These riots are pure thuggery by the ticks who were created by the welfare state. It’s a bunch of angry young men who were raised by single mothers on the dole. One of them even said “We’re redistributing the wealth.” as he was looting.
If the shop owners were armed, this would have been over days ago. The British police should be shooting these criminals. If government won’t fulfill it’s first duty, which is to protect life and property, then civilization will collapse.
Just like the flash mobs in Philadelphia. They just "assume" they're entitled to anything they want. So far, the politicians have given them everything to encourage that belief, but now it's just too much trouble for them to wait for elections (and the new free handouts that accompany them). They've decided the democrat politicians aren't stealing fast enough, so they're taking over.