http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/low/dates/stories/october/1/newsid_2538000/2538169.stm
Perhaps this will jog your memory as it seems to be very selective.
I remember that, but the comment earlier was that it was the "white mobs" that did the rioting. I pointed out that the inner city riots and looting was done by black mobs. I think YOU may be the one with "selective memory".