It's not about one reason and one reason alone. It started in Tottenham cos of Mark Duggan getting shot, and the police trying to cover it up by not telling his family anything about it and also saying he opened fire first, when in reality the bullet Mark "fired" was a police issue bullet. They basically executed him. Most ends have realised the police can't cope with disorder on this scale. To the people saying it's mindless - to an extent yes but I'm getting literally 100s of BB broadcasts from different parts of London saying this is a war on police -all the frustrations of young people has now found a outlet. I mean even my friend was beaten up by police 3 weeks ago in a hospital no less. I was strangled too. But it's gonna get worse I'm down the road from Ealing and bare man are gathering, last night there was about 30 in Ealing - Southall is next. Acton got hit a bit, Hammersmith is gonna get hit. Tbh I don't approve of the looting and fires - but what I do approve of is the police getting moved to.