[waterhog]

tottenham 0 - the rest on London way ahead

on Thursday the 4 of August,
Mark Doggan was shot and died,
a group gathered at the local police station,
so they say a explanation was denied.
from then on in,
it was wild animals out of a cage,
shops looted and destroyed,
was it anger for MR Doggan or mindless rage.
bring in the police,
the wagons were as useful as normal,
this pointless line of force,
deserves a warning that is formal.
cash machines emptied,
ripped straight out of the bank,
the people of tottenham say its outsiders,
its them who you must thank.
the past is reappearing,
1985 brings us 26 years back to the present,
but the authority's will not admit,
because simply racial tension is not pleasant.
tonight is the match,
tottenhams whole destiny is depending,
do you want the Joe's verdict on the score,
this mindless mayhem will happen again and it has no defending.

(now the Joe can see it was wrong for the police to shoot dead this guy but i will say we need to wait for the fall facts to come out and not just go out and use it as a excuse for rioting < shame on all the people involved. and in no way will this give tottenham a better name. 2 wrongs do not make a right. but i just wondered how other people felt? dose anyone feel these riots are justified and maybe more of them need to happen for there points to be understood and action taken to correct what ever is wrong ? what is wrong ? you tell me ? ANYONE FROM TOTTENHAM THAT NO'S WHAT THE REAL PROBLEM IS ? )

[Joelle.]

Oh look, another poem.