Residents blame govt as Manchester looted

As masked youths burned down a fashion store and clashed with police in Manchester, residents of Britain's third largest city blamed the government for failing to deal with social problems.
Hundreds of masked youths tore through the centre of the city in northwest England on Tuesday, looting and smashing shop windows as the worst riots in Britain for decades spread beyond London on a fourth day of violence.
Riot police were driven back by gangs of hundreds of youths who hid their faces behind scarves and ski masks, leaving gangs to smash into shoe shops, electronics stores and clothes shops.
Some of the rioters smashed the glass entrance of the Arndale shopping centre, the city's main shopping mall, opening the way for around 100 youths to pour into a shop before rushing out carrying clothing and shoes.
Gangs taunted the police, who used dogs and sent in plain-clothes officers to seize looters as they battled to regain control.
A young woman who gave her name as Nabzy told AFP: "I've seen people smash shops, people running, riot police chasing people, people chased by police dogs.
"I've seen one guy left inside Tesco because he was looting inside and the police let their dogs inside and jumped on top of the guy and started biting him. It was really bad."
The fuse for the violence was lit in London last week when police shot dead 29-year-old Mark Duggan, who was travelling in a taxi which police had stopped in an operation to prevent gun crime in the black community.