An account of the riots in London

Rioters have ravaged London for the past three days, and reports now indicate the riots have spread to Birmingham and other cities in England. The original riots began in the Tottenham neighborhood of London over the police shooting of a man there.

The riots are being fueled by 20-somethings, I'm told by Twitter followers who live in the U.K. Here's an account of a mob striking at a restaurant in London. Scenes like this should send a shiver down the spine, because with economies wobbling you wonder how soon they could happen elsewhere - even here.