London Riots2011

How and why it started

• On 6 August a protest was held, initially peacefully, beginning at Tottenham police station. The protest was organised by friends and relatives of Duggan to demand justice for the family. Rioting occurred shortly after about 120 people marched from the Broadwater Farm estate to Tottenham Police Station. The group of some 300 people demanded that a senior local police officer come out to speak to them. When Chief Inspector Ade Adelekan arrived, he was met with boos and cries of "murderer", "Uncle Tom" and "coconut“. The crowd stayed in front of the police station hours longer than they originally planned because they were not satisfied with the seniority of the officers available at the time. Violence broke out after a sixteen-year-old girl provoked the officers, throwing a champagne bottle at them. Police swarmed the girl and allegedly injured her, upsetting the crowd and inciting larger conflict

Daily Mail site claims British youths are the worst.

How it spread

• "There is a photo of a police car burning circulating, claiming it's outside Tottenham police station #markduggan #tottenham shooting," one of the messages read. Users were sharing news of a police car ablaze outside Tottenham police station.

• Social media is shown to be used negatively

For example: Blackberry Messenger

• "Everyone in edmonton enfield wood green everywhere in north link up at enfield town station at 4 o clock sharp!!!!," it began. "Start leaving ur yards n linking up with your niggas. Fuck da feds, bring your ballys and your bags trollys, cars vans, hammers the lot!!“

Shows lack of education in some youths• http://youtu.be/mrrqEMlhLq4?t=24s