They say on our news this is over a child being killed yet this article and on DW TV and Russia Today it clearing states that the “Youth” were given a whole lot of promises by the government and got nothing in return like the article is pointing out. Clearly the kid was the thing that started it but it is bigger and we should look very closely because our government has promised a whole lot of stuff I don’t think they will be able to deliver. And since we have a bunch of kids who feel a sense of entitlement this could happen here said to say.
The root cause for the riots is the publics discontent with the current administrations reform plans. Such demonstrations have been held on a regular bases across the country for almost two years now in opposition to the government's plan to amend Greece's constitution. Greek anarchists, students, unionists and party activists because of public anger over government economic policy and reforms in the academic fields. Last year more then half the school year in Greece was lost because of riots, i.e. demonstrations and students taken over schools and unviresities. On Thursday and Friday(12/4/08 & 12/5/08) the Nurses Unions in Greece went on strike, those strikes led to Saturday night's riots, those riots had the police out in force to stop them and it was during the Saturday night riots that the kid was accidently shot by a police officer. That death set off more riots 'in the name of the kid who was killed' said some, but in reality its over their discontent with the government trying to make economic and academic changes in the country, as well as hooligans taken advantage of the situation to riot for basically nothing. This is why you are seeing so many students, they are against the reforms that the Greek government wants to make in the universities. Unfortunately this kind of rioting is common thru out Europe thanks to their socialistic culture that is a breeding ground for anti-capitalist leftists, anarchists and hooligans, mostly youths and students are involved behind the riots and more of then not they come from wealthy familes.