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On 30 March The Guardian published a video recording showing Mauro Demetrio, a twenty one year old from Beckton, East London, being subjected to racial abuse and violence by police officers in the back of a police van after his arrest during the riots in August 2011.
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A YouGov poll for the Sun showed 33% apparently favouring the use of live ammunition against rioters in defence of their property rights.
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On 12 August, three days after the England riots had come to an end, Eric Pickles, the Conservative Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, declared “looters should be evicted”.
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New government figures show that the clampdown by police and courts after the August riots has been a class-hate orgy.
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This summer’s riots have given impetus to regressive Tory rhetoric on morality and family life. The “failings” of single parents (single mothers especially) are central to that rhetoric.
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By Daniel Lemberger Cooper, Royal Holloway SU president (pc), writing for AWL Students
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During the riots many who would normally describe themselves as liberals or moderate socialists repeatedly Tweeted and updated Facebook with their own calls for the use of “any means necessary” to restore social order.
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The government is considering allowing magistrates and crown court judges to withdraw the social security benefits of those they convict as part of its response to last month’s riots.
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The Labour council in Southwark, south London has written to 35 tenants across the borough where members of the household have been charged with riot related offences.
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Labour has announced an e-petition to oppose cuts to the police — its biggest opposition to any of the Tory/Liberal cuts since losing the election.
