[Mitch86]

Not yet. They are there just in case. As would I be if there was widescale rioting going on a few miles up the road.

[silentknight]

An entire block is on fire

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14449675

[justa-hairyape]

That sounds suspicious to me. No rioting in Muslim neighborhoods. But I am a paranoid type, anyway. Also beginning to look as if some people are choosing specific targets for destruction. I suspect that happened during the Los Angeles riots. Basically you get a crowd to attract police to one location, while the expert arsonist are sent to take the nearby target structure down. Lots of long term gangsta grievances can be settled that way.