Riot police in the UK are the equivalent of when we were kids, would put on football helmets and run at each other holding trash cans as swords.
Their law enforcement is pathetic from the top down. They'll use water cannons and rubber bullets to suppress groups in Northern Ireland, but can't control their own country.
While I do believe police in the US operate with an unacceptable level of impunity, these fucking riots would have been stopped in a few days. Acoustic suppression, tear gas, flash bangs, tazers - not to mention armed citizens to defend their homes, businesses and other property.
Shit is out of hand because that country's leaders are filled with pussies.