Civil disorder frequency

[NorthernRaider]

Have you noticed of late how its taking less and less for trouble to flare up ? A rave in London descended into a riot last night, this violent response to illegal raves appears to be becoming more common. once over a few mouthy types would shout abuse but generally the youngsters would begrudgingly disperse when the police turned up, but these days they appear ( to me at least) to be itching for a fight. Student / Anti Capitalist/ Anti Patriot / Anti Gentrification anti what ever protests appear to be getting ever more prone to sudden violent outbursts.

http://news.sky.com/story/1579587/hundre...iot-police

I'm not going to go into debating the causes we all have our own views but I think its worth raising the issue that on key dates ( Halloween/ End of Term/ Start of Parliament/ End of season/ Cup final / Important vote dates etc we need to be that bit more aware that a social gathering or protest could easily turn violent.

From street festivals to protests to raves, to sporting events, to marches to public speaking events to almost anything where trouble could flare up we need to be far more aware of WHERE, WHEN, WHY and plan accordingly.. Though I would add the huge great Gothic festival in Whitby this weekend has past by totally peacefully.