Insane

Yesterday in Tottenham, protests started because a 29 year old man was shot by a policeman. The man, Mark Duggan, a known "gangster" of the Tottenham area attempted to shoot a policeman, but missed as only the policeman's radio on his chest was hit. The policeman hit Mark back and obviously, the man died.

The family of Mark Duggan, according to reports, weren't informed in the correct, proper way about the death of Mark Duggan, thus creating protests outside the police station. The protest was apparently led mainly by women, and after four hours, the women left considering they have kids to look after and their kids were getting tired.

I am just shocked that in these four hours, no one in a senior position attended to these peaceful protesters before things got bad. There was no authority until things got ridiculous. Ok, so that was point number one.

I'm going to be using the word "apparently" a lot in this post, because I don't know how much I can trust what the government is saying. How can anyone trust the government when they have done nothing but faff around with sheets of paper, coughing at parliament and arguing about international affairs?

These people who have participated in this riots are criminals, yes. They have participated in arson, robbery and many other miscreant activities. They want attention, and this is how they're getting it. This isn't a racial problem, this is a collective problem that has been ignored for a long time. Everything about this riot is wrong, on both sides. I think this is about more than Mark Duggan, this is about everything in society. Yes, some of these people want to have a bit of fun and are attracted to flames and think they can add something to their "CV of criminal activity". It still comes back to lack of community and proper attention given to these people.

Authority is lacking, the police need more resources. The government need to stop peeing themselves over other countries' business and should focus on their own country first.

I always think that you need to help yourself before you help others. If you aren't stable yourself, how on earth are you supposed to help others properly? It doesn't make sense in the slightest.

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