STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Get a low APR NextCard Visa in 30 seconds! 1. Fill in the brief application 2. Receive approval decision within 30 seconds 3. Get rates as low as 2.99% Intro or 9.99% Ongoing APR and no annual fee! Apply NOW! http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/NextCard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Just curious, why do have Asians in quotations marks? On 6 Jun 01, at 1:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Wednesday, 6 June, 2001, 04:41 GMT 05:41 UK > Calm restored after Leeds riots > > > > Trouble is believed linked to the arrest of an Asian man > > The Harehills district of Leeds is now quiet after several hours of sporadic > street violence involving more than 150 people. > Two dozen cars and a shop were set on fire and police officers in riot gear - > who tried to restore calm - were pelted with bricks after violence flared > after 2200 BST on Tuesday. > > It is thought the violence - which followed a two-hour stand-off between > police and Asian youths - may have been related to the arrest of an Asian man > two days ago. > > > > Riot police have been called in to contain the violence > > The disturbances - in a mixed race area of Leeds - come less than two weeks > after racial violence flared in Oldham, Greater Manchester, although our > correspondent says locals do not view the violence as racially motivated. > > But Assistant Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police Graham Maxwell said > the reasons for the disturbances were not yet known. > > He described the rioting as "a pre-meditated attack on police" and said a > full investigation was under way. > > Twenty five cars were set alight and one shop was badly damaged in the riots. > Two police officers were slightly injured and a number of police vehicles > were damaged. > > Four people have been arrested and the police say they expect more arrests to > follow. > > Officers were continuing to patrol in strength on Wednesday morning after the > violence faded in the early hours. > > There were unconfirmed reports that some of those involved in the > disturbances had travelled from Oldham, and had been involved in the race > riots of more than a week ago. > > CS spray > > Police vans, carrying police officers in riot gear were drafted in to quell > the trouble - with a police helicopter and other emergency services on > standby - as police fought running battles with youths. > > Some locals said the violence was a reaction to a perceived lack of police > action following an incident in which a man was allegedly sprayed in the face > with CS gas and arrested. > > One on-looker said on Tuesday: "There was supposed to be a meeting today to > discuss the result of the meeting between the Bangladeshi community and the > police following the arrest of this man, but nothing really happened." > > Emergency services were called to the Harehills area of Leeds shortly after > 2000 BST. > > A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said officers had been called to the > Banstead Park area, following reports that something had been thrown into the > road at around 2015 BST. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
