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A masked protester hurls an object toward riot police officers in Tottenham on Sunday. The gritty north London neighborhood exploded in anger Saturday night after a gathering to protest the fatal shooting by police on Thursday of a 29-year-old man.

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A police officer stands guard as burned police cars are seen in Tottenham, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011. One police officer was hospitalized and seven others were injured during riots Saturday night that erupted following a gathering to protest the Thursday shooting by police of the 29-year-old. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)

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People look down High Street in Tottenham, north London, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011 after a demonstration against the death of a local man turned violent and cars and shops were set ablaze. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)

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A police officer walks past a Jobcentre Plus, where windows have been smashed, in Tottenham, after a demonstration against the death of a local man turned violent and cars and shops were set ablaze. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)

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Firefighters look at a burned-out building in Tottenham, north London, still being damped down after a demonstration against the death of a local man turned violent and cars and shops were set ablaze. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)

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Police vehicles drive past a fire in a building in Tottenham. One police officer was hospitalized and seven others were injured during riots when a north London suburb exploded in anger Saturday night. (AP Photo/Lewis Whyld/PA Wire)

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Fire rages through a building in Tottenham, north London. The riots started with a street protest Saturday and ended Sunday morning with buildings and vehicles set afire, including police cars, a double-decker London bus, and shops looted as police clashed with protesters. (AP Photo / Lewis Whyld, PA)

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A rioter throws a burning wooden plank at police in Tottenham, north London Sunday Aug. 7, 2011, after members of a community, where a young man was shot dead by police, took to the streets to demand "justice." (AP Photo/PA, Lewis Whyld)

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A masked protester hurls an object toward riot police officers in Tottenham, north London, on Sunday Aug. 7, 2011. The gritty north London neighborhood of Tottenham exploded in anger Saturday night after a young man was shot to death by police. (AP Photo/PA, Lewis Whyld)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Mattar Mattar, a former lawmaker with the Shiite Wefaq opposition, embraces a relative on Sunday outside his home in Daih, Bahrain, after being released from prison pending trial. He was freed with scores of others detained during an anti-government uprising.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Police vehicles drive past a fire in a building in Tottenham, north London, on Sunday after a demonstration against the death of a local man turned violent and cars and shops were set on fire. Eight officers were hospitalized during the riots.

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A masked protester hurls an object toward riot police officers in Tottenham on Sunday. The gritty north London neighborhood exploded in anger Saturday night after a gathering to protest the fatal shooting by police on Thursday of a 29-year-old man.

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Police officers standing by a department van are seen through a burned-out car in the Tottenham area of north London on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011, after a demonstration against the death of a local man turned violent and cars and shops were set ablaze. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)

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Firefighters attempt to put out a blaze in a building in the Tottenham section of north London on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011, after a demonstration against the death of a local man turned violent and cars and shops were set ablaze. (AP Photo/PA, Lewis Whyld)

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A child from southern Somalia, is treated for malnourishment in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. The United Nations predicts famine will probably spread to all of southern Somalia within a month and force tens of thousands more people to flee into the capital of Mogadishu. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

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A woman carries three water containers on her back to her home on Aug. 4, 2011, at a refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya. The camp, designed for 90,000 people, now houses about 440,000 refugees, almost all from war-ravaged Somalia. (Associated Press)

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SIEGE: Smoke rises from a tank Wednesday as troops continue a crackdown in Hama, Syria, that is reported to have cost about 100 lives since Sunday. (Shaam News Network via Associated Press)

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This video image taken from Egyptian State Television shows 83-year-old Hosni Mubarak laying on a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and iron bars in a Cairo courtroom Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, as his historic trial began on charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him. (AP Photo/Egyptian State TV)

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At the end of 2015, the Metropolitan Police Department employed fewer than 3,800 officers, well below the 4,200 officers that leaders have said were needed to police the District. (The Washington Times/File)

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** FILE ** Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 83 years old and ailing, goes on trial Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011 on charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters during the 18-day uprising that toppled him. Many Egyptians are celebrating the chance at retribution against a longtime authoritarian ruler. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)