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

ItsAWindUp

Ponster wrote: »

Well done to the shopkeepers in Dalston who armed mostly with baseball bats are protecting their property and have charged down the scum that had just set fire to a restaurant.

Would love to see rioters seriously injured

baldbear

I know civil liberties would disagree but could the police not just shoot the rioters? or go in and beat the sh*te out of them?

Ponster

robinph wrote: »

Missed the weather, did he say it was going to rain. A nice heavy thunderstorm would do wonders at stopping their desire to riot and feck about on the streets.

No rain. 22° for the next 4 days

Nodin

joseph brand wrote: »

The looters are not doing Mark Duggans' memory any favours by thieving in his name.

I hope it's not deemed racist to enquire why all the looters are African?

They aren't......Of identiable races its been "white" "black" and "asian"(indian/pakistani etc). In one sense its been a wonderful display of community integration. fair enough its into an amorphous track suited mass of skangers, but there ye go.

robinph

baldbear wrote: »

I know civil liberties would disagree but could the police not just shoot the rioters? or go in and beat the sh*te out of them?

Nope, they can't.

ItsAWindUp

baldbear wrote: »

I know civil liberties would disagree but could the police not just shoot the rioters? or go in and beat the sh*te out of them?

Nope, that's discrimination don't you know:rolleyes:

Superbus

Ponster wrote: »

No rain. 22° for the next 4 days

Lovely day for a riot.

Nodin

baldbear wrote: »

I know civil liberties would disagree but could the police not just shoot the rioters? or go in and beat the sh*te out of them?

...because that worked out o so well before.

Spudmonkey

Can't watch anymore of this. Its making me sick. :mad:

Biggins

baldbear wrote: »

I know civil liberties would disagree but could the police not just shoot the rioters? or go in and beat the sh*te out of them?

On a realistic side, that would mean more inquiries for every death or injury, more court cases, more costly funerals that the state would inevitably have to pay for, more medical bills for the state to cough up for, more court time tied up in compensation claims, etc...

...And thats only one aspect.

ascanbe

For Forks Sake wrote: »

F*cking imbecile. Great big dose of Fail.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p39ULW_xzUE

Carls..Heineken don't do riots, but if they did..

k.p.h

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-qcVbD4dRk

Kensington

3ndahalfof6 wrote: »

I agree, even with our small population Ireland is bigger than Dublin,

how well would they cope if it was wide spread (I know it may not happen but if it did?)

Good point.
However, we've a lot of urban sprawl in this country.
Apart from a few small densely populated pockets in the main cities, Ireland tends to be very spread out population wise which would make "mob-rule" on a widespread scale difficult to achieve (thankfully) and hence very easy to quell.

Agent Smith

The kaiser chiefs Must be feeling pretty smug right about now....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hamKl-su8PE

Scuid Mhór

guys i am of the younger generation. how long do these things usually go on for???

Latchy

Journalist on The bbc feed down in Clapham now saying the looting by hundreds has being going on at major stores for two hrs now with no police in sight .The police must be stretched ...

Mr. Denton

robinph wrote: »

Missed the weather, did he say it was going to rain. A nice heavy thunderstorm would do wonders at stopping their desire to riot and feck about on the streets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsQypGlE7c8

Hank Scorpio

late

ascanbe

Agent Smith wrote: »

The kaiser chiefs Must be feeling pretty smug right about now....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hamKl-su8PE

It took a while, but you have to hand it to them.

biddyteabags

I think the guy on Sky News now is excited about whats going on.

foxinsox

Wonder why they can't have their Cobra meeting tonight?

Anyone?

Anyone?

LighterGuy

Scuid Mhór wrote: »

guys i am of the younger generation. how long do these things usually go on for???

they usually last for around 5 days every 4 weeks...

scopper

Scuid Mhór wrote: »

guys i am of the younger generation. how long do these things usually go on for???

Now that they have finally realized how serious it is the fightback should begin tomorrow, but who knows - the riot/looting vibe is not something we have seen before - usually there is some identifiable reason for these things.

Sardonicat

Twitter is over capacity

psycho-hope

Latchy wrote: »

Journalist on The bbc feed down in Clapham now saying the looting by hundreds has being going on at major stores for two hrs now with no police in sight .The police must be stretched ...

Yup the bf's uncle is based in surrey and hes on standby to go either to birmingham or london and has been since 9pm

Mr. Denton

Scuid Mhór wrote: »

guys i am of the younger generation. how long do these things usually go on for???

Usually about a week.

who the fug

Scuid Mhór wrote: »

guys i am of the younger generation. how long do these things usually go on for???

give it another day or so, then there will be nothing left to rob

Superbus

foxinsox wrote: »

Wonder why they can't have their Cobra meeting tonight?

Anyone?

Anyone?

Cameron has to return from his holiday.

In Tuscany, don't you know.

Latchy

Scuid Mhór wrote: »

guys i am of the younger generation. how long do these things usually go on for???

Hopefully not much longer ...next few days will see a much bigger picture of what further action will be taken .

mossyc123

Ah, would Sky News ever stop dismissing the idea of Water Cannon because it didn't prevent rioting in NI for 30 years.

Legitimate political struggle compared to pointless looting :rolleyes: