London Riots

Nothing to do with the "EDL" in Eltham. I'm sure there are some EDL sympathisers but it ain't EDL. Don't believe everything you read from numpties on Twitter.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2011/aug/09/uk-riots-incident-map

Apparently Chris Powell has been spotted looting in Bournemouth again.

Not sure if this has been posted already....Draughts Pub in Eltham:

http://twitpic.com/63jbr8

Just drove through Eltham, about 50/100 fellas gathered outside The Rising Sun singing England football sings.

I'm in no way defending the scum that have been looting and vandalising cities across the country and neither am I defending a man carrying a gun capable of firing live ammunition. However serious questions have to be answered by the police. As a member of the public I would be extremely worried if the police killed a man when a shot had not been fired or if he was not about to use it. And even more worrying is this bullet that was lodged in the radio, initially we were told it had saved a policeman's life by being lodged there now we find out that bullet is police issue, how did it get there?

For quite a while I have lost faith in our police force (through my own experiences and through friends who are in the force) and this is incident is not doing anything to change those feelings.

This is all speculation. Frankly none of us know any more than 

Just had a text from a mate that Millwall hooligans are 'firmed' up in Eltham, travelled from all over. Bermondsey, Kent etc to protect Eltham.

In a way, i feel honoured.

Im impressed

Why would they leave their areas to protect a different one?

I dont know, but one guy i know who is down there is from Bermondsey. I know that for a fact. In fact, he said there are a few from that way coming up

Are there really that many spanners in Eltham?

Some of those people in Eltham are there for a row, make no bones about it - it's nothing to do with protection

Big group of EDL ion Hertford Rd, Enfield helping Police battle big group - seen it with my own eyes. They tried to do the Co-op

IPCC have now confirmed that no evidence that Mark Duggan fired on police. The bullet lodged in the police radio was police issue. Just reporting on BBC.

Are the police trying to insight more rioting??  Why announce that today?

Well I hope my open mind is now justified. Doubt anyone that gave me grief will acknowledge that though

Yeah, I noticed that.  I think there's some on here that probably owe you an apology.

Shine said:
yep... which is why I moved to Devon to go university and better myself.

Ask for your money back - it hasn't worked. 

You make statements based on conjecture or hearsay and with scant regard for any official statement.  Opinions are personal and therefore cannot be wrong but if you want anyone to take that opinion seriously then it has to be based on evidence. The fact that so many people have spent their time on here trying to point out that your statements are wrong should tell you, both that CL posters are concerned about their communities and that your opinions gain little or no credence.  I really don't like being negative but you seem to lack any capacity for rational thought.

Scumbag with a loaded gun got shot by rozzers.....what is there to have a problem with?

I wouldn't mind a few trigger happy OB out on the streets tonight - might deter a few scumbags and get the welfare bill reduced in one fell swoop.

yer presume it was loaded, after all everyone presumed he shot the police man

Yup had one in the chamber twat

What WSS said. There not bothered about protecting our area. They know there's a chance of having a ruck. I want the rioters to get a slap as much as anyone but at the end of the day if the rioters don't turn up the millwall fans will prob start with the police

My god, London's just been torched by gangs of feral youth, and you're worried about football lads mobbing up in Eltham to protect the area. Open your eyes.