London Riots

[Munch]

What caused the riots? Just cause a armed drug dealer got shot? Shouldn't they be happy?

I think that was just an excuse for the riots. One of the reasons is a lack of trust between the community and the police. Other people say it's also related to "class wars", or some sort of conflict in which they choose now to do it.

I think whatever reason they had at the start is long gone now and they all have their own reasons. Of course there is no excuse for what they've done and what they're doing.

It seems pretty safe in Liverpool and I don't see anywhere else in the North West being affected (unless Birmingham's riots begin to spread). Although Liverpool has a bad gang problem and is badly affected by the government cuts it seems to be laying low.

A lot of the stuff I hear is mainly about the looting. Someone got recorded raiding a carpet store.


I hope the violence is stopped before many more casualties happen. The army should be brought in, but with all the cuts to the armed forces and the MOD I don't think we have many available besides perhaps reserves and those in training. They'd be wise to pull some out of Libya or Iraq if they can...unless they do have enough available.