AgentAxeman 86 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Looting in South Shields now.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13915 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 channel4news Channel 4 NewsA 26-year-old man shot in a car during riots in Croydon last night has died in hospital, police say #c4news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 If police braying people raises tensions further, then just hit them harder. Tensions are plenty raised as is, you can't worry about offending the sensibilities of criminals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35454 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 You know it makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Assilleekunt 1 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 So what have we got here: Overstretched Met Deprived areas with gang/criminal culture Social media enabling said gangs to outmaneuver police Is it a case of just small pockets of trouble or a more widespread problem throughout Britain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Looks like this bloke is doing the press conference for the FA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13915 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 16k coppers being deployed tonight according to JCMD. That's my evening's viewing sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 6443 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Army not considered an option as there's none in the country anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveTheBobby 1 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6321 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Met have release photos of those they want to arrest. That fat lass coming out of Richer Sounds should be easily busted http://www.flickr.com/photos/metropolitanp...57627267892973/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 So what have we got here: Overstretched Met Deprived areas with gang/criminal culture Social media enabling said gangs to outmaneuver police Is it a case of just small pockets of trouble or a more widespread problem throughout Britain? I'd love to follow the tweets of the people co-ordinating like....if you can link me to it. I got the impression this is what some politician imagines is driving the violence rather than anything based in fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13915 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 They were saying it all over the news last night. The problem is they have literally no evidence, probably because there's none to be had! Apparently they have been using Blackberry Messenger but I'm not aware of the service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Assilleekunt 1 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 So what have we got here: Overstretched Met Deprived areas with gang/criminal culture Social media enabling said gangs to outmaneuver police Is it a case of just small pockets of trouble or a more widespread problem throughout Britain? I'd love to follow the tweets of the people co-ordinating like....if you can link me to it. I got the impression this is what some politician imagines is driving the violence rather than anything based in fact. They're doing it via closed networks ie BB Guardian have got one set up to receive messages; it is reported to be widespread. FACT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 They were saying it all over the news last night. The problem is they have literally no evidence, probably because there's none to be had! Apparently they have been using Blackberry Messenger but I'm not aware of the service. A few weeks ago they were saying all over the news that Al Qaeda had attacked Norway. They'll repeat any old gubbins to fill the hour out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 6443 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 (edited) They were saying it all over the news last night. The problem is they have literally no evidence, probably because there's none to be had! Apparently they have been using Blackberry Messenger but I'm not aware of the service. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/08/l...ing?INTCMP=SRCH BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) appears to be the favoured method of planning the unrest that has swept across north London since Saturday evening. Unlike text messaging or Twitter, BBM is a free, private social network where almost all messages are encrypted when they leave the sender's phone – meaning that many messages are untraceable by the authorities. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/aug/0...rry?INTCMP=SRCH Edited August 9, 2011 by trophyshy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Met have release photos of those they want to arrest. That fat lass coming out of Richer Sounds should be easily busted http://www.flickr.com/photos/metropolitanp...57627267892973/ She pregnant or just obese? Classy lassy either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 So what have we got here: Overstretched Met Deprived areas with gang/criminal culture Social media enabling said gangs to outmaneuver police Is it a case of just small pockets of trouble or a more widespread problem throughout Britain? I'd love to follow the tweets of the people co-ordinating like....if you can link me to it. I got the impression this is what some politician imagines is driving the violence rather than anything based in fact. They're doing it via closed networks ie BB Guardian have got one set up to receive messages; it is reported to be widespread. FACT. Have they not seen The Wire? Lester Freamon would be all over that shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Assilleekunt 1 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 They were saying it all over the news last night. The problem is they have literally no evidence, probably because there's none to be had! Apparently they have been using Blackberry Messenger but I'm not aware of the service. A few weeks ago they were saying all over the news that Al Qaeda had attacked Norway. They'll repeat any old gubbins to fill the hour out. What do you think is guiding all these louts around the police to vunerable locations? 'The power of the people mannnnn' You need a rubber bullet firing up your arse; hippies are of no use during a crisis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 They were saying it all over the news last night. The problem is they have literally no evidence, probably because there's none to be had! Apparently they have been using Blackberry Messenger but I'm not aware of the service. A few weeks ago they were saying all over the news that Al Qaeda had attacked Norway. They'll repeat any old gubbins to fill the hour out. What do you think is guiding all these louts around the police to vunerable locations? 'The power of the people mannnnn' You need a rubber bullet firing up your arse; hippies are of no use during a crisis. What's remotely hippy about wanting to clarify the truth of a claim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6082 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Some of those pics are useless like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Assilleekunt 1 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 They were saying it all over the news last night. The problem is they have literally no evidence, probably because there's none to be had! Apparently they have been using Blackberry Messenger but I'm not aware of the service. A few weeks ago they were saying all over the news that Al Qaeda had attacked Norway. They'll repeat any old gubbins to fill the hour out. What do you think is guiding all these louts around the police to vunerable locations? 'The power of the people mannnnn' You need a rubber bullet firing up your arse; hippies are of no use during a crisis. What's remotely hippy about wanting to clarify the truth of a claim? I don't know why you'd doubt that technology allows these people to communicate and concentrate attacks better than if they didn't have it. It seems a pretty axiomatic conclusion. But no, "Hey mannnn, I aint buyin' your crap mr. polititian mannn, power to the peoplee." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Jeremy Kyle to host a looting special when this all dies down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13915 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 1318: Lib Dem MP Stephen Williams blogs about the reasons for the violence: "Everyone wants to be rich and famous, without wanting to work hard to reach those otherwise acceptable ambitions. So I think the prime motivators behind the looting are greed and jealousy, rather than sorrow and anger. Basic human failings that have been around forever. Not contemporary political gripes but certainly contemporary social malaise." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Sorry if old. This is appalling and I found it quite uncomfortable to watch how brazen they are about it. Scum. It could be that the bleeding kid had just been involved in the looting! The package taken out of his backpack was probably a brand new something-or-other just pilfered from Currys. Lad taking it out of the backpack was probably part of the mob raiding Currys at the time. A 'fight' had ensued during/just after the robbery, and that's when the kid with the blood had been smacked. Bloke then says 'thank you very much, I'll have what you have just nicked from Currys as I wanted it in the first place'. We don't see how the kid got 'bloody', but my interpretation, above, could well be how it actually is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6082 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Anyone just see that absolute legend on sky news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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