The ingredients for violence were similar: angry crowds of young people, edgy police officers determined to enforce the law, sensitive social issues with no easy answers. In both Britain and West Germany last week, those volatile components ignited into bloody street rioting. The violence revealed an appetite for lawlessness among young people convinced they live in societies unresponsive to their problems.
In both countries, high unemployment among youth was cited as a contributing factor. In Britain, angry crowds of blacks gave vent to feelings of injustice. In West Germany, where thousands of youths rampaged in 16 cities, the instigators seemed to...
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