London police failure to stop rioting

There have been several racial riots in various cities of Britain in the past but this London

riot, which has spread to different cities and London suburbs can not be attributed to a certain

factor. Though London on the fourth day of rioting remained largely quiet with a heavy police

presence on the streets but unrest spread across central and northern England on a fourth night

of violence that has blighted the David Cameron Govt’s image and ability to hold the 2012 London

Olympics safely.

With 16,000 police officers deployed in London, the streets remained calm after three previous

nights of rioting. But there was unrest in Manchester, Sanford, Liverpool, Wolver Hampton,

Nottingham, Leicester and Birmingham with shops being looted and set alight. According to the

report, so far 768 people have been arrested and 105 charged in connection with violence in

London.

Economic recession and racial discrimination might be the prime factors but the way Britain

police mishandled the riots have made them worse. The riot was triggered by the killing of a

Nottingham youth in police firing while he was traveling in a taxi. The London Police reportedly

fired on the youth on the suspicion of his being a drug lord gagster. Nottingham area is

inhabited by poor middle class non-whites population who are in majority. They have grievances

against the police that they discriminate against them. This much feeling sparked off instant

worst-ever riot. The youths of Nottingham came out on London streets in groups and started

rioting and looting shops of electronic goods, designer cloth shops and set the motor vehicles

parked on the roads indiscriminately. Londoners are shocked and shuddered at the terrible sights

of rioting and looting.

Communication facilities fuelled the riots and lootings from one area to another. Blackberry

played the most destructive role in fanning the unrest in different cities where the police were

caught unwares. The situation became so alarming that the Prime Minister David Camroon had to cut

short on his holiday in Italy and got back London. As Parliament is in recess these days between

the Budget Session, the British Prime Minister has called the emergency session of Parliament to

take stock of the situation of London riotings.British PM has also reinforcements of police on

London streets as they were unable to control the rioters. The worsening situation requires hard

police action to control immediately the rioters.

The image of metropolis like London has taken a severe beating as its police dealt with rioters

with soft hands, while to keep law and order they had to be hard and strict. Camroon government

failed completely to restore peace in time.

The people of the lower middle class and the lowest strata of society among the non-whites have

more unemployment and the problem is getting bigger and bigger that has sown the seeds of

disgruntlement among them. Cameroon Government of Labor party must address to this burning

problem. The Camroon government has cut on welfare measures that also contributed to blood-shed

and looting on the London streets.