U.K. - Police fear 'summer of rage' with middle-class protests

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Police are bracing themselves for a "summer of rage" as they fear that middle-class people affected by the recession may turn to violent protests.

Last Updated: 12:42AM GMT 23 Feb 2009

Senior officers are concerned that victims of the economic downturn who have lost their jobs, homes or savings, will take to the streets to riot.

Britain's most senior policeman in charge of maintaining public order said middle-class people, who would previously never have considered publicly protesting, may now resort to joining demonstrations.

Banks bailed out with public money, which continue to pay large bonuses, and the headquarters or financial institutions blamed for the financial crisis have become "viable targets", the Metropolitan police warned.

The head of the force's public order branch, Superintendent David Hartshorn, told the Guardian newspaper that since the credit crunch, activists have become more "intent on coming on to the streets to create public disorder".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4783576/Police-fear-summer-of-rage-with-middle-class-protests.html

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1. It's Almost As They Knew In Advance It Would Come To This As They......

have security camera's all over spying on the people. They'll be able to nip any protests in the bud before they get out of hand.