Young Londoners claim poverty motivated looters

Young Londoners claim poverty motivated looters; ENGLAND: London: INT CAR / NIGHT Road & traffic seen from driver's POINT OF VIEW (POV) EXT Reporter with two young men (faces covered by hoods) Anonymous youths interview SOT - We're all suffering innit? - Yes I saw a lot of people looting and I was not against looting at all - Me personally I say f**k the system innit? (expletive bleeped out) - We are all poor - Nobody's saying it's right, nobody's saying it's justified but you have to accept people are broke, people are poor, people are hungry, there's youths that have single parents, they go home and they see their parents are not happy - [Asked if his parents would be proud of him] You ain't hearing me mate / If I said yeah ... (inaudible) ... of course not, my parents would be disgusted - There's a lot of little kids that need stuff but ain't got money to go and buy it - [Asked if crime is ok] On bigger stores I say 'Go for it' / It's gone to something else now - Poverty, we're all suffering , the system's not helping us, there's no youth clubs on the estates, there's no money in the poorest communities, the rich will get richer the poor will get poorer - Stealing is wrong but if you are hungry the only way you are programmed to survive is to steal - I'm not apologising, I know as an individual I have not gone to burn people's houses but I am supporting the cause of looting if it's going to be against the system and the government which includes the police - I think you can expect a whole lot more to come
Young Londoners claim poverty motivated looters; ENGLAND: London: INT CAR / NIGHT Road & traffic seen from driver's POINT OF VIEW (POV) EXT Reporter with two young men (faces covered by hoods) Anonymous youths interview SOT - We're all suffering innit? - Yes I saw a lot of people looting and I was not against looting at all - Me personally I say f**k the system innit? (expletive bleeped out) - We are all poor - Nobody's saying it's right, nobody's saying it's justified but you have to accept people are broke, people are poor, people are hungry, there's youths that have single parents, they go home and they see their parents are not happy - [Asked if his parents would be proud of him] You ain't hearing me mate / If I said yeah ... (inaudible) ... of course not, my parents would be disgusted - There's a lot of little kids that need stuff but ain't got money to go and buy it - [Asked if crime is ok] On bigger stores I say 'Go for it' / It's gone to something else now - Poverty, we're all suffering , the system's not helping us, there's no youth clubs on the estates, there's no money in the poorest communities, the rich will get richer the poor will get poorer - Stealing is wrong but if you are hungry the only way you are programmed to survive is to steal - I'm not apologising, I know as an individual I have not gone to burn people's houses but I am supporting the cause of looting if it's going to be against the system and the government which includes the police - I think you can expect a whole lot more to come
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