Major Police Clampdown as Riots Spread Across London and Other UK Cities
Submitted on August 9, 2011
By Julie Hyland - WSWS
A massive police presence has been established across parts of the capital in an attempt to crush the eruption of social anger that has affected areas of north and southeast London and is spreading to other UK cities...As evidence mounts of a police provocation, a concerted campaign is underway...to blame the disturbances on “copy-cat criminals” and “looters” with the aim of justifying further state repression.
