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LONDON (AP) British Prime Minister David Cameron recalled Parliament from its summer recess Tuesday and nearly tripled the number of police on the streets after three days of rioting in London blossomed into a full-blown political crisis.
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to restore order to Britain's streets and to make them safe for the law-abiding," Cameron told reporters after rushing home from an Italian vacation to chair a crisis meeting at his Downing Street office. A wave of violence and looting has raged across London since
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ablaze in the 1980s. Some 525 arrests have been made in London alone and dozens were arrested in other cities. Police announced Tuesday that plastic bullets would be "one of the tactics" available to officers to quell the riots. The riots also claimed their first death a 26-year-old found shot dead in a car. Parliament will return to duty on Thursday, as the political fallout from the rampage takes hold. The crisis is a major test for Cameron's Conservative-led coalition government, which includes Liberal Democrats who had long suspected its program of harsh budget restraints could provoke popular dissent. In London, groups of young people rampaged for a third straight night, setting buildings, vehicles and garbage dumps alight, looting stores and pelting police officers with bottles and fireworks into the wee hours of Tuesday. The spreading disorder was an unwelcome warning of the possibility of violence during London's 2012 Summer Olympics, less than a year away. England's soccer match Wednesday against the Netherlands in London's Wembley stadium was canceled to free up police officers for riot duty. Cameron said leaves have been canceled for police in London, and reinforcements have been called in from all over the country. Armored vehicles were deployed in some of the worst-hit districts, but authorities still struggled to keep pace with the chaos unfolding at flashpoints across London, in the central city of Birmingham, the western city of Bristol and the northwestern city of Liverpool. "The violence we have seen is simply inexcusable. Ordinary people have had their lives turned upside down by this mindless thuggery," police commander Christine Jones said. London's police said 14 people were injured. It was unclear if the man who died had been among them. The rioters appeared to have little unifying cause though some claimed to oppose sharp government spending cuts, which will slash welfare payments and cut tens of thousands of public sector jobs through 2015. But many were attracted simply by the opportunity for violence. "Come join the fun!" shouted one youth in the east London suburb of Hackney, where shops were attacked and cars torched. Rioters were left virtually unchallenged in several neighborhoods and able to plunder from stores at will or attempt to invade homes. Restaurants and stores closed early across London again Tuesday, fearing more looting. Graham Reeves, 52, stood dumbstruck in front of the smoldering ruins of his family store, the House of Reeves on Croydon in south London. The store is a local landmark run by his family for decades he said his 80-year old father was hysterical when he heard the news. "No one's stolen anything," Graham Reeves said. "They just burnt it down." Disorder flared throughout the night, from gritty suburbs along the capital's fringes to central London's posh Notting Hill neighborhood. Police said all London police holding cells were full and prisoners were being taken to surrounding communities. At least 100 have been charged, including an 11-year old. Police were also monitoring Twitter, and warned that those who posted messages inciting the violence could face arrest. Three people were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a police officer was struck by a car in north London early Tuesday. About 44 police officers have been injured in the violence. The images of London's violence recalled the 2005 riots in France, when hooded and masked youths fought police in three weeks of raging overnight battles in housing projects, confrontations that became a challenge to the French state itself. Mass deployments of police eventually subdued the rioters, but tensions between French police and youth in the projects continue today, with periodic clashes between youths with Molotov cocktails and police with tear gas. French police say between 30 and 50 cars are set on fire during an average week. On the most fiery night of the 2005 riots, more than 1,400 cars went up in flames. Violence in London first broke out late Saturday in the low-income, multiethnic northern district of Tottenham, where protesters demonstrated against the fatal police shooting of Mark Duggan, a 29year-old father of four who was gunned down in disputed circumstances Thursday. A brief inquest hearing into Duggan's death was being held Tuesday, though it will likely be several

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months before a full hearing. Duggan's death stirred old animosities and racial tensions similar to those that prompted massive U.K. race riots in the 1980s, despite efforts by London police to build better relations with the city's ethnic communities. But, as the latest unrest spread, some pointed to rising social tensions in Britain as the government slashes 80 billion pounds ($130 billion) from public spending by 2015 to reduce the huge deficit, swollen after the country spent billions bailing out its foundering banks. Sony Corp. said a major blaze had broken out at its distribution center near Enfield, north London, damaging DVDs and other products. So many fires were being fought in the capital that Thames Water warned that some customers could face water pressure drops. In the Clapham Junction area of south London, a mob stole masks from a party store to disguise their identities and then set the building on fire. Dozens of people attacked shops in Birmingham's main retail district, and clashed with police in Liverpool and Bristol. "This is the uprising of the working class. We're redistributing the wealth," said Bryn Phillips, a 28year-old self-described anarchist, as young people emerged from a store with chocolate bars and ice cream cones. Some residents called for police to deploy water cannons to disperse rioters, or call on the military for support. They questioned the strength of leadership within London's police department particularly after a wave of resignations prompted by the country's phone-hacking scandal. Youths used text messages, instant messaging on BlackBerry phones and social media platforms such as Twitter to coordinate attacks and stay ahead of the police. About 100 young people clashed with police in the Camden and Chalk Farm areas of north London on Monday night. In the Peckham district of south London, where a building was set ablaze along with a bus which was not carrying passengers onlookers said the scene resembled a conflict zone. Cars were torched in nearby Lewisham, and in west London's Ealing suburb the windows of each store along entire streets had been smashed. "There's been tension for a long time. The kids aren't happy. They hate the police," said Matthew Yeoland, a 43-year-old teacher watching the unrest in Peckham. "It's like a war zone and the police weren't doing anything." Police said Duggan was shot dead last week when police from Operation Trident the unit that investigates gun crime in the black community stopped a cab he was riding in. The Independent Police Complaints Commission, which is investigating the shooting, said a "nonpolice firearm" was recovered at the scene. But the Guardian newspaper reported that a bullet in the officer's radio was police-issue, indicating Duggan may not have fired at the officer. Duggan's partner, Semone Wilson, insisted that her fiance was not connected to gang violence and urged police to offer more information about his death. But she rejected suggestions that the riots were linked to protests over his death. "It got out of hand. It's not connected to this anymore. This is out of control," she said. The past year has seen mass protests against the tripling of student tuition fees and cuts to public sector pensions. In November, December and March, small groups broke away from large marches in London to loot. In the most notorious episode, rioters attacked a Rolls-Royce carrying Prince Charles and his wife Camilla to a charity concert. However, the full impact of spending cuts has yet to be felt and the unemployment rate is stable although it remains highest among youth, especially in areas like Tottenham, Hackney and Croydon. Some residents insisted joblessness was not to blame. "It's just an excuse for the young ones to come and rob shops," said Brixton resident Marilyn Moseley, 49. ___ David Stringer, Raphael Satter, Sheila Norman-Culp, Meera Selva and Stephen Wilson contributed to this report.

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Mlehman 53 minutes ago

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I wonder if the individual British citizens beared arms at levels of those in the U.S. if the thuggery and rioting would be at this level?

Amanda 42 minutes ago

I am from the UK. These thugs have no reason at all to be rioting, they are doing it because they think they are hard. They are making all youth look bad. They are making the UK look bad. I find it truly disgusting that they are doing this. People have lost everything because of these idiots. Send them to Afghanistan and bring our boys back home. See how brave they are then!

Marjorie 45 minutes ago

Those who work for a living are being outnumbered by those who vote for a living.

Chris 48 minutes ago

To bad the store owners can't arm themselves, let a couple of riotors get their f-ing head blown off and they'll stop that shit.

Josh 54 minutes ago

Still am uncertain over what the rioting is about, took almost two full paragraphs to state people are rioting, which solves nothing anyways,..

Angry Bird 56 minutes ago

WTF? Economic times are hard - so people are burning down small businesses? Have you all gone insane?

Jared F 48 minutes ago

And the Europeans say us Americans are the crazy ones...

Anthony 53 minutes ago

I can relate to a protest of a death by officials. But it seems that the statement I have told my kids seems to be true. A person can be smart. People are stupid. This has turned into mob mentality. Mobs are nothing but stupid people.

Acr731 A 56 minutes ago

And they call Americans barbarians..... hmmmmmm.

RADMan30 50 minutes ago

This is a sign of things to come in the U.S. if the government cannot trim the fat and stop the deficit spending.

D.D. North Carolina 43 minutes ago

Yes I am an angry white male. Cultural Diversity is one huge failure. We are so politically correct we cannot even say that these riots are race driven. Yes this guy was a father of four at 29...........does that tell you anything? If the deceaseds pictures indicate anything he looked like another punk thug. These people that are rioting are nothing more than gutter scum mostly ethnicly connected to the middle east and africa. Send their stinking rag head butts back to where ever they came from. All accross Europe and North America, these IQ challenged vermin are sucking the economic life from wherever they live by living off free gov't food, free gov't housing, free gov't medical and just like the deceased.....by BREEDING like RATS. Most of them, not all, choose not to get a quality education but would rather be a punk and suck of off working people.

David 52 minutes ago

If the shop owners could own a shotgun and stand in their doorways, that would slow things down a bit.

J 41 minutes ago

Dont the british shop owners have guns to protect there property?

Katec 47 minutes ago

Here's an idea, send these "kids" back to the third world countries their parents came from and let them experience what real poverty and need are - no dole back in the old homeland. Then maybe they will be grateful that England took their sorry butts in for free school, medical care, and public assistance checks.

Onbeshero 51 minutes ago

When are riots revolutions and when are revolutions riots?

LJLrn 42 minutes ago

"This is the uprising of the working class. We're redistributing the wealth." No, you're a pathetic little criminal taking advantage of a crisis. Isn't it interesting how "uprisings" always involve stealing from your neighbors and destroying everything around you in a fit of jealous, infantile rage?

Marjorie 46 minutes ago

Did you miss the part where they want to slash welefare? That is at the root of the problem. They are a nanny country just like us. When this government has no choice but to cut welefare, you will see the same thing happening here. They aren't will ing to work for a living, but they ARE willing to riot for a living.

Jason B 47 minutes ago

In some national parks, they have "Do Not Feed The Bears" signs. This is because bears don't understand the concept of "all gone" and sometimes become violent when you stop feeding them. Kinda like Liberals!

Chris 53 minutes ago

try this in my town hood monkeys and get a face full of buckshot..

Cindy 23 minutes ago

Folks if you believe the press about the tea party , you are being lied to. They are every day people who see that all this overspending is killing this country. Do your own research, attend a tea party, you will see the truth.

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