Forced to strip naked in the street: Shocking scenes as rioters steal clothes and rifle through bags as people make their way homeGo to the foregoing link to see photos and for additional information.
...Internet rumours last night claimed that on top of the widespread destruction across London and Birmingham, people were having their clothes removed by looters as police attempted to contain the criminality....
Reports this morning also state that one person has now died in the riots in London.
Meanwhile, the Olympic Committee frets.
Sorry, OIC, but there are infinitely more serious problems going on than what will happen to the 2012 Olympics.
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From the UK Streets:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/7689424.html
"This is the uprising of the working class. We're redistributing the wealth," said Bryn Phillips, a 28-year-old self-described anarchist, as young people emerged from the store with chocolate bars and ice cream cones.
Phillips claimed rioters were motivated by distrust of the police, and drew a link between the rage on London's street and insurgent right-wing politics in the United States. "In America you have the tea party, in England you've got this," he said.
"I have never seen such a disregard for human life. I hope they rot in hell. The grief they have caused people, the fear they have put in people's hearts, decent people who have done nothing to anyone," said Alan McCabe, a resident in Croydon watching the violence unfold.
Some people caught up in the unrest insisted that joblessness was not to blame. "It's just an excuse for the young ones to come and rob shops," said Brixton resident Marilyn Moseley, 49.
Map of the riots in the UK
Suggested headline for a news story on these events:
"U.S. President Barack Obama's Wealth Ditribution Theory Eyed as Possible Stimulus for Anarchist Thugs to Riot and Loot London Neighborhoods"
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