I Predict A Riot

So the riot started in London and spread to other parts of the UK. For me and other residents of the country, there is tension and panic in the air. The media coverage is appalling by the way...I tuned in to the BBC naively expecting them to be neutral like they always claim to be. But the newsreader was extremely patronizing to someone she was interviewing, and she actually backed up his point.

He was trying to explain that the riots were going to happen anyway. He was trying to make her understand that it was brewing underground and that the youths were rebelling because they were unhappy. She tried to turn this on him by claiming that he was in support of the riots which he denied. But she kept pushing and of course he snapped:

"...have some respect for an old west indian negro and stop accusing me of rioting...u just sound idiotic..."

Apart from that we have a vast array of ignorant politicians including our very own Prime Minister and his house help/Deputy. The newsreaders keep telling us to expect a speech. Yes. Words are what we need now...not action. We are also told to expect the return of the Mayor of London seeing as he has been of so much help to us in the past.

Speaking of action, police action is messed up. The London prisons are filled up and they are transporting people to other parts of Britain....not that this is in anyway a waste of time or valuable resources.

The thing is the devastation is there though many are still trying to turn a blind eye. And this stopped being about alleged trigger happy cops and a black man's shooting a long time ago...if it was the riots would have started a while back. That was just the straw that broke the camel's back. People are aggravated, tired, confused, concerned, shocked. Things need to be done. Actions need to be taken. Political speeches of ignorance are of no help to us now.