UK Riots 2011

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On Saturday 6th August 2011, rioting and looting took place in Tottenham high street after a peaceful protest got out of hand — Members of the community were protesting about the death of Mark Duggan, who had been shot by police three days earlier.

The next night more boroughs in London were targeted by rioters and looters before spreading to Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester and other cities..

BBC and Sky News provided wall-to-wall coverage of the news event..

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