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London Riots

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  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    So in 2008 a guy in London is shot at 11 times by Police "marksmen" he is hit 5 times and dies. Obill wouldnt let him to speak to his wife although he asked to speak to her and she wanted to speak to him. He was assured that OBill would not open fire. He pointed the gun and was shot-----------no riot----no marches-----no Red Wedge giving it "its everyones fault".
  • You would think so but when someone posts a rumour about Bromley and I work on the 5th floor in an office and we know nothing !! lol
    Ii'll post if i hear anything. I've got mates who work then and seem to spend the whole day on facebook.
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,959
    Shine166 - by the way, I might not agree with your policital views, but your artwork is okay...!
    whhhhhhey that will do me :), thank you
  • JT
    JT Posts: 12,348
    I know it's the Sun but pretty mad video on there...

    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3739871/Mob-rule-as-looters-swoop-on-br-shops-like-plague-of-locusts.html


    When it looks this easy, no wonder it's spreading.
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,096
    That Comet shop is ridiculous!
  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,881
    Cheers Friends or Defoe..... nothing that i can see going on at moment so iits prob a false rumour and i would have thought old bill would have warned us by now
  • PaulCAFC
    PaulCAFC Posts: 857
    edited August 2011
    It's a girl apparently.......... chav low life scum. No kids please.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjT68msxvX4&NR=1
  • stilladdicted
    stilladdicted Posts: 4,307
    Nearest thing I've ever seen to recreational rioting in my lifetime. All very depressing and a bit scary. The only winner that will emerge from this awful mess will be the BNP and that's even scarier.
  • JT
    JT Posts: 12,348
    Watch out for the girls steaming out of H&M in that vid aswell! They've got time to try them on ffs

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  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,012
    Nearest thing I've ever seen to recreational rioting in my lifetime. All very depressing and a bit scary.


    Fully agree. The police can control the majority of major incidents these days which have a xertain element of planning or risk in advance. What they can't deal with is being spread far and wide with little planning, which the opportunistic are now trying to take advantage of. This sadly has the potential to run further.

    The only saving grace is the widespread level of cctv in town centres. Won't stop anything, but some definately will be picked up in the aftermath as a result.
  • A mate of mine used to work at Foot Locker in Brixton, incredible.
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,257
    that video paul doesnt really make sense apart from some woman screaming its a gurl - cant even see whats going on.

    Yes water cannons might be an idea. 


  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,149
    With the amount of people involved in this, I can't see how anything can be done.

    We certainly don't have the prison space to lock everyone involved up. More pointless tags and broken curfews I fear.
  • MattD
    MattD Posts: 1,530
    Guns
  • J BLOCK
    J BLOCK Posts: 8,339
    Friend of mine in Birmingham has said he's got a BBM with talking of similar scenes up there, few people on social media sites hearing the same news. These riots are showing youths everywhere that you can get away with this behaviour.
  • PaulCAFC
    PaulCAFC Posts: 857
    Curb It - the footage is allegedly what has caused all of this mayhem. It appears a 16 year old girl approached the riot Police line, was screamimg abuse at them and then threw either a bottle or a large stone at them. Quite justifiably she was physically detained and was put on the ground, sparking the chav reaction and then the need to steal and damage property on a city wide scale - reasonable? I think not.
  • F-Blocker
    F-Blocker Posts: 3,409
    that video paul doesnt really make sense apart from some woman screaming its a gurl - cant even see whats going on.

    Yes water cannons might be an idea. 


    That's supposed to be the flashpoint that started it. a 16yr old girl taken out by a group of police. A journo that was in line with the police reckons she approached, hurled abuse & then hurled a placard and brick. Of course, the story that quickly spread was "Police mob takes out innocent 16yr old girl"....
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    that video paul doesnt really make sense apart from some woman screaming its a gurl - cant even see whats going on.

    Yes water cannons might be an idea. 


    Water cannons would certainly bugger up any electrical goods the thieving scumbags may have looted!
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,096
    edited August 2011
    Yes water cannons might be an idea. 
    I'm sure I heard on the news that water cannons are not legal in England (they are in NI) as a method of public order control.

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  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,842
    edited August 2011
    They are legal in England, but the Met think they wouldn't work in London, cause they take so long to fill up between use.
  • Chunes
    Chunes Posts: 17,493
    edited August 2011
    Mate of mine came out of a club in Brixton last night to mass mayhem. Said local yoots were running around in masks, fighting each other. Saw some bloke waving a gun around. Sounded like she was pretty terrified.

    The youth culture we have in this country was always going to reach a boiling point. Not gonna be fixed anytime soon. Or ever.
  • PaulCAFC
    PaulCAFC Posts: 857
    Water cannons were approved for use in December 2010 by Theresa May after the student riots and the attack on Prince Charles's car. Rothko is right though, they have limited use and not really ideal for prolonged situations.
  • sralan
    sralan Posts: 2,031
    Not being flippant, but, the Police Dogs looked to be enjoying themselves biting and chewing on these pr*tts.

    Hope they've been innoculated, no telling what horrible diseases these dogs could pick up ;-)
  • CHG
    CHG Posts: 4,533
    Apprently Oxford Circus is a no go area tonight come 9pm, all round depressing.
  • CAFCBourne
    CAFCBourne Posts: 3,802

    Makes you think twice about bringing kids into this world it is full of ever increasing scum bags.

     

  • PaulCAFC
    PaulCAFC Posts: 857
    That device in the first You Tube clip would wake up London and Surrey - good idea though!
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    Boy, am I glad I am not a policeman or a politician. There's no easy solution to this.
  • Chunes
    Chunes Posts: 17,493
    Local youths rumoured to be targetting Welling Sewing Centre for looting tonight.
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