Parts of East London can be intimidating, with high rates of racist and religious violence. Here are a couple vigilantes arrested for "harassing, intimidating

Parts of East London can be intimidating, with high rates of racist and religious violence. Here are a couple vigilantes arrested for "harassing, intimidating and assaulting people on the streets of east London while claiming they were enforcing sharia law". http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/06/muslim-vigilantes-jailed-sharia-law-attacks-london http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/06/muslim-vigila... While every community has some violent crime, I wouldn't be too quick to indict Snowden as xenophobic just because he sensed a threat in some neighborhoods.