UK - London's Burning - Tottenham Riots, August 2011

[badhorsie]

Twitter reporting activity in Eltham, this is where the BNP and EDL are

 

[For The Kids]

You know someone should show these SOBs clips of London being bombed in WW2. They are lucky to have such a beautiful city and country. They could be under Nazi rule right now!!! When I think of the sacrifices the generation before them made,and these cry babies can't have a bigger flat screen TV so they destroy property?!!! I realize this started out over a man beig shot,but now it appears its a haves vs have nots thing. I guarentee this will be happening here in the not so distant future.

Maybe but...seriously a lot of them people are not as badly off as you might think...they probably do have the latest flat screen tvs..and i bet all the family have mobile phones and computers etc. Even IF the families are unemployed in many cases there as well off as people that are working.

 

[angelmom]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14458424

Really? I think this clip about sums up what kind of a "protest" this really is.

LE needs to crack down HARD and the justice system needs to follow up with some serious punishment. Hopefully all these idiots videotaping the damage will ensure many convictions.

 

[wfgodot]

Sample Twitter posts:

Places can be protected peacefully as demonstrated by #sikhs no need for police to intervene as they have with bnp fueled idiots in #eltham

If you were in #Eltham protecting your town good job but to those who were shouting racial remarks, its uncalled 4 & will make things worse

It wasnt just millwall fans protecting #Eltham it was the whole community!!! get it right!!! and it wasnt nothing 2 do with racism!!!

Out 'defending' #Eltham after the riots with 17,000 police out. Really??? Go home. Where were you this morning for the #riotcleanup?

http://twitter.com/#!/search/#eltham

 

[For The Kids]

One of my friends facebook statuses lol

"When I saw all the rioting in tottenham I knew I had to find somewhere safe where they wouldn't go. I'm in the jobcentre
"

I dunno but that is just so true

 

[badhorsie]

Enfield a few minutes ago, terrifying

 

[hockeymom]

Is this a racial/ethnic thing? I know there is a large immigrant poulation,are these people immigrants? It has no bearing on anything. The whole thing stinks,but I'm just curious.

 

[For The Kids]

A friend of mine lives in Birmingham. His gf works in a bar and they have just had to close it as its surrounded by mobs he said outside his house large crowds are now there with hoodies on...hes gone to get a baseball bat

This is freaking stupid

 

[wfgodot]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfJqg15oRTo"]‪MANCHESTER RIOT SHOCKING FOOTAGE YOUTH SETS FIRE TO MISS SELFRIDGE STORE CAUGHT ON CAMERA‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]

 

[For The Kids]

Is this a racial/ethnic thing? I know there is a large immigrant poulation,are these people immigrants? It has no bearing on anything. The whole thing stinks,but I'm just curious.

To be honest no its not. Looking a the tv there are a lot of None Whites involved but...there are whites involved also...one of the reporters or councillors not sure which said its a equal number of Asian Black and White people.

 

[badhorsie]

To be honest no its not. Looking a the tv there are a lot of None Whites involved but...there are whites involved also...one of the reporters or councillors not sure which said its a equal number of Asian Black and White people.

And looking at the Met's photos of wanted looters there seems to be a balance of ethnicities

 

[For The Kids]

Apparently someone just tried to shoot at coppers in Aston..and thats definetly a predominantly black area.

 

[For The Kids]

And looking at the Met's photos of wanted looters there seems to be a balance of ethnicities

I agree i was looking at a facebook page tonight about getting asylum seekers kicked out that are causing this fiasco but the thing is im not sure they are causing it at all

 

[For The Kids]

Horsie I assume the mobiles stolen will be locked...but they all have a special number on them..wont this enable them to be tracked down by the police?

 

[wfgodot]

12.08am: Smithdown Road in Liverpool was closed by police tonight after 200 rioters starting hurling missiles at officers at about 11.30pm.

A Merseyside Police spokeswoman said: "About 200 youths are causing disorder and damage. We're asking people to avoid the area." She was unable to confirm reports that firebombs were being thrown.

Much more, including reports of total arrests and an overview and update on violence in central Manchester and Salford,
at the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2011/aug/09/london-uk-riots-day-four-live

 

[Nore]

Boot sales here are few and far between. A pity. Well, boots sales are to be had.
Boots? a chemist's? Really? Careful dsntslp, they'll be trying to slip lorry by you next!

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Hi. Lorry is a truck right? I have dear friends in Maghull~near
Manchester, Bromsgrove, and the Wirral..I'm keeping watch. One
of them is a retired Bobby...:seeya:

 

[wfgodot]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bdY6EzvrnA"]‪Sangat TV Helping The Police During Riots In Birmingham‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]

 

[wfgodot]

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Hi. Lorry is a truck right? I have dear friends in Maghull~near
Manchester, Bromsgrove, and the Wirral..I'm keeping watch. One
of them is a retired Bobby...:seeya:

Right. I remember long ago, when I first started reading British literature, I was baffled by any number of terms - "braces" for one; braces? on the teeth? No - suspenders, we call 'em in the States. And the spelling "gaol" - whazzat? Ah! jail!

 

[badhorsie]

Horsie I assume the mobiles stolen will be locked...but they all have a special number on them..wont this enable them to be tracked down by the police?

I really don't know, am useless with mobiles, mine is always lost, I find it by accident, have to charge it, then I lose it again lol

 

[badhorsie]

British suspenders are believed to be wonderful things according to a lot of British men