{"id":5096,"date":"2011-08-09T17:33:55","date_gmt":"2011-08-10T00:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/?p=5096"},"modified":"2011-08-13T10:53:50","modified_gmt":"2011-08-13T17:53:50","slug":"the-london-riots-a-veteran-writerlondoner-speaks-out-on-the-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2011\/08\/09\/the-london-riots-a-veteran-writerlondoner-speaks-out-on-the-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"The London Riots &#8211; a veteran writer\/Londoner speaks out on the BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>&#8220;Our political leaders had no idea&#8230;&#8221;<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"reviewermag\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>The London Riots &#8211; a veteran writer\/Londoner speaks out on the BBC<\/h3>\n<p>Darcus Howe, a West Indian Writer and Broadcaster with a voice about the riots. Speaking about the mistreatment of youths by police leading to an up-roar and the ignorance of both police and the governement. Intelligent black male. SEND THIS TO EVERYONE! (Also, did anyone notice that the interviewer tried to make him ignorant&#8230; Complete back-fire I must say)<\/p>\n<p><i>[Found with the above text on a Facebook newsfeed&#8230; ~Editor]<\/i><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mzDQCT0AJcw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Our political leaders had no idea&#8230;&#8221; Tweet The London Riots &#8211; a veteran writer\/Londoner speaks out on the BBC Darcus Howe, a West Indian Writer and Broadcaster with a voice about the riots. Speaking about the mistreatment of youths by police leading to an up-roar and the ignorance of both police and the governement. Intelligent black male. 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