Zoë Sumra Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 shit is kicking off in Birmingham now.Please tell me you're in London? (not that that's necessarily better but I could run three miles across W3-NW10 with my military sabre if you needed help: Brum's out of range) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaldanya Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Blue Bard: You stay safe. My mum lives near Marston Green. Where you got to go to on the other side of town?Eloisa: Not in Brum but in Harlesden and from what I can see on various sites around there are groups of people gathering and police hoping to stave off any trouble. I'm just staying nice and safe in my little house in the back streets of Harlesden.N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalThor Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 why do we allow people behave like this? where is the incentive to behave properly when we just stand by and let them steal and throw bricks and set fire to shit? would this sort of behaviour be tolerated in any other western country?Umm, nowhere I know of. Nope. :leaving: I saw the story break over the weekend and my first thought was, well, at least it isn't here.I hope that, like here, it takes place in very localized areas and that all of you UKers stay safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blue Bard Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Blue Bard: You stay safe. My mum lives near Marston Green. Where you got to go to on the other side of town?Longbridge. Hopefully there won't be another night of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaldanya Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 That is a serious trek. Hope you manage to get home safe and sound.N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoë Sumra Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Eloisa: Not in Brum but in Harlesden and from what I can see on various sites around there are groups of people gathering and police hoping to stave off any trouble. I'm just staying nice and safe in my little house in the back streets of Harlesden.Good luck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blue Bard Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 That is a serious trek. Hope you manage to get home safe and sound.NCheers. In unrelated news, if anyone wants to buy a tv off me, I might be acquiring a large number tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeric Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 How it startedAnother, "Sonny Twag", tweeted: "Want to roll Tottenham to loot. I do want a free TV. Who wudn't." I want to know who thinks its a good idea to tweet your off to go looting. That's just asking for the police to roll up to your door and arrest you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman of the North Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 In unrelated news, if anyone wants to buy a tv off me, I might be acquiring a large number tomorrowUnrelated news? Yeah right. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloudFlare Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 How it startedI want to know who thinks its a good idea to tweet your off to go looting. That's just asking for the police to roll up to your door and arrest you.In America the cops would have to catch him with some obviously stolen loot, otherwise it's just braggadocio. Here's an interesting interactive map of the riots. Not sure how accurate it is though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloudFlare Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Coppers shot a black kid, because he was black and therefore had obviously committed a crime. First thing you learn at police academy. His family led a peaceful march to the local cop shop where they were left standing outside for 5 hours. And the rest was historyWell, the cops say that he was a known coke dealer who shot at them. While the particular police unit involved doesn't have a great track record, a non police gun was recovered at the scene, and one of the officers involved was probably shot at by said coke dealer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blue Bard Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Well, the cops say that he was a known coke dealer who shot at them. While the particular police unit involved doesn't have a great track record, a non police gun was recovered at the scene, and one of the officers involved was probably shot at by said coke dealer.I read that the bullet that hit the copper was police-issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 I read that the bullet that hit the copper was police-issueThat's what the news reported. I think the bullet was recovered from the injured officer's radio. Kind of worrying, given that the police radios are usually clipped onto the upper left chest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloudFlare Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 I read that the bullet that hit the copper was police-issueI've read in one article that it was a hollow point. That doesn't conclusively mean that it is police issue, although the author thought it did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blue Bard Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 I've read in one article that it was a hollow point. That doesn't conclusively mean that it is police issue, although the author thought it did.I find it rather disquieting that the police even use Dum-Dum rounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yagathai Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 I find it rather disquieting that the police even use Dum-Dum roundsAre they supposed to use Hug-Hug rounds instead? :rolleyes:(and technically, hollowpoint != dum-dum, though they are similar). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloudFlare Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 I find it rather disquieting that the police even use Dum-Dum roundsDum-dum ammunition, a.k.a. hollow points, are A Good ThingTM. Conventional ammunition, even relatively low powered 9mm or 38 special, has a tendency to zip through the human body carrying a lot of energy. If you're lucky it hits a car, a wall, a tree. If you're unlucky it hits another cop, a bystander or some kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blue Bard Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Are they supposed to use Hug-Hug rounds instead? :rolleyes:(and technically, hollowpoint != dum-dum, though they are similar).Well, a civilian police force probably shouldn't be using weapons that are banned by the Geneva Convention on their own people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blue Bard Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Also, it seems to have spread to Leeds, with someone being shot in the facehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2011/aug/08/london-riots-third-night-live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blue Bard Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 "Prime minister will not end holiday"Boy, you guys sure do have some winners across the pond. Want some of our government?I can't quite remember, but wasn't there something about fiddling whilst Rome burned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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