In August, as London burned and rioters pelted police with rocks, two young men invited their friends to a “smash down” via Facebook. That was, as their lawyers have admitted, “monumentally foolish.” But does it really merit four years behind bars?
A boarded-up shop in a London borough has become a Post-It-powered beacon of community pride and respect.
Think England’s rioters were just a bunch of thugs? Think again. According to The Sun, a millionaire’s daughter, a ballerina and an organic chief were allegedly in on the action.
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In the new age of rioting—where flash mobs assemble with the benefit of social media—London police struggled, at best, to quell the rising violence, which is still spreading across the U.K. But what did London do wrong? How could officials have better planned to subdue the riots?
It’s ugly out there in London, where some of the worst riots in recent memory continue to play out following the fatal shooting by police of 29-year-old Mark Duggan. Have a look at what people are saying, as well as some of the shocking things they’ve seen.
After a weekend marked by riots in London, videos depicting the chaos have begun to emerge.
Hundreds of thousands of peaceful demonstrators took to the streets this morning to protest government spending cuts. But by late afternoon a splinter group of rabble-rousers—dressed in black and wearing full-face balaclavas—had stolen all the attention.
As violence over sharp tuition fee hikes swept across London last night, protesters ambushed the car carrying Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall.
