Riots in Tottenham, London! (NO RACIST COMMENTS)

[CaptainRAVE]

Apparently the Tories cut funding to a few youth clubs....

I'm sure this would have all been prevented if a few youth clubs were still open - those gangster types with hoodies and little dogs would definitely have been popping along for a game of table tennis instead of hanging around on the streets.

All while the pigs flew over head

 

[Tefal]

Can everyone be rich?

Can everyone be poor?

 

[CaptainRAVE]

that the people of Tottenham are so rabid that if you take away the table tennis table they go ****ing mental?


Yes, yes i would be.

 

[cm1179]

Can everyone be rich?

it's not about being rich, it's about being a decent citizen, in employment or not, there is no excuse for this sort of behaviour. it's not difficult, most people have got the main points of it by 18.

 

[Robbo]

Where the chuff did I put my life vest

Don't worry about the life vest bud

 

[Biohazard]

it's not about being rich, it's about being a decent citizen, in employment or not, there is no excuse for this sort of behaviour. it's not difficult, most people have got the main points of it by 18.

Being a decent citizen has little to directly with wealth however.

 

[dave_beast]

At least one of the armoured vehicles was apparently used today. A Jankel or something.

Saw them outside Patternoster square (where the London stock exchange is located) during the banking protests - pretty hefty vehicles.

Yep, Jankel

 

[CliffyBiro]

What was original protest about?

17:00 BST - Around 300 people gather outside Tottenham police station after marching from Broadwater Farm estate. They say they want "justice" for Mr Duggan and his family.

Officers are forced to close the High Road and put traffic diversions in place. Eyewitnesses report that the protest begins peacefully.

They wanted a clear report of what had happened after an 'eyewitness' claimed that Duggan was pinned to the ground and shot.

 

[cm1179]

What was original protest about?

a drug dealer who got shot. should've had a party, not a protest.

 

[flibbage0]

it's not about being rich, it's about being a decent citizen, in employment or not, there is no excuse for this sort of behaviour. it's not difficult, most people have got the main points of it by 18.

Yep, this.

The original protest was fine, but for some reason it escalated?

 

[magick]

It is getting positive people within these communities air time that they would not have gotten in a million years.

And most non black people hear them and think they are deludeding themselves and trying to delude everyone else.

 

[Danthus]

They wanted a clear report of what had happened after an 'eyewitness' claimed that Duggan was pinned to the ground and shot.

Although his family knew that not to be the case.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

a drug dealer who got shot. should've had a party, not a protest.

Any excuse to get free stuff...

 

[nuttyprot]

What do the black/lower class of this Country want the goverment to do for them?

Free education - tick
Free health care - tick
Social housing - tick
Job opportunities for all not based on age/race - tick

What are they missing?

Free education - tick
Free health care - ATM but the government are trying to privatize this = goodby
Social housing - The goverment are trying to sell more and more of the properties = goodby and it is very very hard to get housing as it is
Job opportunities for all not based on age/race - The job climate is trash atm and only getting worse


Only one of the 3 you suggested holds true that I can see.

Sad to see people looting but good on them for actually standing up and saying they have had enough. The countrie is going back to the 80s again and expect to see more and more riots.

Everyone seems to assume its the lower class that are doing the rioting. The government is killing the working class,students and public services with all the cuts atm.
I understand that the countries needs to raise funds but why make the working class and lower pay for it get the money back that they gave the banks and stop the pointless wars.

I actually quit my job as a police officer 2 weeks ago. Because of all the cuts I was told and many others that we would have to take pay cuts to keep our jobs. I just hope more people take to the streets (without the crime).

 

[Richie]

a drug dealer who got shot. should've had a party, not a protest.

I think this is their idea of a party

 

[flibbage0]

a drug dealer who got shot. should've had a party, not a protest.

Ok, even if they did have a protest how did it develop into this???

Big difference between a peaceful protest and a riot.

 

[CliffyBiro]

Although his family knew that not to be the case.

You know that how?

 

[stockhausen]

What was original protest about?

It was an outraged reaction to Mars changing the name of the Marathon bar to Nickers; no self-respecting schoolboy could risk being caught sucking on one . . . a sad, sad day

 

[ColdAsIce]

The black guy on five live saying it like it is, these people have no morals and care about no-one, not even their own parents at times.

No idea what can be done to fix a problem like that in the short term, pi***** against the wind comes to mind.

 

[eyyaz]

Not followed the story but rumour is going around that the bullet lodged in the officers radio was from another officer and not from Mark. Anyone confirm this?