08-08-2011, 10:27 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Singapore
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London's burning
Didn't see any thread on it and since we're into day 3 of rioting here I thought I might as well start one.
Live updates here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/au...am-duggan-blog
Right now the riots are picking up steam again in Hackney.
Rioting started on Saturday night to protest the killing by police of 29-year-old father-of-four Mark Duggan which has sparked running battles between mainly young black men and police in some of London's more underprivileged areas such as Tottenham, Hackey, Brixton and Walthamstow.
For some inexplicable reason a fancy furniture store on King's Road in Fulham near my place was trashed last night.
Interested to hear if Barnet Flame has seen and heard any commotion around his area.
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08-08-2011, 10:27 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
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I live by the River.
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08-08-2011, 10:28 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Why do they feel that the shooting was unjustified and why are other policemen in general getting lit gascans thrown at them?
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08-08-2011, 10:30 AM
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Took an arrow to the knee
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GirlySports
Why do they feel that the shooting was unjustified and why are other policemen in general getting lit gascans thrown at them?
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Cops shot and killed some guy in a taxi. Cops claimed they came on under fire. However, preliminary findings are that the bullet lodged in the one police man's radio is actually a police issue round. I smell a conspiracy!
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Last edited by HPLovecraft; 08-08-2011 at 10:32 AM.
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08-08-2011, 10:31 AM
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God of Hating Twitter
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I blame the Muslims.
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08-08-2011, 10:32 AM
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First Line Centre
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Did somebody lose a hockey game?
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08-08-2011, 10:33 AM
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Has lived the dream!
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Where I lay my head is home...
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Yeah, I've been watching this over the last two days. Seems like it's becoming more about opportunistic criminals. Organized looting and destruction for the most part now, no?
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08-08-2011, 10:34 AM
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I blame the Asians.
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08-08-2011, 10:35 AM
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Ate 100 Treadmills
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Originally Posted by Daradon
Yeah, I've been watching this over the last two days. Seems like it's becoming more about opportunistic criminals. Organized looting and destruction for the most part now, no?
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Usually these riots have more to do with oustanding complaints about social conditions and are set off by a single incident. Obvioulsy some people are being opportunistic, but there's definitely evidence here of some greater problems in European society in general.
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08-08-2011, 11:03 AM
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Reminds me of the riots involving youth vs. police in the hugely underrated Michael Caine movie Harry Brown. Social pressures have finally boiled over.
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08-08-2011, 11:06 AM
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I blame Rodney King.
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08-08-2011, 11:07 AM
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God of Hating Twitter
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"Can't we all just get along, gove'nor"
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08-08-2011, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Yasa
I blame Rodney King.
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I blame Rodney Dangerfield and the lack of respect he gets.
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08-08-2011, 11:18 AM
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Looks like the carnival is going old school this year
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08-08-2011, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by starseed
I stayed in a nice flat in Brixton for several days four weeks ago, but there were some sketchy areas around there. There was one open market where I saw a couple of guys pushing a pallet of meat through the open streets. One of them fell off the pallet, so the guy just picked it up and threw it back on.  |
Also, you did not go 1 hour without hearing some sort of emergency vehicle...
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08-08-2011, 11:21 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by starseed
I stayed in a nice flat in Brixton for several days four weeks ago, but there were some sketchy areas around there. There was one open market where I saw a couple of guys pushing a pallet of meat through the open streets. One of them fell off the pallet, so the guy just picked it up and threw it back on. |
Electric Avenue!!! respect
Seriously though Brixton's well slow off the mark, in my day we would have burnt half off the High Street by now.
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08-08-2011, 11:26 AM
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Has lived the dream!
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Originally Posted by blankall
Usually these riots have more to do with oustanding complaints about social conditions and are set off by a single incident. Obvioulsy some people are being opportunistic, but there's definitely evidence here of some greater problems in European society in general.
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Yeah, I understand that, I'm just trying to make sense of what I'm seeing as it happens. Does seem to be a lot of opportunism.
But you are right underlying issues and larger problem.
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08-08-2011, 11:31 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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vancouverites on vacation?
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08-08-2011, 11:32 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Mar 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HPLovecraft
Cops shot and killed some guy in a taxi. Cops claimed they came on under fire. However, preliminary findings are that the bullet lodged in the one police man's radio is actually a police issue round. I smell a conspiracy!
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Thought cops didn't carry guns in the UK? What am I missing?
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