Tag: looting

Raised to rampage

“What our young people need is adults to stop abdicating authority. They need police to police, teachers to teach, parents to parent, politicians and clergy to give moral leadership, and, above all, they need more people like Pauline Pearce, the jazz-singing Jamaican grandmother who fearlessly took on rioters and saved a white man from the […]

Young people praised for leading cleanup efforts after riots

    By Janaki Mahadevan Tuesday, 09 August 2011 Be the first to comment !   Young people have been praised for taking to the streets to clean up after another night of rioting across London. Volunteering charity V has been encouraging groups of young people to come together and “reclaim their communities”. Young volunteer […]