Riots in London

RIOTS IN LONDON
According to reports from the Police and family, it all started on Thursday, 4th August 2011 when the Metropolitan Police Officers stopped a minicab carrying Mr. Mark Duggan near Tottenham Hale Tube Station in North London for a search. The search was pre planned which means the deceased was under surveillance for a while. The 29 years old black man was shot dead by the Police claiming he was resisting arrest and he shot at the Police. Claims that are being refuted by family and friends. Before you could say JESUS is Lord, the news had spread all over the neighbourhood that Mark Duggan a father of four kids had been shot dead during a pre planned operations by the police.
There are reports that he was a suspected gang member and a gun runner. That he was under surveillance and that evening he was carrying a gun. But some friends said he was a complete family man who was very loving. They believed he couldn't be involved in gangsterism. Being a Father does not mean being crime free or a saint. A friend said Mark Duggan was not violent but was involved in things. What are these things he was involved in? Were these things honest? If he was peaceful, why was the Metropolitan Police Specialist gun unit conducting a planned operation to arrest him? There is a saying that there is no smoke without fire. Or is it because he was speaking out against incessant police raids in the black community? Whatever it was, led the police to him and unfortunately he died leaving behind a family and a community to mourn his untimely death.
For the Police,why were the officers so hasty to shoot at point blank or at close range? Is this a case of racial attack? Is the Police Department getting away with too much in London?.
By Saturday, 6th, the news of Mark's death had spread and the people in anger took to the streets to protest the dead and to record their frustrations with the establishments. Before the people could realised what was happening the youths had taken to looting, vandalism and destruction.
The rioting was unprecedented and mindless. Public properties were destroyed. Shops looted, vehicles burnt and facilities vandalised. Were the rioters dis-enfranchised, jobless, homeless or anti-capitalist activists? Or are they thugs acting out the scripts of some disgruntled Politicians? How many of those businesses were owned by the Police or government that the youths destroyed?.
Whatever it was, the Prime Minister Mr. David Cameron had declared that " if you are old enough to commit the crime then you must be old enough to face the consequences". He further said that the government will not allow a culture of fear to exists on the streets of Britain. He said the government, police and intelligence services were looking at whether there should be limits in social media sites like twitter and facebook that have been used to spread disturbances.
We all need peace. Everything should be done to maintain peace all over the nations.