Title: UNREST IN LONDON CONTINUES
Description: 4. 30. 28 | DAILY PROPHET
TAYLOR - May 9, 2010 08:53 PM (GMT)
LONDON- JUST WEEKS AFTER THE LAST MAJOR RIOT ANOTHER PROTEST TURNED VIOLENT OCCURRED YESTERDAY IN THE WIZARDING ENCLAVE KNOWN AS WIZARDING HACKNEY. THIRTEEN WERE INJURED BUT THERE ARE NO REPORTED DEATHS.
AS FAR AS THE MINISTRY INVESTIGATORS CAN GATHER THE RIOT WAS NOT AN ORGANIZED ONE, AND THE MAN WHO IS SUSPECTED OF INSTIGATING THE RIOT IS IN CUSTODY ON VARIOUS CHARGES, BUT HAS NOT BEEN CONVICTED. THE MAN, WHOSE NAME WAS ASKED NOT TO BE GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC AT THIS TIME, WAS REPORTED BY EYE-WITNESSES, TO BE INTOXICATED AT THE TIME.
THIS RECENT ACCOUNT IS JUST ANOTHER TO ADD TO THE EVER-COUNTING NUMBER OF ACTS OF VIOLENCE OCCURRING WITHIN HACKNEY'S BOARDERS. SINCE IT'S APPROVAL IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR, THERE HAS BEEN A RAPIDLY INCREASING RATE OF CRIME, WITH NEARLY 60 REPORTS OF VIOLENT CRIME PER THOUSAND PEOPLE IN 2027-- A SHOCKING STATISTIC WHEN COMPARED TO THE ENGLISH AVERAGE OF 15 OFFENSES PER THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THE SAME YEAR.
THE PRESS SECRETARY FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MINISTER OF MAGIC SUBMITTED A STATEMENT THIS MORNING ASSURING THE PUBLIC OF CONTINUED EFFORTS TO STOP CRIME IN THE HACKNEY AREA AND PROMISED TO STRENGTHEN NOT ONLY THE LAWS BUT ALSO THE PUNISHMENTS FOR THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO DEFY THE LAW AND PUT THE PUBLIC IN DANGER. THE WIZENGAMOT IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF WRITING A LAW THAT COULD, POTENTIALLY, DO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS. SOME OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE BILL INCLUDE TOUGHER RESPONSES TO THOSE CAUGHT OUT PAST CURFEW WITHOUT PROPER DOCUMENTATION AND THE POTENTIAL CLOSING OF NOTABLE MEETING PLACES IN THE AREA, SUCH AS THE RED LION PUB... CONTINUED| A3
