Leisurely looting in London
This violence may have started with the police killing of a man in Tottenham on Saturday, as they classically do start, but last night was just recreational looting, and the big problem was that the gangs were allowed to loot shopping centers for hours without the police intervening, so the message went out [that] you could go and loot without being arrested by the police,” nagkanayon si Diane Abbott, myembro sa Parliament sa Hackney, nga usa sa nagrabehan sa mga riot sa London.
Sa pagkakaron, kapin nas usa ka libo ang naronda sa mga pulis didto sa mga nagsugod sa riot diin daghang mga building ang nangasunog. Lakip na ang usa ka clothing store nga kapin na unta sa kagatus ka tuig nga gadagan. Gibantayan og 1,600 ka pulis ang tunga sa London para dili mobalik ang mga rioters. Hinungdan nga didto sa ubang lungsod sama sa Liverpool, Birmingham ug Bristol sila nang hasi.
Matud pa ni Abott, wala pa gani mabati sa mga katilingban ang gipanangtang sa gobyerno nga serbisyo alang kanila. Kun maapikihan na unya sila tungod sa mga kakuwang, peligrog duna na say laing kagubot.
Kasagaran sa mga nangdaut ug nangawat sa mga tindahan mga batan-on. Daghan kanila lain og mga kagikan kon ethnicity. Kumpyansa pa kaayo ang mga hangaw nga wa lang mopunit og item unya dagan, namili pag unsay ilang kuhaon. Bitaw sab, nganong mopunit man kag MyPhone kon dunay iPhone nga makuha? Leisurely o recreational shopping ang nahitabo.
Ug samtang mibasa ako sa mga panghitabo misulod sa akong bagul-bagol ang London Calling sa The Clash.
London Calling by The Clash
London calling to the faraway towns
Now war is declared, and battle come down’
London calling to the underworld
Come out of the cupboard, you boys and girls
London calling, now don’t look to us
Phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust
London calling, see we ain’t got no swing
‘Cept for the ring of that truncheon thing
[Chorus 1:]
The ice age is coming, the sun’s zooming in
Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin
Engines stop running, but I have no fear
‘Cause London is drowning, and I live by the river
‘London calling to the imitation zone/Forget it, brother, you can go it alone
London calling to the zombies of death
Quit holding out, and draw another breath
London calling, and I don’t wanna shout
But while we were talking, I saw you nodding out
London calling, see we ain’t got no high
Except for that one with the yellowy eyes
[Chorus 2: x2]
The ice age is coming, the sun’s zooming in
Engines stop running, the wheat is growing thin
A nuclear error, but I have no fear
‘Cause London is drowning, and I live by the river
Now get this
London calling, yes, I was there, too
An’ you know what they said? Well, some of it was true!
London calling at the top of the dial
After all this, won’t you give me a smile?
London calling
I never felt so much alike [fading] alike alike alike
