England riots

Wait wait stop arguing about if rioting is okay or not and clarify for me the reason the riot started.

Article said police shot Mark Duggan = a black drug dealer with a gun. So they started a riot over something like that??? Am I missing something?

Yeah thats pretty much what started it. Maybe that was a factor on the first night, now it's a non-issue. I'm very sure that none of the rioters care about Mark Duggan, and I bet most of them couldn't even name him.
And it looks like riots are starting again
Also: Bullet/ gun test results

The results show:

• The bullet lodged in the police radio is a "jacketed round". This is a police issue bullet and, while it is still subject to DNA analysis, it is consistent with having been fired from a Metropolitan police Heckler and Koch MP5 submachine gun.

• The firearm found at the scene was a converted BBM "Bruni" self-loading pistol. This is not a replica; the scientist considers it to be a firearm for the purposes of the Firearms Act and a prohibited weapon and is therefore illegal.

• The handgun was found to have a "bulleted cartridge" in the magazine, which is being subject to further tests.

• At this stage there is no evidence that the handgun found at the scene was fired during the incident. The FSS has told the IPCC that it may not be possible to say for certain; however further tests are being carried out in an attempt to establish this.

So he didn't manage to fire his own gun, but he was carrying a loaded gun, which as it says above is illegal in the uk, and the situation seemed to have escalted when they tried to arrest him. Fun fun fun...