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Originally Posted by halfpint
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It was serious in some areas, particularly some parts of London (where the UK and international media is based, which is why it was hyped up, with the help of a few dramatic burning buildings), but 99% of the UK was totally unaffected by any rioting or any crime. Even each of those dots is an individual crime incident, not a city or a riot, and included in those incidents is
really serious shit like:
- criminal damage to a takeaway shop in Cowbridge Road West
- attempted burglary at the JD Sports store
- 13 people arrested following disturbances in Leicester city centre
The kind of thing that happens every day in the UK, and everywhere else in the world, without ever making the news.