I think the media and government just throw blame for any incident to specific groups depending on the time of the month.
I personally find this country and those in charge of it become bigger hypocrites by the day, quick to condone others of their actions not so quick when those in charge or those that work for those in charge do the same.
The whole MP expenses thing and how little jail time some of them are doing for stealing thousands compared to the OTT prison terms someone who say stole a loaf of bread during the riots was the start. Now we have another situation which is likely to blow up into something more...
A recent example being (and to go off on a tangent a bit) a few of our soldiers that tortured people. Anywhere else in the world with soldiers that do that and they are tagged with the "T" word and hunted down. Here they get a slap of the wrist rather than a 1000 yard sniper shot as punishment.
I guess the next thing we can look forward to is another bunch of fundamentalist nut jobs causing destruction because of that

of course that will just be labelled as more "criminality" or the dreaded "T" word though.
Its sickening if i could afford to emigrate from here and go live somewhere that worries about its own country and its own residents first, like any sensible ruled country does id be gone in a flash. Im personally ashamed in this day and age to be British.
We are becoming more (actually id say we have surpassed them) ignorant than America with its we do no wrong, we are elite type attitude.
The whole mentality of this country started around the Blair era and has continued to get worse since (no matter which party is in power) co-incidentally its the generation that grew up for a fair chunk in his rule that were involved in the rioting.
Not that a simple and obvious observation like that will tell Cameroon or any MP from any party anything nowadays, cos they are all to stupid to see it.