This is now a disturbing reality of these nationwide riots news crews cars satelite trucks radio cars are being attacked and burned and reporters assaulted,these BBC crew were lucky to get through this mob in Croydon south London unscathed The London summer of 2011 heated up with the eruption of flames and spread of mob violence across the city. But what was behind the eruption of rioting? Answer: On Aug. 4, 2011, Mark Duggan, a 29-year-old resident of London's Tottenham neighborhood, was stopped by Metropolitan Police as part of a gun crime investigation while he was riding in a cab. The father of three has been described as a gang founder and a crack cocaine dealer, though his family disputes that, and was carrying a loaded gun when he was stopped by the special police unit. An investigation revealed that he did not fire at officers, but two bullets were fired from the police guns. One struck Duggan in the bicep and another hit his chest, killing him. Two days later, Duggan's family and about 100 north London residents protested outside the Tottenham police station, complaining that the Independent Police Complaints Commission was not communicating with them about the probe into Duggan's death (the initial findings were released Aug. 9). As night fell on the protest, a confrontation between a teen girl and a police officer escalated into her pitching a stone at the police officer and the officer swinging back with a baton, according to some witnesses. This was followed ...