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Words in the News
8th August 2011
Riots continue in London
There has been a second night of rioting in London. The violence follows the shooting last
week of a young black man by police. This report is from Naomi Grimley:
For a second night running some areas of London have seen sporadic rioting, burnt-out cars;
smashed windows and looters on what would otherwise be normal shopping streets.
Over a hundred people were arrested on Sunday evening and three police officers are in
hospital. Most attention is still focused on Tottenham where the worst rioting took place on
Saturday night.
The trouble in this part of north London started after a young black man was shot dead by
police last week. There's now an Independent Police Complaints Commission inquiry into
that incident. But Tottenham is also one of the poorest areas of London with a history of
racial tension. Today some members of the black community are pointing to other factors -
including the worry that there aren't enough opportunities for the young.
But others feel there can be no attempts to explain away what happened. Kit Malthouse is
London's Deputy Mayor with responsibility for policing:
"We have to be careful in the media and in politics not to create this atmosphere of excuse for
what has happened. This is awful, disgusting criminality and it needs to be driven out by
communities, by the police. Those perpetrators need to be brought to justice and they will be
over the weeks to come."
It is, of course, just a year to go before the Olympics come to London. And as the countdown
begins all eyes are on the capital. But incidents like this couldn't be more different from the
images of a confident, harmonious city in the promotional videos.
Naomi Grimley, BBC News
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Vocabulary and definitions
sporadic
irregular, happening in different places but not everywhere
looters people who steal things from shops and houses during a
riot
racial tension a negative atmosphere between people of different
nationalities and or skin colour
pointing to other factors suggesting different reasons
to explain away to give a simple excuse for something
to be driven out to be stopped and made unacceptable
perpetrators people who commit crimes
the countdown the time leading up to the start of an event
harmonious peaceful and friendly
the promotional videos the films made for advertising and marketing something
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