The rioting started over the death of one Mark Duggan, who was killed in a shootout with police. It is unknown whether he was shooting at police or whether the driver or the minicab he was riding in did the shooting.
What's so special about Mark Duggan, you might ask? Finally a columnist for the London Telegraph tells us the secret that every newspaper has refused to print.
What colour is Mark Duggan? Mark Duggan is the man who was shot dead by the police on Thursday in Tottenham. The Tottenham riots last night were sparked when people protested his death. This morning, I first heard of the riots on the radio, then on the television. I read articles on the internet. But oddly, no one would say what colour Mark Duggan was. No one would say the unsayable, that the rioters were, I suspect on the whole, black. Then, finally, Toby Young’s Telegraph blog post on the riots was published. Is Toby Young the only journalist out there who will dare say that these riots are about race?In other words, Mark Duggan is a member of the Afro-Caribbean immigrant community. He was likely born in Britain to immigrant parents, or perhaps he was the grandchild of immigrants. But in the end he is a part of a dysfunctional immigrant community that has not been able to adjust to the radically different life that exists in Britain in comparison to various home countries.
Still, one paper did carry a photo of Mr Duggan. When I saw the photo, it confirmed what I knew instinctively: black youths once again have set London alight.
Some of the black kids I used to teach will tell you that the riots are absolutely justified. A number of adults would agree with them. Everywhere I read that the protest was understandable because “people are very angry”.
Common sense dictates that if you let a bunch of poor immigrants into your country disaster will loom down the road. France has a similar problem with Muslim immigrants who are constantly on a crime spree. It's a problem for all of Europe.
The solution is to limit immigration of those who are radically different from a country's native population. That doesn't mean eliminate immigration; it means control it. No nation should allow any person to immigrate unless that person will be an asset to that nation as a whole. Too many nations, including the United States, have lost sight of that fact.
Let's build a fence and expel all the illegal immigrants. Then we as a nation can start offering citizenship to people who we believe will actually improve us as a nation.
As for Britain, maybe they should consider paying these people $50,000 or so each to renounce their citizenship and go back to their country of origin. Whatever the cost, it would be a bargain.