All hell is breaking loose around London, UK.

[KeepItReal]

There are roving groups of youth in different parts of London starting fires, damaging property and vehicles.

200+ people have been arrested and 30+ have been charged.

They are calling in Police from neighboring cities now.

More coverage of the mayhem:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2011/aug/08/london-riots-third-night-live

[elehhhhna]

1. Wilding gangs are attacking in Chicago on the lakefront,

at Lollapalooza, and in tony shopping 'hoods. Been going on all summer, mostly weekends. In broad daylight.

[Billy Burnett]

2. Fight Club

Fight Club - Do Not Fuck With Us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWVxI6XZAuE

[wtmusic]

3. WTF is going on?

Why???

[KeepItReal]

6. Police killed a man. Peaceful protest at police station. Then stuff went bad.

Some youth took it on themselves to start trashing things.

This is now the 3rd day of rioting.

It has spread to many different parts of London. Notting Hill, Ealing, Peckham...

[wtmusic]

30. Thanks nt

[TNLib]

4. Why are they rioting?

[KeepItReal]

9. Police killing a man was the original issue. It now is just mayhem.

Looting and roving groups openly challenging the Police. Many fires started.

Road closures, Tube closures and bus services cancelled in a lot of areas.

[roguevalley]

31. this happens when you stand on someone's neck.

[Drahthaardogs]

11. Because they are poor, have no opportunities, and are angry

Same shit really. The rich screwed over a group of young people; the young folks have had enough.

[virgogal]

21. So the young folk are destroying their own neighborhoods. Gee,that

ought to help.

[KeepItReal]

27. You think Notting Hill residents are trashing their own neighborhood tonight?

And the folks in Ealing?

There are groups traversing the city. They aren't just in their own 'hoods.

[jberryhill]

16. Do rioters need a reason?

There had been a protest of a police killing. The vast majority of those who are smashing and burning things pretty much just want to smash and burn things, which is usually the situation when things get down to smashing and burning things.

They are setting fire to stores which have apartments above them and otherwise jeopardizing people's lives to demonstrate their desire for justice, I suppose.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14449675

[TNLib]

18. Generally there is a catalyst but

I'm guessing from the previous post the catalyst was Police brutality. But the root cause is generally poor economic conditions. (ie Rodney King Riots)

I'm just not familiar with UK current events or economic conditions. It seems odd for them to have civil unrest like this.

[jberryhill]

23. ...or losing a soccer game... or a baseball game, or whatever

Rioting is rioting. It is exciting and exhilarating. People of all economic conditions do it.

[Jester Messiah]

17. Just for "fun" now. Looting and smashing for its own sake.

If there was ever any point to it that point is long gone now.

[sfpcjock]

5. The Tories kind of deserve it--cutting and closing all the youth clubs...

so kids have nowhere to go in a big city. Conservatives--like ours--love to rush into this crap. Hoover did it when we owed zero zilch, nada. It never works and they just do it over again like lemmings looking for votes for their crappy jobs.

[BeFree]

7. They love messing with us

They live to mess with us. And this is what transpires.

[KeepItReal]

10. And no jobs for the youths either.

eom

[virgogal]

28. And rioting,smashing,looting,an arson will get them jobs? Things

are out of hand----they are thugs.

[pa28]

8. I've been following #londonriots on twitter and would recommend taking a look.

Unrest is spreading into some of the nicer neighborhoods now. We're fixated on the stock market but London might be the story of the day.

[HipChick]

13. I was wondering why they don't head down to Bond Street or the West End

[pa28]

19. No confirmation but here is a photo supposedly from the Picadilly circus area.

Not sure if it's real but I certainly did a double take.

[KeepItReal]

20. Fake. The British Army has not been called up. No reports of APCs or Tanks.

Plus I don't think they would be using old ass M113 Armored Personnel Carriers.

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. Liverpool as well now, and flared up in Birmingham again

1.01am: An unmanned police station has been set alight in Birmingham, Vikram Dodd reports.

Vikram said police say there has been disorder in the Handsworth area of the city. The police station which has been set alight is on Soho road.

12.52am: ITV news trainee Ben Schofield has confirmed that disturbances are taking place in Liverpool, in the Toxteth area. Also reports of violence in nearby Smithdown Road and Lawrence Road.

Ben's tweeting @benschofield:
Live blog: Twitter

• Yes - Liverpool now burning too. That's my car on fire. #riots http://t.co/Fprk0Zi

• #riots in Liverpool. Toxteth area. This photo is on Grove St. http://t.co/gstPVI6

• Barricading ourselves in. Fire brigade is here. Front of building hot, smoky

• Fire brigade now on Grove St in Liverpool. At least 6 cars torched. They blew up lots of scared ppl http://yfrog.com/kjun8stj

• Where a brick came through our shared front door window. Liverpool #riots http://yfrog.com/key3czgj

• Where the brick that came through our front door window landed. We live on Grove St in Liverpool. http://yfrog.com/h3mslpfj

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2011/aug/08/london-riots-third-night-live#block-64

Poor bastard, having to report on his own car getting torched.

[Liberal_in_LA]

15. wow. The person posting is really in the thick of it.

[roamer65]

24. Damn close to "Anarchy in the UK".

[HipChick]

25. This is mostly kids out in the streets..known as hoodies...

age range anything from 12-17...its a youth instigation problem...

[demmiblue]

14. London riot map:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=207192798388318292131.0004aa01af6748773e8f7&msa=0&ll=51.558503,-0.055275&spn=0.114195,0.298691


(I can't speak for the authenticity of the map)


Edit: I see it is including in your link. I got it off Twitter. Shocking.

[KeepItReal]

22. 80+ People arresed in Birmingham, UK. Police station on fire there.

Per BBC Radio.

[HipChick]

26. Police station is an unmanned one..

[KeepItReal]

29. I'm sure it was "unmanned" pretty quick when the flames started

Hope nobody was hurt, though.

[MellonCollie]

32. Here's a London radio station for you guys/gals

A talk/phone-in station based in London. Hopefully you can hear it outside of the UK.

http://www.lbc.co.uk/