into riots had a political shape to it what happened with the copycat what i call retail riots in brixton on sunday night has no political shape whatsoever and also the stuff that fold up. in other areas along the like lewisham in ealing is strictly criminal enterprise has nothing to do with political power you can spin it one way or another but at the end it just comes down to opportunity you witness some of these riots yourself first time where did you witness the taking so what you saw. well to be honest it's one of the most shocking things i've ever had the displeasure of seeing was in brixton early monday morning about one am i saw gangs of youths who were some of which had fled from central brixton into the surrounding areas like stockwell barricade in the streets with rubbish bins or anything they could find in order to stop cars and try to pull drivers from the cars and take the cars i saw in one instance this happened one man came to help the driver and he was beaten by a gang of six or seven young black youths in brixton very frightening i was barricaded in a pub for part of the

be honest this is one of the most shocking things i've ever had the displeasure of seeing was in brixton early monday morning about one am i saw all gangs of youths who were some of which had fled from the central brixton into the surrounding areas like stockwell barricade in the streets with rubbish bins or anything they could find in order to stop cars and try to pull drivers from the cars and take the cars i saw in one instance this happened one man came to help the driver and he was beaten by a gang of six or seven young black youths in brixton very frightening i was barricaded in a pub for part of the time because we couldn't go out and the pub sieged about an hour after that incident so no police to be found. if you dial nine nine nine the police said sorry we can't help you just stay where you are now if the leadership of this country and the heads of the police departments everything had been paying attention to what's going on around the world in the middle east in north africa the leadership in britain and the police force in britain think oh we're different no it's the same yo

one man came to help the driver and he was beaten by a gang of six or seven young black youths in brixton very frightening i was barricaded in a pub for part of the time because we couldn't go out and the pub got sieged about an hour after that incident so no police to be found even if you dialled nine nine nine the police said sorry we can't help you just stay where you are now if the leadership of this country and the heads of the police departments everything have been paying attention to what's going on around the world in the middle east in north africa the leadership in britain in the police force in britain think oh we're different no it's the same you have mobile phones blackberries twitter you have mobs they're able to outmaneuver the police at any turn and the police cannot cope with this and unfortunately the criminal element know this my advice to the leadership of this country all your m.p.'s and david cameron and everybody else stop playing politics stop playing labor and conservative the blame game and you've got to start looking at what's going on the street. well we very

judge that it was too dangerous to stay and it's not just here in hockney there has been violence in brixton and it's also you reading out now to other parts of the country croydon which is probably about thirty miles away from lugging parts of florida on fire and we're hearing that the violence is already over both also spread right to forming that there are all sorts of people on the streets here but it is being perpetrated by ethnic minorities it has to be said about arrests and this is certainly the worst violence that we've seen so far it hasn't been confined to the hours of darkness this as i say has been going on for three nights in business make the parts of london that had soup are being affected and here's my report from. london's burning rioters and police take over the capital for a third night as yet more areas of london in a spiraling cycle of violence on monday night the violent shoot a few signs of abating in fact it spread further around the city said here in east london in hackney where rioters set fire to cars and tried to break into more shops meanwhile terrified resident

the corner we just thought it was just to stay and it's not just here in hockney that has been in brixton big parts of poison on fire and we're hearing that the violence is also spread right. there all schools of people on the streets. big perpetrated by ethnic minorities to be said. and this is certainly the worst violence that we've seen the say it hasn't been confined to the hours of darkness as i say has been going on for three nights i mean business the parts of that had been affected and here's my report from that. london's burning riot police take over the capital for the third night as. yet more areas of london in a spiraling cycle of violence on monday night the violent few signs of abating in fact it spread further around the city in east london in hackney where riots has set fire to cars and tried to break into more shops meanwhile terrified residents of london could do nothing but police streets and treat whole areas as crime scenes with local communities trying to come to terms with the wave of looting and gophering north east and south london in enfield looted shops making o

brixton looters jailed for six months so my back a bell twenty three took several i pod touches an i pod nano devices from a currys in brixton when interviewed by police bell said she had been drinking heavily and followed a group of boys into currys she took the items from the floor of the store now she's been sentenced to six months in prison but the population is begging for more they want her to put. bars for longer drunkenness is not an excuse and this twenty three year old girl's case no it's not an excuse for some schmuck on the ground and if you go to the city of london on a friday night you'll see investment bankers in suits and ties deprecating i met they get a ticket for that now so they get reprimanded for that no they get applauded bravos as they have in common he says george osborne so back to that social unrest index the us is very low on that list but let's look at a few little headlines from the u.s. nearly fifteen percent of the u.s. population relied on food stamps in may according to the united states department of agriculture now in that clip of george bush he we

found in brixton prices through books at least and in tottenham where it all began the high street is a shell the police the chops and talk the banks. everything that's happening the recession you know there's a lot of anger about that no jobs nothing for the youths to do so yet i block out our first race in america you know and it it it is sad that it's not it's the poor people that's suffering it was sparked by the fatal shooting by police of this man mark duggan tottenham once own says about why and how he was killed but his shooting with just a spark in an exceptionally dry tinder box and other london boroughs have long been simmering with resentment towards the police towards social injustice and towards unemployment this is a community which is on the precious or had levels of unemployment then our lives and their lives and services youth clubs have been closed there is never any excuse for violence the communities attend the parks the war isn't concerns and community but the thought of doctrine with a star which has a for tottenham has one of the highest unemployment rates in l

because at least several on fire and it's not just here in hoc committee there has been violence in brixton and it's also you breaking out now to other parts of the country croydon which is probably about thirty miles away from. parts of croydon on fire and we're hearing the balance is already over both also spreads right. there are all sorts of people on the streets but it is loads to be big perpetrated by ethnic minorities it has to be said about rest this is that night number three and this is just the worst violence that we've seen so far it hasn't been confined to the hours of darkness it started about three o'clock this afternoon on to have escalated from that as i say has been going on for three nights and today i mean business may be parts of london that had to call been affected and here's my report from some of. london's burning rioters and police take over the capital for the third night as. yet more areas of london. in a spiraling cycle of violence on monday night the violent showed few signs of abating in fact it spread further around the city say in east london in hackney wher

the same thing as used to happen in brixton called fuss which was exactly one of the things that started the brixton riots that the inquiry found a very well researched think why we don't buy appear by a lord said was primarily due to police being racially prejudiced and appear or award would be the equivalent here in the us of a summer. roughly the equivalent i mean there have been a lot of changes in policing and so they don't think that it's the racial element so much they do think it's still a stair or thirty but that something else has taken over when you've got a twelve year old who isn't even trying to get a job yet going into a clothing store and saying i don't think i'm going to do this store yet i'm going to go next door first yeah that's something else yeah well it's the kind of the mob mentality takes over people go through some profound changes i think the impact i went back and looked at the watts riots and the detroit riots here in the united states in the sixty's and both of them preceded the major part of the great society the major impact of the great society programs t