
DemocracyNow.org - Unrest continues to spread across England after protests erupted Saturday in London when police shot to death Mark Duggan, a 29-year-old black man. Mobs firebombed police stations and sets shops on fire in London, Manchester, Salford, Liverpool, Nottingham and Birmingham. After waiting for several days, Prime Minister David Cameron has cut short his vacation and recalled Parliament from summer recess. Scotland Yard has ordered its officers to deploy every available force to stop the unrest, including water cannons and possibly the use of plastic bullets. London has been flooded with 16000 officers, the largest police presence in the city's history. Democracy Now! interviews journalist Darcus Howe, a longtime critic of police brutality in black and West Indian communities across the UK, and author and blogger Richard Seymour of the popular British site "Lenin's Tomb." Watch Part 2 of 2: youtu.be "There is a mass insurrection — and I am not talking about rioting — I am talking about an insurrection that comes from the depths of society, from the consciousness collectively of the young blacks and whites, but overwhelmingly black, as a result of the consistent stopping and searching young blacks without cause," says Howe of the uprising. Seymour notes non-violent protests against the police searches have been largely ignored by the British media. "A political establishment, a media, and a state system that gives people ... the impression that they will not <b>...</b>
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