Before the riots did the inner city gangs call some sort of a truce...

[sandyRoe]

...so that they could direct all their energies to arson and attacking the police?

[Wrongn3mber]

No all the youths involved are usually from the same postcodes/areas so the only "Enemy" was the police. Had different postcodes had met in a neutral area then the battle would've been with each other as well as with the police. But saying that at times like these it has known for gangs to "Drop the beef" and unite as one against the police.

[plautus]

That is positively frightening. Thank God I live north of Watford!

[DrFilth]

when it kicked off in moss side there were plenty that came from other towns to join in

[Wrongn3mber]

The first incident was a peaceful march marred by an angry mob who may or may not have been part of the peaceful march and the looting afterwards was typical of most riots where an angry mob are on the streets and the police are a far away leaving the rioters to steal whilst they riot. The other incidents were nothing to do with the original riot and was nothing more than an organised theft after seeing the Tottenham rioters getting away with mass theft, probaby by facebook, txt and bbm.

[TWR]

What will their sentence be? with a bit of help from the H.R.Bridgade the poor souls might get their dole increased.