
I came around the corner and walked straight into a riot. Three feet from me two bouncers in black tie burst out of a club, dropped a small, wide-eyed dude onto the pavement then started stomping his ribs. Next to them a crying blonde in what looked like a prom dress was smashing the head of a passed-out Asian girl into the hood of a car. Up and down Fleet Street small clusters of people beat on each other; unfair four-on-one smack-downs; a stunned-looking guy stumbling down the middle of the street with blood streaming down his face; girl fights; [...]