The Riots in England 2011

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The Riots in England 2011 The England riots broke out in the summer of 2011. Riots started in Tottenham after the controversial murder of 29 year old Mark Duggan whom the police claimed to have opened fire on them first, before they retaliated, resulting in the Londoner’s death. There are those who are firm believers that the government itself caused the riots. They believe that between the current government and the previous regime, there have been persistent dismal decisions that have impacted heavily on the proletarian underbelly of society in a negative manner, such as the budget cuts that led to mass protests in London. Many believe that the budget cuts had the biggest impact on proletarian families due to the fact that they would suffer as they had not the money to pay substantial amounts for things that, due to the cuts, increased in price. However, others believe that it was other factors that caused the outbreak of riots such as technology, a lack of education in the hooligans who did riot and some even believe that the rioters are simply bad people. The government have been blamed several times for the outbreak of the riots in London. There are many reasons for this and one is the very cornerstone of the outbreak – the death of Mark Duggan. On Thursday 4th August, Duggan was killed by the Metropolitan police force. The police had reported how he had drawn his firearm first and had opened fire on the officers present and therefore they were obliged to return fire on the 29 year old. However, the IPCC released a report about the incident after speaking to the officers involved and have gathered that Duggan was killed by a single shot to the chest and also that a police officer was wounded as well. However, forensic evidence suggests that the 29 year old did not fire a single shot at the officers and that the policeman who was wounded was shot
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