Save My City - London Riots

The riots in London have opened up questions for the MET and for our communities.

                                                                                            

Do we not respect where we live?

Do we really have any love for our communities, towns and cities?

Does the MET cover up its actions by creating a negative image of their 'victims'?

The trigger of all these riots seems to have been the death of Mark Duggan, and a peaceful protest to ask for answers as to what actually happened to Mark? Where was the support and information for the family?

These were the questions which people took to the local police station, in a protest the police were aware was going to happen.  When they felt they were not really being listened to and tensions seemed to be running high riots broke out.  These riots seemed to have overshadowed the death, maybe the 'murder', of Mark.

Firstly Mark was a father and a son and if anything did happen to him, being his fault or not his fault while the police were involved the first people they should have contacted were his family.  Surely the mother of his children and his parents would need support for the loss of their loved one and I don’t comprehend why this was not offered. 

The riots firstly directed at the police and then the community seemed to have overshadowed all of this and then copycat riots seem to be occurring all over London now.  The MET I don’t think has controlled the situation as well as they could have, the response time and allowing people to openly loot stores is not the reason why I pay my taxes.  A part of me can understand the tension directed at the police but the abuse of the town you live in and the destruction of people homes and lives, I have a harder time understanding.

The news is overly 'hyping' up the fact that this many police officers were hurt, WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO LOST THIER HOMES AND HAVE TO REBULID THERE BUSINESSES.  Are they not worthy of news coverage, are they not important. It’s not the major corporations such as JD and M&S as they have insurance and will be able to cover this, but small businesses and local people may not have the financial stability to be able to be closed for a certain period of time while their lives are put back together.

Then people seemed to have joined in on the looting and destruction from Tottenham to other areas such as Enfield, Wood Green and Brixton. These people seem to want to destroy my beloved city and the communities they live in not thinking of the consequences for themselves or the community. 

The guardian also reported "Initial ballistics tests on the bullet that lodged in a police officer's radio when Mark Duggan died on Thursday night show it was a police issue bullet, the Guardian understands.”  If this is true and this was something that the MET have caused, this will not help with police and community relations. 

I hear you ask where the elected leaders are?  The Mayor of London and the Prime Minister. Good question they seem to be M.I.A or shall I say on holiday sunning them while the capital city is seeing such riots.  The leader of the country and the mayor should be cutting their holidays short and coming back to their country.  This may be another reason why there are such strong tensions between certain communities as a culture of the ‘rich getting richer’ and ‘poor getting poorer’ seems to be reappearing under conservative rule. (Next time listen to me and Vote Labour)

                              

Finally let’s not let this overshadow a peaceful protest which was after justice for the loss of a son and a father.   The media will sensationalise his background as they enjoy doing, but remember everything you read might not be true.
                              

Save my City - Love London!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2011/aug/07/tottenham-riots-police-duggan-live#block-44