Random Tottenham riots!

[^woody^]

It seems that youths in the middle east and north Africa are rioting for freedom and against oppressive regimes, and "our" youths are rioting for a new mobile, 42" plasma and a pair of nike trainers.

IMO, the Police have some serious questions to answer ... starting with "Why aren't you doing anything?"

 

[LastMagicBean]

I can't wait for the namby pamby anti police members of this forum to suddenly swop sides and call for harsh policing to restore law and order................

Hang on....... There we go

why cant they use water cannons?

The killing of M Duggan aside control needs to be taken back and harshly

 

[petit_pablo]

IMO, the Police have some serious questions to answer ... starting with "Why aren't you doing anything?"

Probably because there arent enough guys riot trained within the met police. The last thing the police will want to do is send in a few guys and get over run.

 

[thatbloke]

Havent read the whole thread but apparently the riots are due to chavs wanting to loot JD Sports for a new pair of Nike trainers.
Apologies if this has been concluded before.

 

[thatbloke]

IMO, the Police have some serious questions to answer ... starting with "Why aren't you doing anything?"

Probably because there arent enough guys riot trained within the met police. The last thing the police will want to do is send in a few guys and get over run.

*******s , I bet if this was Notting Hill it would have been stamped out pronto.

 

[Alarm]

Notting Hill will be fun, they cannot canx it.
It will be used as another flash point though.

 

[^woody^]

Probably because there arent enough guys riot trained within the met police. The last thing the police will want to do is send in a few guys and get over run.

Maybe so, but this is the what, 4th major riot in the past few years where the Police have been ineffective?

OK, its not the front-line officers who are to blame, but the "Police" need to plan and deal with these situations and develop an appropriate response and tactics using the resources available.

As is, we have a nonsense situation where a group of criminals can organise a mass looting and destruction of property any time they like.

 

[spacecat]

I can't wait for the namby pamby anti police members of this forum to suddenly swop sides and call for harsh policing to restore law and order................

Hang on....... There we go

why cant they use water cannons?

The killing of M Duggan aside control needs to be taken back and harshly

You know so LITTLE about me its a JOKE!

let me break it down so a moron can understand

MAN GETS KILLED AND THE POLICE ARE MAYBE AT FAULT ME ANGRY ..MENENZIES, THE G20 RIOT GUY AND MAYBE .....M DUGGAN?

MORONS SMASH UP INNOCENT SHOPS AND BUSINESSES AND PEOPLES HOMES ME ALSO ANGRY


THE TWO FEELINGS ARE NOT NECESSARILY CONNECTED

 

[thatbloke]

So why hasnt Prince charlie and Co decided unexpectedly , unannounced and completely out of procedure to drive through this riot in their large windowed and unprotected ''parade'' car?

 

[alumni]

I wonder if the natives'll be restless again tonight.

That might depend on the police...

I notice this one slipped through earlier.

I suppose it's the bizzies doing all the rioting is it?
Or is the Guardian reader looking for more evidence to defend scumbag scroats?

 

[thatbloke]

Do you read the Guardian Space Cat?

 

[Whitespirit66]

I was in London, and got caught up in the trouble. I didn't think I could outrun the mob of rioters coming towards me, so I needed to find a hiding place, somewhere they wouldn't go.

I hid in the Job Centre.

 

[Alarm]

if I hear that one more time i`ll castrate the publisher

 

[Whitespirit66]

Just shoot me instead.

 

[Mickymoody]

why cant they use water cannons?

The killing of M Duggan aside control needs to be taken back and harshly

The use of water cannon is illegal in this country, as it's deemed a form of torture. Must be a form of waterboarding torture, as used by the Americans.

Rubber bullets are allowed, but thought to be too damaging, if a person is hit in the wrong place, might lead to death.

This rioting turned from a shooting incident, to some people being stop/searched, then possibly into general revolt at the Government, especially as no major Government figureheads have spoken about the issue. The only person talking sense was Ken Livingstone, ex mayor, and got brow beaten, and told he was only using his comments as political back biting. Too right!!!! The current Government do not give a damn, and have shown that fully, by not showing their faces.

I understand it hurts these businesses, that are chains, that store all their money off shore, and don't pay taxes in the UK, but I predicted an uprising over 12 months ago for this summer. A couple of minor riots, in comparison, then the biggie, hopefully the rain forecast later in the week will not subdue them, and they continue their escapades, so that the Government finally acts to help the disenfranchised, and stop giving incentives to the rich.

The rioters, if they were organised, would prevent rail/road services in/out of london.

A silent protest from the rest of the population, would be a Facebook campaign, telling people to log onto a certain Government website, at a certain time, then continually refresh the homepage = DoS..

It's not illegal to log onto a website, and refresh it, but if somebody setup a website for a lot of people to do it at the same time...?

The same as saying if a million Chinese people jumped in the air at the same time, would the Earths rotation change...

I think the former, may make the Government sit up, and take stock.

On a similar note, the Government has a website where the publics most extreme concerns are published, and bringing back hanging is number one apparently. Presumably, that would refer to our leaders, that can't deal with issues, that they preside over. Oops, sorry the PM is in Italy. The Mayor of London is away, can't be bothered, nobody in power has made any statement, from this condem that nobody voted in.