WTF is all this about? I know someone that lives in London and I just saw her over the weekend (airline attendant).
On the 7th, police shot a gang member who was brandishing either a gun or a fake gun - details are uncertain. What is certain is that it was a crappy neighborhood, Tottenham, which responded by burning cars and then burning down an electronics store. On the 8th a couple other bad parts of town decided to go looting and steal stuff from their local shops, just 'cause Tottenham was doing it too. Tonight half the city seems to have gotten in on it. There's literally no motive except steal crap and mug people and be lawless.
