Still a long road to recovery
Posted: 03 Aug 2012 @ 00:25
One year after the riots in Tottenham, which led to four days of
disorder in England, how is this part of London recovering, and
what part is the Church playing, asks Christine
Miles
"ALL RIOTS begin with a flashpoint, whether you're looking at
riots in Parisian suburbs, in LA in the '80s, in Brixton . . . or
indeed in Burnley, Bradford, or Birmingham - they begin with a
spark.
"That spark is usually a perceived act of police brutality, the
police coming to represent the state, and young people, or people
of colour, feeling hard done by that experience. Tottenham was no
different," says the MP for Tottenham, David Lammy.
After the disorder was seen in ...
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