Anyone following the Sweden riots? [View all]

[dixiegrrrrl]

First time I read about it this week, I thought Sweden????".
Home of the happy peaceful people?

Here is the key part of the issue:

"We see a society that is becoming increasingly divided and where the gaps, both socially and economically, are becoming larger," said Rami Al-khamisi, co-founder of Megafonen, a group that works for social change in the suburbs. "And the people out here are being hit the hardest … We have institutional racism."

"The reason is very simple. Unemployment, the housing situation, disrespect from police," said Rouzbeh Djalaie, editor of Norra Sidan newspaper. "It just takes something to start a riot, and that was the shooting."

Djalaie said youths were often stopped by police in the streets for identity checks. During the riots, he said some police called local youths "apes".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/23/swedish-riots-stockholm?CMP=twt_gu

the article goes on to discuss the increase of minorities who live in Sweden.