Bristol Riots

Lysander · 22 Apr 2011 at 11:31

MotherMayI said:
People from all walks of life from the area rejecting the police intervention.

Yeah, right.

For people who don't know, Stokes Croft, St Pauls and Montpelier are some of the most horrific areas of central Bristol. Full of students and hoodies. I'm not surprised this happened. I doubt the Cliftonians would behave this way.

teaboy5 · 22 Apr 2011 at 11:33

MotherMayI said:
From a Bristol forum, sums it up quite well. They knew exactly what the outcome would be. There was absolutely no reason to leave Tesco's open like that after hours of coverage, nor to leave a police landrover outside it with its doors open. Not saying that this makes the actions right, but it was predictable it would happen and what the police were banking on.

No one forces you to start kicking in doors and smashing police cars.

If you stand there and do nothing, they will do nothing.

And to be fair your lucky you dont get riot police from here, who will most of the time storm in and beat the crap out of everyone.

SpeedFreak · 22 Apr 2011 at 11:33

Lysander said:
Yeah, right.

For people who don't know, Stokes Croft, St Pauls and Montpelier are some of the most horrific areas of central Bristol. Full of students and hoodies. I'm not surprised this happened. I doubt the Cliftonians would behave this way.

The thing that annoys me about those areas is that the properties are amazing and completely wasted on the residents.

Cuchulain · 22 Apr 2011 at 11:35

You call that a riot? Pffft.

r2d2 · 22 Apr 2011 at 11:36

Criminals plain and simple.

Naff8000 · 22 Apr 2011 at 11:36

Lysander said:
Yeah, right.

For people who don't know, Stokes Croft, St Pauls and Montpelier are some of the most horrific areas of central Bristol. Full of students and hoodies. I'm not surprised this happened. I doubt the Cliftonians would behave this way.

I think students is putting it likely. Those areas seem filled with drug users and dole scroungers. I live in Stoke Gifford now after living in Horfield for a year where my god, what a dump

bhavv · 22 Apr 2011 at 11:37

teaboy5 said:
No one forces you to start kicking in doors and smashing police cars.

If you stand there and do nothing, they will do nothing.

This is exactly the problem the UK, people who think they are trying to simply protest have absolutely no ****ing clue what a protest actually is!

A protest in NOT a riot and breaking other peoples property in. How can anyone even defend this as a simple protest against the decision to open a damn Tesco Express store?

Seriously, I wouldnt be surprised to see protesting banned in the UK. What people here do in the name of 'protesting' is a complete ****ing disgrace to democracy!

ojrules · 22 Apr 2011 at 11:37

uncontributing squatters in shock riot/public nuiscance !

SpeedFreak · 22 Apr 2011 at 11:37

Cuchulain said:
You call that a riot? Pffft.

You live in Derry not the Shankhill

, or are you a Bogsider?

Emlyn_Dewar · 22 Apr 2011 at 11:37

MotherMayI said:
For what reason are they scum?

Do you really need to ask this?
Looks like it's just a load of people out to smash stuff up for fun.

It seems pretty obvious that they are scum and the best thing for the UK would be their death.

bhavv said:
How can people be so strongly against having new jobs set up in their local area?

Am I missing something here?

Smashing stuff up is fun I guess, when you team that up with the fact that they are all morons... You've got damaged property on your hands.

Raumarik · 22 Apr 2011 at 11:38

If the local community didn't want a tesco all they had to do was simply not use it. No need for this stupidity, lock them all up and feed them Tesco ready meals.

The Funktopus · 22 Apr 2011 at 11:40

These people aren't capable of exercising free will and refraining from smashing up other people's property, so it's the responsibility of the Police to do that for them? Are they collectively retarded or something?

Those people are utter filth.

MotherMayI · 22 Apr 2011 at 11:40

SpeedFreak said:
Never been through that area have you? Scummy sums it up nicely.

I live there. Good effort though. It is not scummy, nor is it just full of 'hoods' - These statements prove nothing besides your ignorance and close mindedness. After months of peaceful protest and lobbying the council didn't listen. Violent protest is not always wrong - Sometimes it is the only option. It is not as simple as a shop getting smashed windows, and some of you seem pretty incapable of seeing the wider picture.

Cuchulain · 22 Apr 2011 at 11:41

SpeedFreak said:
You live in Derry not the Shankhill , or are you a Bogsider?

Well, Eglinton now which is a bit like Midsomer compared to the Bog, but Shantallow previously. Haven't seen a decent riot in years, last one was about 8 years ago during the elections when they cops came to pick up the ballot papers from the local polling station.

flibbage0 · 22 Apr 2011 at 11:41

Do they really have nothing better to do than go down to the local tesco and smash it up.

I guarantee that most of them probably don't even care about a tesco being there and just want an excuse to smash stuff up so they can get there cheep "frills"

SpeedFreak · 22 Apr 2011 at 11:43

Cuchulain said:
Well, Eglinton now which is a bit like Midsomer compared to the Bog, but Shantallow previously. Haven't seen a decent riot in years, last one was about 8 years ago during the elections when they cops came to pick up the ballot papers from the local polling station.

we never had much trouble with riots in Omagh.............

Emlyn_Dewar · 22 Apr 2011 at 11:44

MotherMayI said:
Violent protest is not always wrong - Sometimes it is the only option.

I don't think we live in a country where violent protest is the only option.
It's about a Tesco Express, not about the murder of innocent civilians, or some other just cause...

There is no doubt in my mind at all, the UK would be a better place if we could round up people like this and shoot them.

Glaucus · 22 Apr 2011 at 11:44

MotherMayI said:
I live there. Good effort though. It is not scummy, nor is it just full of 'hoods' - These statements prove nothing besides your ignorance and close mindedness. After months of peaceful protest and lobbying the council didn't listen. Violent protest is not always wrong - Sometimes it is the only option. It is not as simple as a shop getting smashed windows, and some of you seem pretty incapable of seeing the wider picture.

it's not the only options, setting bins alight and smashing property up on other streets has nothing to do with tesco, injuring cops is not on. You also miss the point that other shop owners, including the one directly next side wanted tesco, so it's not. He entire communities opinion. It was also a minority who caused problems but came prepared with petrol bombs, hardly just an escalation is it.

FreeStream · 22 Apr 2011 at 11:45

MotherMayI said:
I live there. Good effort though. It is not scummy, nor is it just full of 'hoods' - These statements prove nothing besides your ignorance and close mindedness. After months of peaceful protest and lobbying the council didn't listen. Violent protest is not always wrong - Sometimes it is the only option. It is not as simple as a shop getting smashed windows, and some of you seem pretty incapable of seeing the wider picture.

Can you not see why people have that opinion tho?

I've driven through there regularly and some of my friends lived there because it was cheap. They soon realised that was a mistake and moved over to Clifton!

It's far from the nicest place in Bristol, personally I do my very best to pass through the area as quick as possible at night!

Edit: Certainly explains the helicopter being up last night!

SpeedFreak · 22 Apr 2011 at 11:46

MotherMayI said:
I live there. Good effort though. It is not scummy, nor is it just full of 'hoods' - These statements prove nothing besides your ignorance and close mindedness. After months of peaceful protest and lobbying the council didn't listen. Violent protest is not always wrong - Sometimes it is the only option. It is not as simple as a shop getting smashed windows, and some of you seem pretty incapable of seeing the wider picture.

you claim it isn't scummy as you live there yet claim that violent protest is not always wrong :confused:

As has been pointed out, a simple boycott would have closed that Tesco Express in about a month, no need for criminal damage.

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