A post-riot song by a young south London rapper.
The black youth, together with the ‘feral scum’ of other colours, has always been stopped and searched, detained. But what happens when he/she stops and searches detains the city?
A spontaneous street debate about the London riots.
English courts have been open round the clock sentencing rioters and looters with jail terms. But in doing this they may only be shifting the problem of disorder from the streets to prisons.
Mass disturbances across England last week has left Britain in shock. We thought we understood our society; nothing led us to believe we were on the edge of mayhem.
In the aftermath of the riots that swept across England last week, the UK government must not rush to adopt draconian policing tactics.
Britain has been quick to condemn those involved in rioting across England. But wearing rose-tinted glasses, we are guilty of double-standards and hypocrisy.
BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following days of violent riots in Britain, speculation has grown as to why and how the trouble spread so rapidly.
Apparently the rioters used social
The response of Britain's political elite to the riots that engulfed England last week was phony and hypocritical. The problems exposed by the disturbances do not only exist in inner-city housing estates.
My family thought London was the safest place we had ever lived. But rioting near our home made us feel like we were back in a war zone.
When a young man from south London came face to face with looters on his way home from work, it was a shock. Here, he tells his story.
In the aftermath of riots that have spread across England in recent days, prime minister David Cameron proposed blocking social networks during future disturbances. This would be a dangerous erosion of civil liberties.
