So, if the death of Mark Duggan initiated the riots, why have the riots spread? Can the spread of the violence and looting be justified? If so, to what extent? If not, why not? I am sure that the London rioting had brought upon bewilderment all around the world. When one thinks of the UK we do not envision any chaos, violence or even the extreme of looting. We think of Royalty and a secured country.
The riots spread from London, Manchester, Bristol, Birmingham, and Liverpool to name a few. So surely there should be something deeper to the meaning behind these riots, not so? Matthew Moran of Kings College London who spent a year doing field-work research on the Paris riots of 2005, said that “each set of riots is a unique combination of particular factors which are not always immediately visible and we need time to assess the underlying causes of the violence” (France24).
The riots can by no means be excused. One should however consider the context behind all of this, taking into consideration however that looting out of ignorance and criminal opportunity cannot be condoned. Amongst the many reasons behind looting and rioting of the youth in the UK, some of the youth had claimed that they have committed these crimes out of hatred for the police. An 18-year-old boy (Mario Quiassaca, 18), who admitted stealing more than a thousand pounds' worth of goods from Hugo Boss during the violence in London on Monday night was remanded in custody after a judge refused to grant him bail). (guardian.co.uk). Some reasons behind the rioting lay behind education and policy. We can somehow sense that rioters feel marginalized which roots from the coalition that came into power in 2010, its policies and a backdrop of brutal cuts have sparked unrest that has not been present in Britain since the early 1980’s. (Top Secret Writers).
We can thus surmise that the outbreak of the initial riot which broke out at the protest in relation to the death of Mark Duggan, has been an explosion waiting to happen by the marginalized people of the UK. In my opinion, justice seems to be far from London society at the moment, by the looks of the results of the aftermath. Can justice ever be restored by government after so many years?
References:
http://www.france24.com/en/20110809-londons-burning-reasons-behind-riots-uk-cameron-fire-guggan-police-ipcc
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/12/london-riots-court-cases
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