jamieson87
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London riots spreading through UK
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Meus Renaissance
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Meus Renaissance
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Some were seen running away with trolleys full of stolen items
Police shot armed suspect who fired on them during black on black crime investigation. Riots.
Meanwhile another black kid gets stabbed to death as per usual and the black community shrugs business as usual moaning that the Police dont do anything.
Slow hand clap. Nick Griffin strokes his white cat in his BNP lair.
Oh and twat commenting on BBC. Underprevliged youths dont go around recordung everything on their iPhones.
Meanwhile another black kid gets stabbed to death as per usual and the black community shrugs business as usual moaning that the Police dont do anything.
Slow hand clap. Nick Griffin strokes his white cat in his BNP lair.
Oh and twat commenting on BBC. Underprevliged youths dont go around recordung everything on their iPhones.
Broder Salsa
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jambo said:
People like free stuff and quite a few will steal when it goes unpunished? Not surprising really.
No, the 'peaceful' march was due to some degenerate getting shot, the rioting is due to anonymous fuckwit group logic.Ponti said:
example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNNjaLxkDFk (sadly it's from Australia)
people standing around, 1 person starts and then everyone goes in.
Adam Scott Aukerman
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Meus Renaissance said:
Hah, everything but the Macs.
Meus Renaissance
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Raydeen said:
Ponti said:
There is a strong belief amongst youths in London, particularly the black youths, that the Police unfairly target them. Some will argue that is justified. Nonetheless it has stoked up feelings of victimisation and anger.
Re: shooting
As a result of the general distrust of the Police, any death resulting from a confrontation with them is naturally going to be viewed with suspicion. There was a peaceful protest outside the local Police Station where they were demanding more information on the shooting as there are still questions left to be answered. But no one came out to speak to the protestors for hours. The mood then changed and that began to escalate, drawing in other groups who took advantage and started to use it as a platform to target the police and loot. The violence isn't necessarily directed related to the shooting of that gang member. This could have happened anywhere in London.
The sad thing is those who had valid complaints now have been undermined. They'll be marred as thugs or gang apologists because some idiots just want an excuse to start trouble. The Police have an impossible task on their hands.
teruterubozu
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Every time I read the title of this thread I hear "London Calling".
Benjamin1981
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jambo said:
Yeah, stealing those shitty netbooks and leaving the gorgeous iMac behind.
Born and raised in the estates right behind where the BBC reporter was standing, luckily we moved out a few years ago. It really is a shithole with some decent people. Normally the youths stay in their estates and go from one to the other but this time they actually came out into the high rd, showing just how much of a problem they have become.
The police should have been much more aggressive, it seemed like things quieted down around midnight and then kicked off again because all they did was hold their position allowing a mob to build up. The rioters are just cowards taking advantage of the situation and if the police started using tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons they would have dispersed. It seemed like the police were content with standing in one spot protecting the area around the station. I dread to think how they will handle any trouble during the Olympics they couldn't even get Tottenham under control.
The police should have been much more aggressive, it seemed like things quieted down around midnight and then kicked off again because all they did was hold their position allowing a mob to build up. The rioters are just cowards taking advantage of the situation and if the police started using tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons they would have dispersed. It seemed like the police were content with standing in one spot protecting the area around the station. I dread to think how they will handle any trouble during the Olympics they couldn't even get Tottenham under control.
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Benjamin1981 said:
At least they have some taste.
Foliorum Viridum
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What a disgrace. I hope every scumbag involved gets locked up.
More Fun To Compute
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Benjamin1981 said:
These are regular criminals not apple computer fundamentalists on a crusade for the one true user experience.
Funky Papa
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Practical chaps.Benjamin1981 said:
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SolidusDave
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Almost everyone participating in violent "protests" only uses the original cause just as an excuse to break stuff, fight people and of course to steal stuff. Everywhere around the world, every time.
I don't understand why police is so soft about this in many countries. The very moment a shop gets looted, someone is physically attacked or a car is set on fire, they should simply spray the crowd with rubber bullets, water canons and tear gas until the riot is over.
I don't understand why police is so soft about this in many countries. The very moment a shop gets looted, someone is physically attacked or a car is set on fire, they should simply spray the crowd with rubber bullets, water canons and tear gas until the riot is over.
J Tourettes
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FStop7 said:
It's pronounced Totnum by most people, so similar sounding to Compton.
33-Hit-Combo
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SolidusDave said:
But but but, what about their rights?!
Meus Renaissance
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SolidusDave said:
Agreed
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
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jambo said:
Totally. Didn't even take any software or external HDD's.
Meus Renaissance
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D4Danger said:
Trainers > Macs
J Tourettes said:
Also the original Compton is a quiet little suburb of Wolverhampton.
Never judge a book by its cover/pronunciation.
The Incarnation
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SolidusDave said:
Randomly gunning down the population in Syria doesn't seem to work when it comes to stopping protesters.
Harsher treatment will only cause further trouble in the long run.
Fear of authority rarely yields good fruit.
Black Republican
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my black people 
Ireland doesn't really have a Football hooligan culture. Probably because football is only our third most popular sport.Salazar said:
The only hooliganism at an Irish football match I can remember is when visiting English fans rioted after Ireland went up 1-0 against England. The match was abandoned after that. English fans were solely to blame for that incident.
Edit: Scots of Irish descent are generally just called Scottish. And they're still not as bad as the hooligans that were around in the 70's-80's
Funky Papa
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Eh, when was the last time the Welsh gave any shit?
radioheadrule83
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f0rk said:
The computers are usually always running screensavers and videos that you can't get out of unless you know the store password, and these morons won't know how the fuck to wipe a computer clean or anything...
absolute pricks. You can tell most of them don't actually give a toss about what happened, just by the stores that were looted. They looted electronics stores, sports clothing stores, food places things like that -- they were just out to wreck the joint and have a good time stealing valuable things.
I hope the police get every fucker who was on camera doing this. Every single one. Brutal crackdown.
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