Basically, last week, a man in his late 20s had his head blown off by a policeman. The man was armed, and the police said the man shot first, and the bullet pierced the policeman's breast pocket, which was thankfully stopped by the radio in his pocket. A few days later, forensics reveal that the bullet the man supposedly fired was from a police-issue gun, and that the man never fired at all. To worsen the situation, the man apparently didn't have a real gun in his hand. Worse still, a couple of days ago, the police issued a new statement saying that no-one in the force claimed the man fired at all.
Just like the student protests earlier this year, what started peacefully turned into groups of yobs initiating acts of looting and vandalism in Tottenham, which spread across London, and has now spread to Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, Nottingham, Leeds and Manchester.
Unfortunately, it's kids and youth with "no stake in society" that are doing all of this. Not saying I condone these actions, there's a lot of pent-up rage amongst youth and the unemployed in England.
Take for example, myself, who has a decent set of GCSEs, A Levels, and is currently studying at a good university; I got rejected from many summer jobs this holiday due to lack of work experience. Taking this into account, imagine how it is for school-leavers that are trying to get jobs or apprenticeships, or even for those wanting to go to university, to find that you can't get a job due to bad GCSEs or a lack of experience along with the job cuts, there is practically a ratio of 1 apprenticeship to every 3000 people, and the government are raising yearly tuition fees from £3,300 up to £9000 especially in the midst of a recession. You're forced to live off welfare, although most likely due to your own lack of academic ambition during your teenage years, and aren't really given a fighting chance at landing a job. Their actions at present are completely unjustified, and there is no need for their senseless acts of thuggery and hooliganism, but the government has a lot to answer for. The Sony building that was burnt down is at least covered by insurance, but it's the small family owned business that are being made to suffer, and in some cases over the last 2 days, families having to deal with a loss in their family as a consequence of being caught in the cross-fire:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/three-men-...BzdGNhdAN1awRwdANzdG9yeXBhZ2UEdGVzdAM-;_ylv=3
The police aren't really doing anything to help themselves either, in light of the constant changing of their story; they aren't using their powers to make arrests, but instead are chasing down looters and telling them to go home. Locals are doing a better job of protecting their businesses and homes than the police force currently are to be honest. Situation in England and Scotland is completely FUBAR in terms of the people doing the looting, and those in the police force and the government =/
