Riots in London

[wop]

Seems pretty quiet in london last night compared with the last 3.

obviously 16,000 polices on the streets worked!

[Dimmauk]

Seems to start kicking off about 5ish with kids gathering and the internet rumour mill going into overdrive, goes nuts from about 8 onwards - was still kicking off in our area when I went to bed at about 1.30... then business as normal during the day - there are a tonne of groups trying to organise cleanups during the daytimes. That's the really odd bit about it - there's some brilliantly British stuff going on like the photo going around of someone making cups of tea for some of the riot police, and them using their riot shield as a tray to hold the cups, or the sign on the Subway door in Manchester along the lines of "due to the imminent collapse of society, this store will be closing at 6pm today"

The daily show had a picture of rioters queuing up a line outside a shop that was bring looted. Shit was hilariously British.

[Aemora]

Think the Police need to get them all together, round them up and quarden them off into a zone, give them all backpacks full of random shit and let them Battle Royale the fuck outta each other. Last one standing can get off Scot Free.

[Correction]

Summary of the Nottingham Riots overnight http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-14472172

Excerpt:

More than 90 people have been arrested following a night of riots in Nottingham in which five police stations were attacked.

Stations in The Meadows, Bulwell and St Ann's were targeted, while Canning Circus station was set alight after fire bombs were thrown at the building.

Mobs of up to 50 people damaged cars, pubs and shops in areas including Basford, Mapperley and Radford.

A total of 91 people were arrested for acts of arson and criminal violence.

It is expected the total number of arrests will exceed 100 later on Wednesday, police said.

Officers said the violence caused "untold damage" to the city and put lives at risk.

The Nottinghamshire force deployed hundreds of officers to deal with the unrest. Three received minor injuries.

College firebombed
Incidents reported by police overnight included:

Canning Circus police station was firebombed at about 22:00 BST. The flames were extinguished and eight people have been arrested
Meadows Police Station was attacked by 15 to 20 males and a police vehicle set on fire outside
New College Nottingham's Clarendon campus in Sherwood Rise was firebombed. Crews extinguished the blaze, but the building has been seriously damaged
Car fires were started in New Basford and Old Basford
Cars were set on fire in Woodborough Road, Mapperley - reportedly by firebombs
About 50 youths were seen trying to set fire to cars in Monfort Street, Radford
A group of about 30 youths targeted St Ann's police station with stones
A lorry was set on fire in Sneinton Market
The Golden Fleece pub on Mansfield Road and the Blenheim pub in Bulwell were both damaged.

[Correction]

Apparently three people out protecting shops in Birmingham were run over and killed last night, heard it reported on the radio that they were Muslim as well...

BBC story on this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ngham-14471405

So fucked up.

Death toll from the rioting stands at 5 including the perp who was shot by cops that sparked the initial demonstrations.

[Correction]

More volunteer cleanup crews in Manchester
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._3335723_n.jpg
Pics today aren't going to be as striking as yesterday as a big rain storm's just moved in over most of Northern England. Hell, bad weather may deter the more casual rioters.

[tisiphone]

Apparently people tried to riot on the Wirral, but only managed to slightly damage a McDonald's and Iceland.

I always find it ironic that these people say they are in poverty yet have £100 trainers and £300 phones.

I wonder what will happen if this type of thing happens again next year, London won't have the FSS to process evidence or all those police officers being made redundant in cuts across all police forces.

[SteveMc]

yeah, im glad you're safe and i hope other BG'ers are too. i was curious as to who was this effecting on here anyways. my cousins and aunt actually migrated down to liverpool with my uncle and so far they're perfectly fine. but i wonder if their homes were broken into and whatnot.

If you ever visit them Rich, hit me up bro, I'll get you a beer or two

[Kerberoz]

I always find it ironic that these people say they are in poverty yet have £100 trainers and £300 phones.

Eh, kinda common sense. The main reasons why people in the developed world stay in poverty are having kids too early and buying shit they can't afford.

[SteveMc]

I doubt it will kick off in Liverpool tonight, with Police given the go ahead on beating the shit out of them now and the rain we have here in the north west atm. Hopefully it should be pretty quite.
I drove into Liverpool today via Bootle's dock road and it was like a ghost town until I hit the city centre.

[spd]

David Cameron chaired another emergency meeting of COBR, mid-morning. In a statement at 11:05, Cameron announced that plastic bullets had been authorised for use on the mainland in response to the riots if necessary

Taken from wiki, just in time david!!! and whoever posted about ireland, completely correct, the second there is even a hint of anything about to happen, out roll the water cannons.

[SteveMc]

He said within 24hrs notice though, are they shipping them over here? I thought they just used fire trucks... like in GTA!!!!

[millionsknives]

David Cameron chaired another emergency meeting of COBR, mid-morning. In a statement at 11:05, Cameron announced that plastic bullets had been authorised for use on the mainland in response to the riots if necessary

The police have always had the power and authority to use plastic bullets. The top dog of policing mentioned at a press conference that they'll use them only if an officers life is threatened - which isn't going to happen when people are looting shops and the police just stand there to 'contain' them. Fucking ridiculous state of affairs that they don't actively try and stop the looting, just say they'll search the CCTV footage to arrest people instead...

Edit: more contradictory statements, Cameron says Water Cannons can be here in 24 hrs, then the police press conference says Cannons wont be used as they're only effective on large stationary crowds, while these riots are quick moving pockets of people

[millionsknives]

He said within 24hrs notice though, are they shipping them over here? I thought they just used fire trucks... like in GTA!!!!

England don't own any water cannons, northern ireland has 6 though, so they'd have to be shipped from there

[Hyan]

What the hell. I expect this kind of shit to happen in the Middle-East, not in Europe. Goddamnit England.

[The Stig]

What the hell. I expect this kind of shit to happen in the Middle-East, not in Europe. Goddamnit England.

We ran out of salt too during winter =p

[SteveMc]

^LMAO
I remember news teams going to the airports in the northern countries and saying how we suck for not handling snow so well ; ;

[Sta]

I was reading The Sun today and it had a poll on what action the public would like the police to take, lol. A whopping 32% said live ammunition lol...

And yeah, i read about those 3 Muslims run down by a "airborne" car where it had mounted a curb- a witness said.

When I heard about the London riots on the first day it was reported that it was a violent protest against an unarmed kid getting shot in the head by an officer. And I thought "okay that's understandable" and tbh it's good that our people have some spirit and stand up to the man. But it quickly turned in to people bandwagoning and just looting and stealing for teh lulz and a bit of dollah, which is not so "understandable"

[drwaffles]

it's good that our people have some spirit and stand up to the man

No, violent protest is never a good thing under any circumstances, especially in a civilised nation. It completely undermines the message of the protesters and can easily lead to opportunism as we've witnessed here.

[Wintermute]

^LMAO
I remember news teams going to the airports in the northern countries and saying how we suck for not handling snow so well ; ;

I'm still amazed (most of?) the English don't invest in Snow-Chains given how roads get coated in snow every year.

On Topic:
Out of curiosity, did the Police ever say why a Firearms Unit was sent after the chap who got shot?
Given the UK's stance on gun control and how rarely you see the Police armed there must have been a reason for it.