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Soccer hooligans and anarchists join London riots for the thrill of it
by Joseph Earnest August 10, 2011
Newscast Media LONDON, England -- When Tottenham local man Mark Duggan was shot by police, a peaceful protest was held to protest the fatal shooting. Word spread across London that people were protesting the shooting. This gave anarchists and hooligans a chance to be part of the action, and on Saturday August 6, widespread vandalism, riots and thuggery engulfed the once peaceful London.
The riots spread to North London and as far South as Brixton and Croydon, but what is interesting about these riots is, residents of the cities in which the riots are occurring say the rioters are outsiders, who move into town and do damage to property, and also start a ruckus with police.
Below is a video of rioters in action:
The fast-moving rioters move from neighborhood-to-neighborhood looting stores, setting buildings ablaze and smashing cars parked on the streets. The British media initially misled the public into believing the rioters were exclusively black, by cropping photos and shooting tight video. However, the anarchists got mad because they weren't getting any publicity. They actually told the news media that they were enraged because they were being ignored, and that the police hadn't met their demands.
To solve the problem, they started looting stores knowing the media would not ignore them simply because they are white kids. Video footage and photographs were soon all over the Web because the soccer hooligans and anarchists took videos of themselves and posted them online. Most of them wear hoods as they continue to rampage across London. This should be a lesson for the media to be objective in coverage of such events, or else citizens will make their own videos and display that which the media is trying to hide from the public.
One thing about Londoners, is that nobody knows how to riot like Londoners. To them it is an event. The Brits invented rioting the day they invented soccer, and have so far out-witted the police, prompting David Cameron to add an additional 10,000 policemen on the streets. The police have confessed that they cannot predict or keep up with the rioters because they (the rioters) are using social media to coordinate these events. Remember, in London they don't consider it rioting, it is an adrenaline-boosting event that participants (rioters) undertake.
Boudica Queen of Iceni:
On a recent trip to London, I took this photo of Boudica, Queen of Iceni. She started it all when she led her people in a revolt against the Romans in 61 AD. The British at the time were of the Brythonic-Celtic Iceni tribe. The uprising was so successful that emperor Nero considered withdrawing all Roman troops from Britain. A last minute tactic by the Romans gave them victory, but Boudica still is greatly revered for standing up to the Romans.
Boudica commands her army. Photo by Joseph Earnest
The Vikings:
The Viking army (the Danes) had previously invaded England and taken Northumbria, but between May 6 and 12, 871AD, they were defeated by King Alfred. However, the king allowed them to settle in East Anglia. They then integrated and became part of British society. Not only did the Vikings settle in England, so did the Saxons, who 400 years earlier settled in Kent.
England therefore has a heritage of Romans, Saxons, Vikings, and Normans as the earliest settlers. When you see riots in England happening and being treated as an event, these are people who draw from their ancestry known for creating uprisings against those in authority. Click here to see Slideshow gallery of riots (pop-up)
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