CHAOS IN THE STREETS — On Aug. 6, 2011, a small protest outside a police station in Tottenham, just north of London, spiraled into some of the worst violence in years in the British capital. More than 170 people were arrested after two days of rioting and looting, and ensuing clashes between groups of young people and authorities spread to the capital’s outer boroughs — in what police are calling “copycat criminal activity” — including Brixton, Enfield, Islington and Walthamstow.
Pictured: A Carpetright store in London burns on Aug. 6.
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