Riots in Tottenham, London! (NO RACIST COMMENTS)

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I still don't get it. These criminals number in the hundreds. The Met have 20,000 officers (+ whoever they've got from other counties).

Forget the riot gear and just chase them down. (obviously where there is violence, deploy TSG)
 
LeJosh said:
That riots are covered under the public order act. Not the one you linked.
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No, the one I linked is what covers compensations for riotous activity. I am right.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/49-50/38/contents

If you'd have read the section I linked to specifically ('Subsequent_history_of_the_Riot_Act_in_the_UK')...

Hatter The Mad said:
The worse part is that the tax payer (the local authority) is liable for all losses caused by rioting and looting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot_Act#Subsequent_history_of_the_Riot_Act_in_the_UK
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Hatter The Mad said:
The Riot (Damages) Act 1886 specifically is still on the statute books. The article says this
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...it says as much:

Wikipedia said:
The Riot (Damages) Act 1886 provides compensation for Losses by Riots.[5]
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The Riot (Damages) Act 1886 is still in force today :)
 
ghost101 said:
I still don't get it. These criminals number in the hundreds. The Met have 20,000 officers.

Forget the riot gear and just chase them down. (obviously where there is violence, deploy TSG)
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If you put 20k officers in one area, they'll go to another area, you can't have 20k people at each incident, London is very big. But ultimately you get the impression certain people, police chiefs, May, and probably the PM/DPM are both scared of what people will say in response to having the police go in hard.

The ridiculous problem is, its always the reaction of the loud minority politicians care about. 90% of the country wants these criminals absolutely crushed, and yes, they should have, a meeting point for Police to gather closer to where the main troubles were, and have fast response teams to get to any locations quickly, and rather than wait for the crowds to build, go in hard.

Meh, if they are really worried about all these idiots crying racism, just shield bash some people and make sure everyone who takes a beating is white, problem solved.
 
simulatorman said:
That was two guys about 15 minutes before your post. Police were just watching.
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Yeah, I was watching Sky News with a legion of riot officers standing 5 yards away from a lad leaning against a shop window with a huge massive stick, looking at them.

I've seen people arrested for that, I'm sure it's called carrying an offensive weapon. :p
 
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