Gangs And The Riots.

Riots and Gang involvement: Home Secretary Theresa May told MPs it appeared the role of gangs was "not as high as people first thought". In London 19% of those arrested were gang members.
But there was "some evidence" gangs were involved in inciting rioting on social media, she said.
More than 2,700 people were arrested after violence and looting spread from London to other English cities.
Gangs got much of the blame for the spread of disorder - Prime Minister David Cameron promised a "concerted, all out war on gangs and gang culture", a gangs task force has been set up and former police chief of Los Angeles and New York Bill Bratton is to advise the government on the issue.
Criminality Mrs May said the Metropolitan Police and other forces were looking at the number of people arrested with known gang affiliations - the percentage of which had fallen over time, as total arrests have risen. About 25% of those arrested were juveniles, she said.
The Home Affairs Committee has already heard evidence that, of those arrested in London, about 19% were gang members - down from almost a third of those initially arrested.
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