London is burning

Exactly. All this rubber bullets and send in the army stuff is just liable to escalate matters.

What's needed is the commmunity standing firm and saying No, this is not acceptable. That's the best chance of putting an end to this pish.

That and the rain, as you mentioned earlier. Few nights of heavy rain would be a godsend right now.

 

what are these riots for id it all because the police shot and killed that guy who's name i've forgotten

 

MArc Duggan. He may or may not have been a local gang-banger

 

If they are immigrants and they are rioting....yes..deport them.If they are are not immigrants, jail them.

 

Thread should be renamed 'England is Burning'

 

cheers mate some 1 posted it on twitter saying it was madchester

 

Is it calming down now or getting worse?

 

London seems better rest getting worse .

 

Joey7Barton Joseph Barton
Am going to bed before a find myself joining a vigilante group.................night people stay safe.

 

Mark Duggan. Well that started things off.

But the demonstrations about that were peaceful - the local community just wanted to speak to someone from the police and find out what was going on. Police refused to send someone out to speak to them, so a planned one-hour silent protest turned into four hours. By which time it was getting dark, and a lot of younger folk started gathering.

Then - I'm getting this from my friend who was in Tottenham at the time - a group of policemen in riot gear gave a beating to a 16-year-oid girl who'd been shouting at them. That's when it really kicked off. There's footage of it on YouTube.

 

ah cheers mate

 

why are the news channels referring to this as the uk riots last time i checked it was only happening in england

 

Which level first or second generation,or further back???

 

This is what kicked it all off.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcwUyZ68C0k[/YOUTUBE]

 

basically terrorism now ffs

 

Solution - contraception.

 

hope he can fight on

 

Beating a 16 yo girl? I've never heard so much * in all my life. Watch sky news an yel see what's happening. Wee scummy scrots running riot cause they know they'll only get a slap on the wrist.

If a cop hits one for throwing bricks an petrol bombs ye get comments like that above, that's why they can get away with it.

 

Not gonna happen.There may be protests, but by people with a cause......and they will not be stealing from shopkeepers.
3 million+ unemployed created by Thatcher in the 80's....poll tax....etc...it came it went.There will be no socialist revolution mate.People will never revolt to bring in an even more oppressive regime where they lose their freedom rather than their opportunity.(which by the way we all have....we still have free education in this country)

 

Were you there mate? No?

Because my friend was in Tottenham that night, and there were no riots before they beat into that young girl with their batons at a peaceful protest. That is what started it off.

Here is a first hand account of what sparked the original riot off, from someone who saw it in person. Please listen to it and understand, before you come out with your ill-informed sky news pish.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcwUyZ68C0k[/YOUTUBE]