Trouble isn't over yet, says teenager who predicted riots

[malaise]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/12/riot-predict-trouble-not-over
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Chavez Campbell speaks about the riots in Wood Green. Credit: Cameron Robertson, Alexandra Topping and Elliot Smith Link to this video

At 6ft 3in, with a loose gait and a large kit bag slung over his shoulder, 18-year-old Chavez Campbell is a striking figure as he walks past the boarded-up shops in Wood Green, north London. Last Saturday, riots erupted here, rampaging youths shattered shopfronts and filled their arms with anything they could grab.

A week before it began, Campbell, in an interview with the Guardian about cuts to youth services, predicted what would happen. Asked what he thought the future held, he said, simply: "There'll be riots."

Looking at his words again, he said: "I did see the riots coming and the government should have seen it coming, too. Jobs are hard to get and, when they do become available, youths don't get the jobs. There is nothing to do, they are closing youth clubs so the streets are just crazy. They are full of people who have no ambitions, or have ambitions but can't fulfil them."

[chill_wind]

1. It's a good article. He has a lot to say.

Also posted here-

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1725768#top

He was first interviewed with a lot of other kids about a week before the riots.

[dana_b]

2. good video at the link

he's insightful and can see the grey area around this whole thing.

[movonne]

3. When you can't get jobs ambition goes down the drain..we are

going to see riots here soon..too many out of work...why go to school,college if you cannot get a job when you finish your education...

[chill_wind]

4. delete- wrong thread

Sorry about that.