Without doubt the greatest influence which affected both our film's direction and ambitions were the riots. Although this was partially because some of these riots happened locally and people in our areas were involved, it was also because the magnitude of these chaotic events was so large that this portrayal of youth would have been emprinted within the rest of the populations minds . At this time society saw a large number of youth unite ... but not for the greater good ; for havoc. Dozens of burnt police cars and buildings lighted the dark streets as clashes occurred between police and outlaws. Because of the stereotypical aftermath caused by these events we decided to heal these .On one evening standard newspaper the situation within the city was derived as "LAWLESS LONDON". Although the youth seemed like an immediate scapegoat for authorities , statistics show that these crimes were in fact carried out by more experienced and organised criminals who nearly all had been convicted in the past. The evidence below shows the criminal histories of suspects involved in the public disorder between 6th August and 9th August 2011 and as we can see a great majority were adults and not juveniles.
Because of these statistics one could question whether we even have an agenda if the majority of youth are really innocent , well we do. This is because although they are innocent the actions of a minority now have backfired on all of them especially black males.
One woman who was questioned by a paper said:
"The post office, shops, news agents, mobile phone shops, council building that deal with customer complaints, smashed to pieces by mindless, mindless people last night - many of whom are not from Tottenham and had come from afar into this community intent on causing violence."
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