Birmingham Riot

The more I hear about the Birmingham riot that happened on Saturday the more I'm reminded of the Bill Hick's routine about the meeting between British hooligans and LA gangs:

There was something in the paper yesterday: 'Some hooligans caused a rumpus.' Not quite the same as Crip and Blood... that's a little more cutting. Little more telling. Blood. Hooligan. Bloods versus the hooligans .
Pop!
'Hey man, what you doin' motherfucker. Come 'ere.'
'Got to catch us!'
'Yeah, I'm trying that now. (gunshots) There... catch your skinny pale ass. How's that?'
'Ow, he got me in the rumpus. The Blood hit me in the rumpus.'

The rumpus/riot in Birmingham resulted in one death , one burnt out car, some petrol bombs flying around and 12 reported gun shots. One police officer was shot in the leg... by a ball bearing.

In a Brass Eye style twist it seems that the original crime that provoked the people to take to the streets may not even have happened.

'80 crimes' in night of violence - BBC News