{"id":521,"date":"2011-08-10T20:15:36","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T02:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubune.com\/blog\/?p=521"},"modified":"2011-08-10T23:44:40","modified_gmt":"2011-08-11T05:44:40","slug":"british-police-face-public-anger-as-riots-continue-to-rage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ubune.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/10\/british-police-face-public-anger-as-riots-continue-to-rage\/","title":{"rendered":"British police face public anger as riots continue to rage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BRITAIN began flooding London’s streets with 16,000 police officers on Tuesday, nearly tripling their presence as the nation feared its worst rioting in a generation would stretch into a fourth night. The violence has turned buildings into burnt out carcasses, triggered massive looting and spread to other UK cities.<\/p>\n

Police said they were working full-tilt, but found themselves under attack – from rioters roaming the streets, from a scared and worried public, and from politicians whose cost-cutting is squeezing police numbers ahead of next year’s Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

Sharp cuts planned for public services and rising unemployment have fed into growing frustrations in poor, urban areas.<\/p>\n

London’s Metropolitan Police force vowed an unprecedented operation to stop more rioting, flooding the streets on Tuesday with 16,000 officers over the next 24 hours, nearly three times Monday’s total.<\/p>\n

Image: REUTERS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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