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London riots spreading through UK
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Funky Papa
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So things are actually getting worse.
Bra-vo.
Bra-vo.
I know and thats a good thing. But heaven forbid they postpone the match at the Home of Football TM. It's all a giant money grabbing exercise by the FA.Suppersalmon said:
I hope they do see sense and call the match off. Hate to see fans put in danger just for wanting to see a match
MarkMclovin
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Fucking hell, that jewellers shop has been emptied.
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Chaos said:
Punk-ass fucking cowards, these looters are. These police need some manner of guns.
IdreamofHIME
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The looted Boots for imodium?
The whole thing is a joke.
The whole thing is a joke.
MarkMclovin
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kharma45 said:
Like a BOSS earlier! ARE YOU HAVING FUN?
Fusion Pizza
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URGH, I want fucking change but this is not how you go about it, goddamn idiots, the lot of them should be rounded up. It doesnt fucking matter what age they are when they start setting fire to buildings and doing that much damage, and its spreading? get your shit under control UK.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/08/mark-duggan-handgun-lethal-weapon?intcmp=239Kentpaul said:
He probably deserved to be shot.
ColR100 said:
The firearms officer is understood to have told investigators that he opened fire because he believed he was in danger from a lethal weapon. Two shots were fired, it is understood; one hit Duggan and one missed, lodging in another officer's radio.
Shit coulda killed a passing kid, if the cop can't even aim he shouldn't be using a gun.
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You're an idiot.Ripclawe said:
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Kentpaul said:
Wait, what?
You have a job, that's threadworthy news.
The Incarnation
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mxgt said:
Keep on expecting other people to do your dirty work then.
You see people with loyalty to their nation wouldn't put up with this. In fact people with a sense of community wouldn't stand for it at all. See the Turks for an example, they aren't moaning about why the government and police doing enough, they're sorting out their own shit.. In many respects they're living out David Cameron's dream, Big Society, but in this case little community.
Brits, English people especially as a whole are rather individualistic, selfish and spoiled. You can see this in the way our Football fans expect England to actually win things. A woefully misplaced sense of entitlement. Can't live off delusional history forever.
Only around such people can chaos like this freely reign. Because if the people in general were more like the Turks in London let's say, I'd wager quite a lot that this riot wouldn't of happened in the first place. They wouldn't of dared.
This is the result of what happens when people become too separated in a nation.
People will always act like their peers. And if a bunch of folks feel like they don't belong, they won't give a shit, about anything really, their own health, other people's health and safety, other people's property, just look at what they do to the streets that even they themselves live on.. They have no anchor in the nations that they live in. It takes a bit more than England fuck yeah and waving a flag around to help a person develop pride in where they live..
So yeah, expect others to defend the place where you live, when people like yourselves have really done nothing to make the place worth living.
Youre from up North right? The PSNI probably have more need to use the large shields when compared to the MET.kharma45 said:Just noticed, the riot shields the MET have are tiny compared to the one we mainly use, almost full length
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Its fucking terrible that the PSNI still have to use those massive riot shields to stop the scumbags from both sides.
The worst of the troubles ended 30 years ago FFS. I thought we'd be past this.
The Incarnation
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Darren870 said:
Can I call you child because I'm older than you in real life?
Or is a label on an internet forum how you really value your self worth?
theignoramus
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Bahrain foreign minister on twitter: "RT @Hazem_Janahi Facing civil unrest is quite ugly, let's just hope #londonriots will end soon with minimal damage"
asked him if London should dial the Saudi army.
asked him if London should dial the Saudi army.
Phonomezer
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Chaos said:
The FUCK. It was like something out of LEFT 4 DEAD.
I'm not suggesting we should show much sympathy right now. I'm suggesting that these things don't just happen, that there are legitimate social issues which have allowed a generation of kids to grow up with no attachment to society, and that it is in everyone's interest to consider how to avoid this recurring in the future.Ripclawe said:
You take it as read that the people throwing firebombs are bastards. Doesn't fix anything though.
IdreamofHIME
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Kentpaul said:
There's also reports the 2nd shot did hit Duggan and went right through to hit the police officer as well. Nothing has been confirmed yet. We won't know anything until Wednesday at the earliest.
Clegg said:
Yeah I am, and I'll guarantee we'll see them out again this weekend with the 12th of August upon us.
The police lines the met have our are too thin in places, seriously, they need to be packed tight like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkMhZaFJNus
Jezbollah
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Evening Gaf.. chiming in for the last time - spent a few hours with a friend in Bounds Green before going home.. Nothing there (although it's near Southgate and Palmers Green).
After listening to the radio on the drive home (and the disgusting Ken Livingstone on Radio 5 Live almost justifying the rioters, with a major political twist towards his political aspirations of being re-elected Mayor next year), the overwhelming feeling I have right now is how helpless the Police are in terms of outright manpower. God only knows if what we saw in Croydon was to happen in a dozen more places around Greater London.
If there was any genuine co-ordination between gangs, with the promise of rioting resulting in little to no immediate reaction by the police (and the prospect of free loot) in all large towns in the home counties, the scenes could be something never seen before.
It's no wonder why the Government are trying to get the master RIM key for Blackberry Messenger... They are being technically and physically outgunned in every incident.
After listening to the radio on the drive home (and the disgusting Ken Livingstone on Radio 5 Live almost justifying the rioters, with a major political twist towards his political aspirations of being re-elected Mayor next year), the overwhelming feeling I have right now is how helpless the Police are in terms of outright manpower. God only knows if what we saw in Croydon was to happen in a dozen more places around Greater London.
If there was any genuine co-ordination between gangs, with the promise of rioting resulting in little to no immediate reaction by the police (and the prospect of free loot) in all large towns in the home counties, the scenes could be something never seen before.
It's no wonder why the Government are trying to get the master RIM key for Blackberry Messenger... They are being technically and physically outgunned in every incident.
Meus Renaissance
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Chaos said:
This epitomises this entire thing better than words. The police are out of their depth here. Honestly, we should find ways to organise community protection groups to protect our local areas.
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