For five nights , CNN and the world watched as riots spread across UK cities . The police were called in to restore order Looters roamed the streets , emboldened by lack of arrests as hours wore on . ' I was as scared in Peckham as I 've ever been in Afghanistan , Libya or the Ivory Coast '
For five nights , CNN and the world watched as riots spread across UK cities . CNN 's Dan Rivers and crew became targets of attackers as the violence spread . Looters roamed the streets , emboldened by lack of arrests as hours wore on . ' I was as scared in Peckham as I 've ever been in Afghanistan , Libya or the Ivory Coast '