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

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    #1652
    Teangalad
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭Teangalad


    super_furry wrote: »
    Where's the tear gas? The water cannons? The rubber bullets? Thempolice response has been shocking and they had two nights warning.

    Really makes you wonder if they'd be able to cope if something went wrong during the Olympics.

    It is illegal to use water canon on Mainland Britain, if they want themthey will have to bring them in from NI


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    #1653
    lila44
    Registered Users Posts: 354 ✭✭lila44


    but they seem to be doing very little....


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    #1654
    RobitTV
    Registered Users Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭RobitTV


    Sky news: Met has run out of resources, fire spreading losing control.

    I Think the goverment need's to call in the Army and get the RAF helicopters out to drop water bombs on the fires


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    #1655
    CiaranMT
    Registered Users Posts: 4,092 ✭✭✭CiaranMT


    WonderWoman! wrote: »
    But why the violence ?
    Government ? pay cuts?

    Chance to get free stuff, safety in numbers.


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    #1656
    coonecb1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 523 ✭✭✭coonecb1


    stacexD wrote: »
    The sky news reporter when he filmed them on his iphone...
    is that fun is it? are you having fun looting? are you? are you?

    Yeah, pretty ballsy wasn't he! I'd have been making myself scarce if I was in that situation :o


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    #1657
    ItsAWindUp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,325 ✭✭✭ItsAWindUp


    RobitTV wrote: »
    Sky news: Met has run out of resources, fire spreading losing control.

    I Think the goverment need's to call in the Army and get the RAF helicopters out to drop water bombs on the fires

    And regular bombs on the rioters.


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    #1658
    blackdog2
    Registered Users Posts: 852 ✭✭✭blackdog2


    Talk of serious trouble in Liverpool, apparently a mob heading to the city centre

    http://twitter.com/#!/Kristian_Walsh


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    #1659
    Brain Stroking
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭Brain Stroking


    Superbus wrote: »
    He came across extremely well.

    Irish inferiority complex anyone? It was that attitude that caused Roy Keane to kick off in Saipan


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    #1660
    mickydoomsux
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,290 ✭✭✭mickydoomsux


    0045: West Midlands Police confirm that a police station in Holyhead Road in Handsworth, Birmingham, is on fire.

    Well, this is going well. Should have broken out the live rounds much earlier in the day.


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    #1661
    k.p.h
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    Breaking New : Ebay "free insertion fees all week"


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    #1662
    Biggins
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    CiaranMT wrote: »
    Chance to get free stuff, safety in numbers.
    Thats it in one.
    Opportunistic chance multiplied by a flash group frenzy.


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    #1663
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,942 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    This is f'ing crazy!

    This made me LOL though:

    http://twitpic.com/634iax


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    #1664
    [Deleted User]
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    WonderWoman! wrote: »
    But why the violence ?
    Government ? pay cuts?

    Supposedly this all started because someone the cops claimed to have been a gangster was gunned down in the back of a mini-cab by police officers. It also transpired since then that he was unarmed. Following this, a vigil was held for the deceased, which then turned to violence.

    However, I severely doubt anyone out rioting and looting right now actually even knows what the original cause was. They're just rioting/looting/setting fires for the sake of doing so


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    #1665
    up for anything
    Registered Users Posts: 5,778 ✭✭✭up for anything


    All football cancelled tomorrow because of the riots...except Millwall and Leeds who have declared it "Ladies Day."


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    #1666
    ItsAWindUp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,325 ✭✭✭ItsAWindUp


    Thargor wrote: »
    This is f'ing crazy!

    This made me LOL though:

    http://twitpic.com/634iax

    I hope that earns that fine gentleman a conviction.


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    #1667
    RobitTV
    Registered Users Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭RobitTV


    Im happy that my grandad is not at his house he lives near croydon, thank god hes not there.


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    #1668
    Pompey Magnus
    Registered Users Posts: 5,406 ✭✭✭Pompey Magnus


    James__10 wrote: »
    Two Super Hero's Been Spotted Round Peckham,Blackman And Robbing

    Not these?


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    #1669
    RobitTV
    Registered Users Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭RobitTV


    Sky news: Violence breaks out in liverpool


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    #1670
    ItsAWindUp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,325 ✭✭✭ItsAWindUp


    Jesus Christ the scenes from Liverpool:eek:


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    #1671
    dark crystal
    Registered Users Posts: 10,962 ✭✭✭✭dark crystal


    Sierra Oscar wrote: »
    What do you expect? The police have been hounded for using "excessive force" over the last few months during public order disturbances in London. I would imagine that many of the officers are afraid of making one wrong step and having their job put at risk.

    .

    Yep, they're terrified of breaching these people's human rights.... the police officers don't fancy ending up in court instead of the criminals.


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    #1672
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    I havnt seen that sky news reporter before but he is doing a great and brave job around Croydon. This will certainly be his big break in TV if anything good shall come out of this.


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    #1673
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,524 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    Sky News showing footage of trouble in Liverpool now.


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    #1674
    clikityclak
    Registered Users Posts: 470 ✭✭clikityclak


    Liverpool kicking off! -Sky News

    Compulsive viewing, can't turn away... actual scary stuff...


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    #1675
    WonderWoman!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,212 ✭✭✭WonderWoman!


    Hopefully It don't spread to the north


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    #1676
    ontheditch2
    Registered Users Posts: 372 ✭✭ontheditch2


    christ, liverpool cops not prepared at all, getting hammered by the scum..


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    #1677
    Biggins
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    blackdog2 wrote: »
    Talk of serious trouble in Liverpool, apparently a mob heading to the city centre

    http://twitter.com/#!/Kristian_Walsh
    Sky just showing live footage apparently.


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    #1678
    RobitTV
    Registered Users Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭RobitTV


    Cameron is a idiot The UK is burning, disorder is getting out of control.


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    #1679
    decembersun77
    Closed Accounts Posts: 173 ✭✭decembersun77


    It's very sad. London is such a great city with a lot of great people. I am surprised there hasn't been riots in Dublin with the way how the government threw money away and give bonus to the fat cats and at the same time cut welfare, incomes, disablity and health and now education! Plus bringing in new charges for everything they can think of.


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    #1680
    clikityclak
    Registered Users Posts: 470 ✭✭clikityclak


    Richard Hillman wrote: »
    I havnt seen that sky news reporter before but he is doing a great and brave job around Croydon. This will certainly be his big break in TV if anything good shall come out of this.

    Jaysus he has some liathroidi to be going round filming and asking the looters 'is this making you happy?'. Kudos on the reporting there like!


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    #1681
    RobitTV
    Registered Users Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭RobitTV


    00.45 Cars torched in Grove St, Toxteth, Liverpool, ITV news reporter Ben Schofield says. An unmanned police station in Holyhead Road, Handsworth, Birmingham has been torched. Looting reported in Crystal Palace, London. Police have told all London football clubs to cancel matches.


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