UK riots

[clifford_-]

where do you draw the line?
how do you know whos who?

im not trying to offer any solutions here, thats what the government are for. but they aint providing any!
i wouldnt know what to do to be honest.
but id have thought water cannons would be used well before military action.
but they are still indiscriminate, lots of potentially innocent people could get hurt.
pressure cooker of a situation...

I'm guessing you guys will get a curfew and told if you're even out past 7pm or 8pm you're going to jail until this shit settles down. Standard multi-day riot response.

Only reason I gather your country is close to bringing in the army is the damage done to the city. Your police aren't numbered enough to monitor the entirety of greater london they seemingly can only respond.

I dont know what they will do. I cant remember the last time it was this bad.
I really doubt the army coming in though, that would be the very last resort, and a very poor choice imo.


This tickled me...

"Things got out of hand & we’d had a few drinks. We smashed the place up and Boris set fire to the toilets.”

David Cameron recalls his time at Oxford, speaking in 1986.

Says it all.

[scattybeanhead]

apparently they set mothercare on fire in colliers wood and PC world has been looted too. wtf is going on here? are stnuc just ringing up all the other stnuc they know and seeing if they wanna loot somewhere. absolutely ridiculous.

also way too many people are saying 'get the army in' 'shoot the bastards' etc.
we're not lybia, syria etc. clearly far too many people think we should be

[autobot]

apparently they set mothercare on fire in colliers wood and PC world has been looted too. wtf is going on here? are stnuc just ringing up all the other stnuc they know and seeing if they wanna loot somewhere. absolutely ridiculous.

also way too many people are saying 'get the army in' 'shoot the bastards' etc.
we're not lybia, syria etc. clearly far too many people think we should be

Thats just down the road from me AHHHH

Need to get some water cannons out

[faust.dtc]

@Pistons They have looted HMV and have left nothing behind but copies of Swagger Jagger.

Why are these dumb fucks looting the wrong places. Apparently Nandos was hit, dont these idiots know you can get peri peri sauce from Sainsburys. And Argos, who the fuck needs that many catalogues and pens?

Mindless...

[Mr Hyde]

just heard that the staff of a Londis locked a looter inside and won't let him get out in East Dulwich

I'm not in London at the moment, but that is just down the road from my house- would be good to go have a look and laugh!

[Pistonsbeneath]

apparently they may have got the sheep but ive texted the owner :/

[magma]

This has got pretty fucking horrible. The individuals aren't making any political point at all apart from "I'm a troublemaking tnuc", but the fact they exist in such numbers is a massive political point.

It should never have come to this.

[wizeguy]

just heard that the staff of a Londis locked a looter inside and won't let him get out in East Dulwich

haha if it kicks off there people will probably just start up their helicopters and lead the crowd away by throwing money down to herne hill

[jameshk]

Sutton is getting a bit hectic apparantly. Kingston are boarding up the bental's center.

[clifford_-]

just heard that the staff of a Londis locked a looter inside and won't let him get out in East Dulwich

haha if it kicks off there people will probably just start up their helicopters and lead the crowd away by throwing money down to herne hill

yea kingstons starting to get a bit rowdy, and putney, alot of overspill from clapham....

[faust.dtc]

apparently they may have got the sheep but ive texted the owner :/

Yeah I heard that too, let me know.

[pkay]

i don't think its a good idea to bring in the army at this level but from an outsiders point of view that's got to be the destination that this train is heading towards.

Your police, 24+ hours into the meat of the rioting, have gained absolutely no footing.

AlJazeera reporting blacks facing of with turkish in hackney apparently?

[flyingointment]

Dis shit sounds fuckin' wild, I texted a couple of people to see if they were ok, they were, thankfully. Is it true the military is involved or some shit? I was getting a mixed impression of how serious things are from twitter.

[DRTY]

apparently they may have got the sheep but ive texted the owner :/

well that sucks, isn't that where your night is?

[knell]

also way too many people are saying 'get the army in' 'shoot the bastards' etc.
we're not lybia, syria etc. clearly far too many people think we should be

apples and oranges. anyone leaving a store after setting it on fire or with an armful of jewelry needs a couple rubber bullets. it's greed, plain and simple. it's one thing stopping someone from protesting against the government, it's another punishing a shit head for being a shit head.


anyway, i heard a lot of people are picking up merchandise from the street and asking where they should take it back to... there's hope

[clifford_-]

Apparently some gangs are competing with each other to see who can do the biggest shit and some are actually cooperating, called off hostilties.
Working together to overpower the police.

shits getting real.

[magma]

And glad to hear all the Croydon ninjas are safe... looks mental down there.

Never have I been so happy about my pussyhole postcode!

[pkay]

Dis shit sounds fuckin' wild, I texted a couple of people to see if they were ok, they were, thankfully. Is it true the military is involved or some shit? I was getting a mixed impression of how serious things are from twitter.

#londonriots #londonriot are the two big hashtags.... have heard nothing about military actually showing up yet via twitter

[brasco]

Dis shit sounds fuckin' wild, I texted a couple of people to see if they were ok, they were, thankfully. Is it true the military is involved or some shit? I was getting a mixed impression of how serious things are from twitter.

#londonriots #londonriot are the two big hashtags.... have heard nothing about military actually showing up yet via twitter

nothing about that on news, still kicking off most places

[Pistonsbeneath]

apparently they may have got the sheep but ive texted the owner :/

Yeah I heard that too, let me know.

he texted back saying its ok trav i think it was all hearsay