Law & Order

On 23 November 2012, all the students in the IFP cohort were doing presentations in pairs on the recent London riots. We had to mainly talk about the causes and effects of these riots. I am going to be giving brief notes of each of these presentations by my fellow students. They are as follows:


1. Ayo and Timi

Period: 6-9 August

Facts:
rampant looting
3100 arrested
3443 crimes across London
5 died & 16 injured
property worth 200 million damaged
police action blamed

Reference:

Guardian, 2011
BBC, 2011



2. Amal and Joy

Intro:

personal view – unaware
research

Causes:

death of Mark Duggan
economic & political conditions
claim of harassment by police

Period:

started 4/8/2011
some claim ended on 10/8/2011 some claim 15/8/2011

Consequences:

over 1500 arrested
destruction of shops/malls
cars burnt
innocent people
terror

Conclusion:

caused destruction & death of people
biggest destruction ever in London

Reference:

bbc.co.uk (2011)
londonriots.org.uk.com (2011)
Workers Solidarity Movement (2011)



3. Feji and Ishan

Definition

Introduction

Causes:

disagreement between 2 or more
law
oppression

Causes of riots in UK:

welfare dependence
social exclusion
lack of fathers
spending cuts
weak policing
racism
gangster rap and culture
consumerism
opportunism
technology & social networking

Facts:

rampant looking & arson attacks
3100 arrested

Reference: BBC, 2012



4. Happiness and James

Introduction: 6/8/2011 in Tottenham

Image: places of riots (map)

Causes:

Mark Duggan (29 yrs)
shot by police
economic situation

Occurred: Tottenham & spread – Manchester, Bristol, Birmingham…

Aftermath:

property destroyed worth 200 million
rioters arrested
rioters had criminal records

Conclusion: properties destroyed & arrests were made

Reference:

BBC, 2011
Cooper, C. and Nicholls, A. (2011)