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http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2011/08/10/3290093.htm?site=melbourne
10 August, 2011 11:55AM AEST
London riots 'will get worse': Friend of Mark Duggan
A friend of the man whose death sparked the London riots says the rioters are 'not your normal teenage kids'.
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Frank Crowe was a friend of Mark Duggan, who was shot by police and whose death was the initial spark for the protests-turned-riots in London.
Described by the tabloid press in Britain as a 'gangster', Mark Duggan was stopped as part of a police operation targeting crime in black communities.
Police shot the 29yo father of four in circumstances yet to be identified, although it has since been established that Duggan probably didn't fire at police.
The shooting occured on Thursday. By Saturday Mark's family, says Frank, 'just wanted answers'.
"Mark's parents and family went to stand outside Tottenham Police Station," he says. "It seemed to be a major cover-up."
"It started off with just the peaceful protest," says Frank.
Frank says he can't really explain how the peaceful protest turned into days of violence.
"There's a lot of people that are angry," says Frank.
"There's a lot of black-on-black crime in Tottenham," he says. "It's mainly like your Tottenham and Hackney area, and they're both in feud with each other."
"Black kids are targeted to be searched and bullied by the police," says Frank.
Frank says he thinks the riots will get worse before they get better.
"You can't condone what they're doing to people," says Frank. "This is like an epidemic."
"These are not your normal teenage kids," he says. "Half of these kids wouldn't go to school, their parents could have been into drugs, they sell drugs."
He says the police will have a hard time containing the riots when they're up against 'every bad boy out there'.
Frank referred to the US gangsta rapper 50 Cent to make his point.
"These are like your, you know, Get-Rich-Or-Die-Tryin' kind of kids," he says.
10 August, 2011 11:55AM AEST
London riots 'will get worse': Friend of Mark Duggan
A friend of the man whose death sparked the London riots says the rioters are 'not your normal teenage kids'.
Permalink
Share 12
Download this mp3 file
Frank Crowe was a friend of Mark Duggan, who was shot by police and whose death was the initial spark for the protests-turned-riots in London.
Described by the tabloid press in Britain as a 'gangster', Mark Duggan was stopped as part of a police operation targeting crime in black communities.
Police shot the 29yo father of four in circumstances yet to be identified, although it has since been established that Duggan probably didn't fire at police.
The shooting occured on Thursday. By Saturday Mark's family, says Frank, 'just wanted answers'.
"Mark's parents and family went to stand outside Tottenham Police Station," he says. "It seemed to be a major cover-up."
"It started off with just the peaceful protest," says Frank.
Frank says he can't really explain how the peaceful protest turned into days of violence.
"There's a lot of people that are angry," says Frank.
"There's a lot of black-on-black crime in Tottenham," he says. "It's mainly like your Tottenham and Hackney area, and they're both in feud with each other."
"Black kids are targeted to be searched and bullied by the police," says Frank.
Frank says he thinks the riots will get worse before they get better.
"You can't condone what they're doing to people," says Frank. "This is like an epidemic."
"These are not your normal teenage kids," he says. "Half of these kids wouldn't go to school, their parents could have been into drugs, they sell drugs."
He says the police will have a hard time containing the riots when they're up against 'every bad boy out there'.
Frank referred to the US gangsta rapper 50 Cent to make his point.
"These are like your, you know, Get-Rich-Or-Die-Tryin' kind of kids," he says.
