More rioting in Birmingham?

Abraham · 9 Aug 2011 at 11:48

Robbie G said:
It would be a way of separating the dirty work from the community-friendly attitude that the plod are currently obliged to provide. Any nasty stuff could be handled by an organisation that aren't expected to go in with a soft touch, whereas at the moment everyone seems to think that the police have no right to use force.

I can see where you're coming from, but think riot geared police/armed response already play that role. It would be a preferable step to actually getting the military involved though.

Twentymac · 9 Aug 2011 at 16:44

Insane

ck88 · 9 Aug 2011 at 17:09

I guess my shopping is going to be done elsewhere then

brendy · 9 Aug 2011 at 17:12

The fat ***** and his mate going on about it being the police who has 20% of people out of work etc and being heavy handed, I cant wait to see what they say when the rubber bullets come out. Theft is theft is theft and is illegal, as is riotous behaviour.

gillywibble · 9 Aug 2011 at 17:20

So people riot, the police react, and then get called heavy handed. Okay :rolleyes:

sigma · 9 Aug 2011 at 17:31

Twentymac said:
Insane

WTF have you heard those two blokes (who happen to be white btw) talking at 5 minutes? :mad:

Raymond Lin · 9 Aug 2011 at 17:35

Twentymac said:
Insane

The ginger guy 6min in...talking about it is the Police causing the riots? Right, I don't know whether we saw the same footage but it wasn't the police who were smashing up the Cyber Candy store.

manic111 · 9 Aug 2011 at 18:36

Walked home through Victoria Square about half an hour ago and saw about thirty kids in hoodies chanting and striding towards Colmore Row. Looks like things might kick off again tonight.

mufc802 · 9 Aug 2011 at 18:55

They better stop soon or the Brom v United game will be called off.

needforspeed · 9 Aug 2011 at 19:03

They all need an ass kicking!

icedbullet · 9 Aug 2011 at 19:05

manic111 said:
Walked home through Victoria Square about half an hour ago and saw about thirty kids in hoodies chanting and striding towards Colmore Row. Looks like things might kick off again tonight.

Yeah it looks like it will kick off again tonight, there are a lot of groups forming around the city centre, I just hope it doesn't get as bad as it is in London.

Raziel1 · 9 Aug 2011 at 19:15

Erdington shut down at around 4pm today too, loads of police about & the facebook rumour mill in full swing. Now I'm at home wondering if I'll have a shop to go back to in the morning & what state will it be in???

titaniumx3 · 9 Aug 2011 at 19:20

brendy said:
The fat ***** and his mate going on about it being the police who has 20% of people out of work etc and being heavy handed, I cant wait to see what they say when the rubber bullets come out. Theft is theft is theft and is illegal, as is riotous behaviour.

Yet none of the scum in these riots would take a job even if they were freely offered one.

It's never going to happen, but I can only imagine how much nicer Birmingham would be if they rolled out armed police hitsquads into these riots and completely massacred the whole lot of them. Less crime, less vandalism, less crowding, cleaner streets, .... , the list goes on.

At the very least, they should initiate a curfew, round these scum into detention camps and use them as slave labour to clean up the streets, chained feet, whips, the whole lot.

manic111 · 9 Aug 2011 at 19:47

Just had four vans full of riot police under my flat near the Mailbox...

Raymond Lin · 9 Aug 2011 at 19:50

manic111 said:
Just had four vans full of riot police under my flat near the Mailbox...

I'm glad i got out of there early today!

manic111 · 9 Aug 2011 at 20:01

Raymond Lin said:
I'm glad i got out of there early today!

Pics from my balcony!

SMB30 · 9 Aug 2011 at 21:24

Can anyone confirm that the custard factory is on fire?

manic111 · 9 Aug 2011 at 21:26

Yeah, it's turning into the creme caramel factory.