London Riot

London Riot

cbc.ca (2011)

In light of what I call “the 2011 London chaos”, I believe that there are some unrevealed causes for the riot along with what is revealed through media which are as follow:

I think that racism is the driving cause for such riot, as most protest that had taken place in around England, were all led by the death of a colored man, who, as mentioned in the interview in the video*, was shot twice by the police.

Another reason that contributed in increasing the effects of the riots is the spread of the social media especially between youth, where they were able to communicate through Blackberry messenger and Twitter, and I think they had the ability to make organized riots.

Poverty can be also considered as a vital reason for the riots, where riot had started in Tottenham, which is a low-income, multicultural neighborhood located in north London, therefore, I believe that people living there had nothing to lose in case they decided to engage in such protest.

In order for government to deal with the offenders and prevent such riots in the future, I think they should benefit from the social media in order to control the spread of the rumors. Another procedure is that the government should make a trial to punish any involved parties including the police and the offenders, especially those who had criminal records, where three quarters of the arrested offenders had previously committed crimes. Finally, the government shall set more strict regulations regarding the sabotage and trespass of public property.

Bibliography:

·      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzpgb3IJoqk

·      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOO78zZbYec

·    wikipedia.org (2011). 2011 England riots. Available at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_England_riots (Accessed: 1/7/2013)

·       wikipedia.org (2013). Death of Mark Duggan. Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Mark_Duggan (Accessed: 1/7/2013)

·       huffingtonpost.com (2011). London Riots 2011: Most Rioters Had Criminal Records. Available at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/06/london-riots-2011_n_950047.html (Accessed: 1/7/2013)

·       CBC News (2011). Getting to the root of the U.K. riots. Available at: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/08/09/f-uk-riots-faq.html (Accessed: 1/7/2013)