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The Riots: The police fight for the streets during the UK's deadly 2011 riots Paperback – 4 Aug 2016

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  • Paperback: 296 pages
  • Publisher: Silvertail Books (4 Aug. 2016)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1909269514
  • ISBN-13: 978-1909269514
  • Product Dimensions: 13.3 x 1.9 x 20.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 316,247 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Michael Matthews spent more than 20 years as a police officer in London. He is a keen traveller, writer and photographer and has had articles and photographs published in numerous books, newspapers and magazines. He has appeared on radio and television in the UK, USA and Canada commenting on crime and issues around policing.>br> The Riots is his second book. His first, We Are The Cops, was a collection of real-life stories from US police officers and was a Kindle Non-Fiction number 1 bestseller. He has vast knowledge of American policing and continues to spend time working with US police departments. Michael likes eating lobster and watching ballet (yes, ballet). He now lives in Canada.

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5.0 out of 5 starsBrilliant read
By Mark Cooper on 8 Jun. 2017
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What an absolutely fabulous read. It conveys how it must feel to be in a riot situation and tells the tales of our brave Police officers who put themselves bravely in the line of danger when anarchy takes hold.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThought provoking, and scarily informative.
By Kindle Customer on 15 Aug. 2016
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This book made me feel proud to be British, and ashamed, both at the same time, The police have one of the hardest job's, at this book showed, that they need much more respect. It has recently been said the riots, could well happen again, the fact the police are now even fewer in number, is frankly frightening, we can only hope that this brave defenders of our safety are listened too, and that lessons are heeded. One thing that came through loud and clear, is that we must address the reasons why so man young people, feel so angry and disillusioned, I consider myself a pacifist, but reading this made me feel the police should of been able to use more force, and something put into place, which means people could of been arrested there and then, without the need for a member of the police, to go off the street's, to do paperwork, some holding centre?. If the rioters had seen others dragged off, it would of reduced the amount on the streets, and made visual impact on others thinking the streets were lawless, which clearly for some time that was the case, I can't even begin to imagine what the emergency services endured, but they need better services, and deserve them. One thing I didn't feel was many if any changes have been made. I hope I'm wrong, I can only hope this never happens again. Hats off to everyone who experienced the horror. A must read especially for those in power, extremely insightful must read book.
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5.0 out of 5 starsSomebody please get them a cup of tea......!!!!!!
By MJYP on 12 Aug. 2016
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Eagerly anticipated the arrival of my order and was not disappointed!
An hour in (page 78) I had chills up my spine, felt as frustrated as Richard and terrified for Darren.
It's an intense read, I was right in with the officers, realising that I was actually holding my breath with them as they took each junction.
The bravery, the stamina, the sheer bloody stubbornness of those few who defended us during such dreadful times. And for so very little thanks, pray God it never happens again and if it does mistakes are learnt from, ( plus they find a big supply of stickers - go on buy it just to find out what that's about).
I cannot imagine the amount of work that went into this book, the research. It stands as a brilliant documentation of the experience for those on the ground and a thrilling read for those of us who just couldn't understand what the hell happened.
Bravo, Mr Matthews, Bravo.
Bring out your next book soon....
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat read, this is what its like on the thin blue line
By Amazon Customer on 5 Aug. 2016
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What a great collection of accounts. It's good to hear from the boots on the ground... this is unapologetically truthful. Really goes far towards humanising the badge!
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