August 9th, 2011
London/England Riots Round Up 2:
Follow up on this one“You will feel the full force of the law. And if you are old enough to commit these crimes you are old enough to face the punishments.”
David Cameron, Prime Minister UKTime Line
- 8 August - Riots spread outside of London to Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool, etc. Sony warehouse in Enfield got burned down, which may affect UK deliveries (x). Major indie music stock centre burns down as well (x), rumours of a fund-raiser for the independent music business are already floating around the internet. Lots of reports of looting/fire in areas and no police/fireman in sight
Video: Sky News’ Mark Stone asks looters ‘Are you proud of what you are doing?’
- 9 August - Rumours/pictures of the London Eye burning are not true (x). Meanwhile Theresa May, home secretary, is coming under preasure to use water cannons for the first time on British mainland, something she has refused so far (x). David Cameron released a statement (x), and when he left the press asked “Have you lost control of events, prime minister?”. From his speech: there will be 16,000 police officers on the street of London tonight. The friendly football match between England and the Netherlands on Wednesday got cancelled (x). Movement has started in England to clean up after the looters (see: #riotcleanup)
Photo: Kaiser Chiefs predicted the riot… and are now helping to clean upInteresting reads:
- Egyptian Bloggers Parse London Riots in Real Time
- London Riots escalate as police battles for control
- Riots: The underclass lashes out
- Looting fuelled by ‘social exclusion’
- London riots not the work of organised gangs
- Tottenham’s young people are rioting as they see no future
Useful links:
- UK/London residents, please check @Riotcleanup or #riotcleanup to see if you can help (they are working on getting their website back up again)
- Think you recognize any of the looters? #tweetalooter, tumblr
Keep up to date:
excellent sum-up
