12 August 2011 - Police claims not questioned, eye-witness accounts forgotten

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London riots: Disconnecting Cause and Effect
Graham Bell, 15 August 2011

Footage of the heaviest night of the London riots, Monday 8th August, showed frequent scenes of what were described as a ‘stand-offs’ between police and rioters. In cases where there was no stand-off, police appeared to watch while acts of looting and arson took place. During both the student protests of November...

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Blurring the Line Between Riot and Protest
Amy Woods, 8 August 2011

For a third day riots are underway in several boroughs of London. Reporting earlier this evening from Hackney, the BBC’s Phillipa Thomas repeatedly referred to the rioters as ‘protesters’. What they may be protesting against, she did not say. As the Met itself has suggested, the current riots are not connected...

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