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On the 4th August 2011 this guy called Mark Duggan was shot down by police which caused a big question morally. Why? A big riot kicked off on Saturday 6th August in Tottenham. It was very disturbing to say the least. My beef with these no-marks is the innocent ones losing their businesses or their homes. They take their anger out on those who don’t deserve it. It really hacks me off; it’s out of order.

This onslaught lasted from Saturday 6th to Tuesday 9th . It was disgusting and barbaric. The whole thing between those four days involved people being beat up and also people having stuff nicked from them. That alone was disgusting.

Like these people going into stealing from businesses like Curry’s, Marks and Spencer’s etc, trying to thieve and also them throwing petrol bombs into businesses and homes in which there were women and kids. Disgusting.

They might be angry with the government or police, in which case I can see where they are coming from because I don’t like the police or the government. I don’t know what in blue hell makes these people tick but they are sick going round putting petrol bombs in flats.

Like I said they might be angry with police or govern-ment but that’s no excuse. I don’t like the police or government but I wouldn’t do that; bomb or blow up someone’s business, flat or whatever. Also I would not take my anger out on the wrong person like these people who partook in last week’s riot! But these ones not only took it out on the wrong people, but also they stole from the wrong ones as well, which is bang out of order. I listen to LBC on the radio and some of the excuses for these attackers is mind-boggling.

I stole once and I never did it again. I got a clip round the ear 3 times from my dad, my granddad and the policeman who caught me; all for stealing a bag of tomatoes. I can laugh about it now but at the time it wasn’t funny but. Trust me I never stole again; the first and last time I did that. That is what is needed for these lowlifes.