London and UK riots (started in Tottenham 10:30PM, 6th Aug)

KeithAFC

A chance for everyone to loot it seems?

tayto lover

Wait till Del Boy and Rodney arrive in the Reliant Robin and the frontlines will disperse to let them through.

Biggins

Biggins wrote: »

This is my sister in law (Amanda) in the street commenting: http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/2025/capture3bxi.jpg

very sad. Id say theres lots of women and children like herself, nervous frightenened.
They have to stop this madness.

RobitTV

Police trying to take control on hackey making small charges foward

starviewadams

Few dog units finally on the streets in Peckham.

Kiera

Why do they go backwards after charging?

Balloon Of a fish in C.

Wonder if the london police were relying too much on cameras and thats why this has happened.

RobitTV

Police slowly pulling back in hackney (1,000th post

IvySlayer

Jake1 wrote: »

very sad. Id say theres lots of women and children like herself, nervous frightenened.
They have to stop this madness.

Men are capable of experiencing fear too.

foxinsox

IvySlayer wrote: »

I hope Tom is behaving himself :mad:

I hope Brummytom is ok!




What does being kettled mean?

mikemac

State of all those flats

Even without rioting Hackney looks a realy grim place to live

That black car is going to meet a fiery end

RobitTV

• Masked youths clash with police and smash shops in Hackney
• Clashes in Lewisham, Peckham, Deptford, Elephant & Castle
• Confrontation between police and youths in Birmingham
• Boris Johnson cuts short holiday to return to London
• Police step up patrols tonight as officers abandon leave
• Twitter users could face arrest for incitement, Yard warns

mickydoomsux

Kiera wrote: »

Why do they go backwards after charging?

It's to instill fear in the people they are charging AFAIK.

Make them anticipate the next charge and some will lose their nerve and disperse.

Latchy

Some interesting comments about police tactics with some saying there doesn't seem to be any serious leadership at the top and the police tactic of just standing still behind shields while mob lob bricks and bottles etc, at them is not the way to deal with whats happening now .


Camerons still on holiday to ...:rolleyes:

starviewadams

Kettling=Police surrounding a crowd and not letting them move away.

Kiera

mickydoomsux wrote: »

It's to instill fear in the people they are charging AFAIK.

Make them anticipate the next charge and some will lose their nerve and disperse.

But why dont they stay where they have charged to?

Biggins

mikemac wrote: »

...Even without rioting Hackney looks a realy grim place to live

It is. Its a very poor area.

RobitTV

The police need to bring out the water cannons, and the tear gas and the horses.

IvySlayer

IvySlayer wrote: »

Men are capable of experiencing fear too.

Im sure there are Ivy, but in this case I was referring to Biggins' sister and her four children.

who the fug

Clare Bear wrote: »

God this is awful to watch The locals must be terrified I hope it all comes to an end soon.

No one is having a G & T, thinking about doing ones ironing

IvySlayer

A group of youths burning a car right now....police should be arriving and arresting them all...anyone who resists gets a baton to the face.

Sand

I dont envy the police on the street there. If a single rioter slips and falls or suffers a serious injury, the cops will be dragged out and crucified. Its no wonder the police have stood back and tried to wait for this to burn out rather than risk being jailed themselves.

mike65

foxinsox wrote: »

What does being kettled mean?

It means making the scum a nice cup of sweet tea to calm them down.

the bolt

mickydoomsux wrote: »

Switch to live rounds. This would all be over in half an hour.

was it not live rounds that started all this in the first place.

dfx-

foxinsox wrote: »

I think the world has become so PC that it has become ridiculous! There is no excuse for the criminal damage that these people are doing and I believe they should be stopped. A police force should be able to use necessary force to control the baddies.

There is no way in hell that looting and running down the road with a TV can be classed as any form of political protest against the police!

Yes, again, this later stuff is no protest against the police no doubt, but if the police were to storm in, there'll be more generations of people against the Met.

Surely they have to be smart..it probably isn't too hard to be smarter than the looters..

Richard Hillman

Could they not drop tear gas from the police helicopters

mossyc123

mikemac wrote: »

State of all those flats

Even without rioting Hackney looks a realy grim place to live

That black car is going to meet a fiery end

Plenty of parks and greenery.

Roads and paths in top class condition.

A lot of shops and good transport links.

It's not Utopian, but it's a hell of a lot nicer then Parisien Banlieues or the Projects in Major US Cities.

It's the people who live there that make it a kip.

foxinsox

IvySlayer wrote: »

A group of youths burning a car right now....police should be arriving and arresting them all...anyone who resists gets a baton to the face.

I'm watching that on Sky News :eek:

mickydoomsux

Kiera wrote: »

But why dont they stay where they have charged to?

They don't want to leave the position they have established and secured. They could get surrounded if they keep moving their line.

Wertz

foxinsox wrote: »

What does being kettled mean?

Surrounded or ringed by officers...it's an attempt to corral and limit movement of large crowds.