 in Birmingham. Dozens of police officers have been injured and hundreds of people's homes and businesses have been destroyed.
Mixed feelings abound about whether this started off as a legitimate protest but has been escalated by those seeking to simply profit from the disorder, as is often the case in these matters.
All I know is that I couldn't give a sh*t about the global markets suffering some downturn when my home city is going up in flames.
Roll on the Olympics in London next year eh...
Edit: The scene is being described by those present as 'apocalyptic', these pictures show why:
On Saturday a riot in North London started after police shot dead a man last Thursday who was supposedly in possession of a gun himself. Since it happened rumours began flying around about whether or not he was actually a 'gangster' or whatever - apparently he was very well known in the local community and it prompted a lot of outrage.
The area of Tottenham experienced massive riots, with police cars, double-decker buses, and many shops and homes being looted and set on fire. Then on Sunday the same happened, this time spreading to other North London areas as well as East, West and South London. More fires, more looting, more rioting.
Then again today and going on right now tonight it has spread even further, right out to the London suburbs where I was born and my grandma and brothers live - in quite nice parts of the city. It has even spread to cities miles away in other areas of the country.
This is the latest BBC story on it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14450248
This is a map and timeline of the story since it started last week up till now: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14436499
Already 215 arrested in London and 35 in Birmingham. Dozens of police officers have been injured and hundreds of people's homes and businesses have been destroyed.
Mixed feelings abound about whether this started off as a legitimate protest but has been escalated by those seeking to simply profit from the disorder, as is often the case in these matters.
All I know is that I couldn't give a sh*t about the global markets suffering some downturn when my home city is going up in flames.
Roll on the Olympics in London next year eh...
Edit: The scene is being described by those present as 'apocalyptic', these pictures show why:
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