Mecha_Infantry
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London riots spreading through UK
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Joel Was Right
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Mecha_Infantry said:
If you mean the reference towards the stop and searches? I'd be the last person to cite race as a cause considering I'm black myself. I can see how you might have thought that - apologies. My rage comments throughout the night have been in relation to the explanations been given in the last few days for these riots - things such as stop and searches - my reaction is F-that. It's utterly ludicrous. Because of what has happened over the last few nights, stop and searches are now essentially rubber stamped with public approval [cue the whinging about being stopped because you're looking shady wearing that hoody]. Even if it was to piss them off, I honestly am not bothered - go cry about it over that Plasma telly you stole.
No sympathy whatsoever on my part. Don't care if their yardies or chavs. Cunts the lot of them who nothing but to act hard and live off JD sports and pay as you go topups.
Keyser Soze
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The Sony place that is on fire is where a huge number of their CDs, DVDs, UMDs, and Blu-ray Discs get pressed
Goldrusher
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No, but already hundreds of people have lost everything they had in the fires.kottila said:
Manos: The Hans of Fate
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SmokyDave said:
I assume they can have more open Rules of Engagement. That said have they been using tear gas and rubber bullets a lot? They could also start doing more arrests and issuing serious charges and not stuff that will get dismissed or reduced in short time. That said I've been following this whole thing very sparingly, so I'm not up on all the details.
Subliminal
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DangerousMali said:
I don't get it. Isn't it august?
HotHamWater
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DangerousMali said:
You know it's August, right?
IdreamofHIME
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Sky's showing that vid of the police being swarmed and saying it's from Liverpool.
Check your facts! It's freaking Woolwich!
Check your facts! It's freaking Woolwich!
Technosteve
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stay safe UK Gaf i will watch trainspotting and think of you guys
zomgbbqftw
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Doc Evils said:
Yeah, I saw that, DADC research lab up in flames. It would cost something like £20m to replace it. I don't see Sony doing that if the Met can't guarantee it will still be standing.
The Incarnation
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The English Conquistador said:
Yeah because I said that. Why bother reading at all when 90% of what you say comes from wild imaginings. Typical behavior from a coward, unable to face the reality in front of him..
Keeping fiddling while London burns.
spiderman123
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Keyser Soze said:
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outunderthestars
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Do British police seriously not have tear gas and rubber bullets?
ClosingADoor
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I still don't get your point, but that's ok.Mecha_Infantry said:
Scythian Empire
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kottila said:
Someone in Croydon got shot
zomgbbqftw
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Keyser Soze said:
Yeah, and it houses a high tech research lab as well where they work on emerging optical technology, one of a kind in Europe.
jufonuk
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ok?? london is a busy city in the main people are going around going about thier own business.. stop and talk to them and they are a friendly bunch, put them in a danger (7/7) they will band together and help each other out, it will happen I have faith in my city.... but I am sure everywhere is pretty much like that or is that just me?The Incarnation said:
ThisWreckage
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Polari said:
The very moment buildings were being set ablaze they should have started firing rubber bullets and setting off gas. Let a couple of the punks get shot and watch the others fall in line.
Mecha_Infantry
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Meus Renaissance said:
This is why I can't see your point. I don't want to sound like I'm damning you, but as a black male from London, I don't think I can ever condone what you said. A few bad apples can't mess up the cart. Do they target all white males for possible [insert common white crime, for which they are charged for]?
It's like Trident, where the fuck is trident for any other race who commit gun crimes?!
It just sickens me that MET can get away with blanketing S&Ss against minorities .,
You did confuse me though!
Manos: The Hans of Fate
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I have to wonder how different this would be in the United States, mostly due to civilians being more armed. This is both sides of course, some rioters (I would suspect not in large numbers), but also people defending property, like Korean-Americans during the LA Riots.
BlazingDarkness
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Wow, this is hugeDECK'ARD said:More Sony:
Innova Park, Enfield Lock.
if the police started fighting back it would be worse tomorrow. it'd spread in more uncontrollable ways and more people would actually get hurt. Things are being damaged, but if 200 youths clashed with 40 riot cops it would be carnage and it would not end well. Polce restraint is extremely important in flashpoints like this.
Reason its so difficult to control is cos its popping up all over the place and fading away again as cops are deployed elsewhere. This is impossible to police. They basically have to declare war and they do not have the resources for that. Army is needed if they want to do more than wait for them to calm down and count the losses.
You might speculate that if the police did start hitting and so on it'd end quickly. The lack of action may well be encouraging repeat offenses and copycat crimes elsewhere.
Spread to Liverpool as well as Birmingham now.
Reason its so difficult to control is cos its popping up all over the place and fading away again as cops are deployed elsewhere. This is impossible to police. They basically have to declare war and they do not have the resources for that. Army is needed if they want to do more than wait for them to calm down and count the losses.
You might speculate that if the police did start hitting and so on it'd end quickly. The lack of action may well be encouraging repeat offenses and copycat crimes elsewhere.
Spread to Liverpool as well as Birmingham now.
Goldrusher
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Surely that fire has got to be an unrelated incident, right ?Keyser Soze said:
One moment they're lighting up small streetside shops, the next they have set ablaze one of the nation's most high tech factories in a secure businesspark ?
CadetMahoney said:form the net
I almost refuse to believe that somebody could be so fucking stupid as to post his Looting wares Pic on Twitter. Unbelievable.
I'm in Leicester and there was a BIG police presence in the town centre a few hours ago.. Hope nothing kicks off here...
The looters breaking into peoples houses stories are making me feel sick... and now its kicking off in Liverpool?? Fuck this.
More Fun To Compute
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This picture from the Birmingham Mail sort of jumped out at me.
Keyser Soze
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zomgbbqftw said:Yeah, and it houses a high tech research lab as well where they work on emerging optical technology, one of a kind in Europe.
Yeah, its terrible. I was just thinking current term (possible delays of upcoming games). However, totally ruining work on upcoming technology is worse.
Mr. Luchador
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Wax Free Vanilla
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Technosteve said:
with the police being a bunch of soft touches.
The Incarnation
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jufonuk said:
Please, people are scared to make eye contact down there. *lol*
Dark Machine
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Seep said:
This. Fucking wish they'd fuck off and leave the city alone. It's taken fucking years to get things back together up here. All that work could be gone in hours if these wankers don't piss off. Come on Merseyside Police!
zomgbbqftw
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Goldrusher said:
It's not that secure. I've been there a couple of times.
I can't believe this shit. I was coming out of Birmingham earlier tonight and saw most of the main roads into the city were closed off by police and it looked like all was under control. Now a police station in Handsworth has been set on fire?!
Stay safe gaffer who said he was in Handsworth.
Edit: AND Fuck the scumbags going into peoples homes, what is wrong with you!
Stay safe gaffer who said he was in Handsworth.
Edit: AND Fuck the scumbags going into peoples homes, what is wrong with you!
Oh, you're just being obtuse. Honestly, advising people round up into groups and jeopordise their own safety? Calling people cowardly because they don't want to escalate the violence? Saying people are entitled because they expect police to protect property?The Incarnation said:
Yeah, we get it - you're part of some superior race above the sub-species that are Londoners. You have balls of steel and a heart full of social equality. You've made your incredibly inane point. You can leave now.
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