Riots in Tottenham, London! (NO RACIST COMMENTS)

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Efour2 said:
I still find it strange that we have Police Horses....They arent allowed to charge you down Heavy brigade style so surely they awkward and only slightly intimidating ?

I wonder if anyone has ever tried petrol bombing one?
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I never get this.. Mounted Police should be able to storn what ever the hell they like! Horses are scary when they're running full pelt at you! (Hence my slight fear of horses from my younger days.)
 
Azza said:
Cheets you need to lay off misc!
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Jeezzus, is that mescaline does to you? :eek:

Are you sure?

I was under the impression that it was a by-product of living under Wigan Pier . . . you live and learn, you live and learn . . . thank you OcUK, I will make a point of avoiding mescaline in future ;)
 
Just traveled home through wood green...looked pretty empty :o suprised if they have moved in. glad i has avoided this D:

edit - was about 40ish minutes now since i was there guess these things move with pace though
 
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fini said:
Everyone should listen to the LBC at the moment (you can listen online). Some of the calls are amazing. A man is at the shopping centre, where people are now turning up with VANS to nick stuff.
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lol just tuned in and the first thing I heard was an advert for Met police specials. :D
 
RollerBall said:
I wonder what it's like at these riots. You can never beleive the media as both for and against always seem to twist things.

I'd be tempted to go to see if "innocent bystanders" were getting whacked with batons or if it's just "poor little danny" who had just moments ago lobbed a brick at them.

I don't want to risk getting nicked for assocation though, just for watching.
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They don't tend to arrest people unless they can clearly ascertain that they are doing something very serious that needs to be acted on immediately. The Police are quite open and I've already seen them comment on the fact that they will be making arrests at the end or afterwards, which is where video evidence helps.

It's why it's actually difficult to arrest people if somebody casually does a bit of damage, then joins the crowds of onlookers.

A friend of mine is a bit of an amateur journalist and he was in the crowds during the December riots. All that happens is that provided you aren't doing anything to get yourself arrested, you will eventually be allowed to go. I seem to remember him saying they were marched over Westminster Bridge at like 10pm and then allowed to go.
 
I'll reiterate my previous point. They need to start shooting on sight. Examples need to be made.

Also, is it fair (just glanced at the pictures) that this can be described as an ethnic riot?
 
On the north side of Tottenham High Road one rioter, who gave his name as "Jamal", told Channel 4 News: "These are our ends, we're here to tell the police they can't abuse us, harass us. We won't put up with it, this is just the beginning, this is war, and this is what you get - fire."

"Jamal" was one of a group of young men smashing up bricks a few metres away from a line of some 150 riot squad officers. The police line contained 11 mounted officers, and around ten officers with dogs. Rioters threw bricks and bottles at the police line, but the majority of the crowd, of around 400 people, were watching the clashes rather than taking part.

The pockets of active men - around 10 groups - wore bandanas as they roamed the frontline with baseball bats and sticks.

One man who threw bricks at the officers told Channel 4 News he "laughed" when he was asked why he was doing it: "Don't ask me why I'm doing this, ask them, this has been coming for a long time."

Why dont the BBC ever broadcast interviews like this?

Round up all wannabe gangsters and shoot them
 
My dad who is a leftie ******* made a comment to me, "awful lot of blacks and muslims out tonight eh?" - I think this says a lot.
 
fini said:
Everyone should listen to the LBC at the moment (you can listen online). Some of the calls are amazing. A man is at the shopping centre, where people are now turning up with VANS to nick stuff.
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Listening to that station, its nothing but losers ringing in, they are calling it civil unrest, last time I looked the guy that got killed was a loser, if this was about the banks/government they yeah but its not, where are these "community" leaders you all hear about when all these black kids kid stabbed to death, oh the mercy, please stop, its a total basket case. They had a peaceful protest on a Saturday night, like you do and it kicked off..quelle surprise.
 
What the ****?! Woman on LBC just said she seen a man get beaten up and his laptop taken off him when he walked out of his house!
 
yep arrestign people takes coppers off the front line, its liek controlling a fire, just let it burn itself out (unless there are some serious events and they have to step in )
 
from twitter "So y aint dey blown up Tottenham Police Station buh dese tymz ur blowing up shops dt ur mumz snd u to every other day for bread n milk!"

I loled :)
 
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