London Calling

Aug 8th, 2011
By F. Grey Parker

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It's worth noting that the anarchy and rage now consuming England started with a police shooting. It was the kind of extreme law enforcement action that, whether or not it might eventually be deemed officially justified by some British court of inquiry, has become a throwaway moment in America. It happens all the time here. It gets a few minutes on the local news, if that, and we then go on about our business.