Cobol74
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Where are the Watchmen when you need them...
Stealing and arson is always wrong - we have twenty trillion cameras but that will not stop anyone doing the deed we will see if it helps catch the perps and how much gaol time these perps get. I am not hopeful.
As of the deaths of 3 british-asian men last night defending their property from mostly Afro-Caribbean looters, this has just gone up another level. There were already tensions between those communities and last time they faced off it was not pretty.
As such laws are still in effect in many EU countries, you'll have to blame that one on your own goverment.Was there not something called the riot act? Hang on - oh yes there was - I bet those stupid Euros made us get rid of it - repealed in 1973, when did we join the EEC?.
I think we both hope you're wrong here.Saw that. Guess it's only getting started, then.
I think we both hope you're wrong here.
09.02 Police in London were ordered to "stand and observe" rather than intervene or confront rioters, officers have told The Times (?). Their caution was said to be the result of a number of pending legal battles, where the Metropolitan Police is being sued for its public order tactics.
09.31 Deputy Assistant Commissioner Steve Kavanagh has called for a halt to the vigilantism that became more widespread last night:
What I don't need is these so-called vigilantes, who appeared to have been drinking too much and taking policing resources away from what they should have been doing - which is preventing the looting.
These are small pockets of people. They're frustrated, they're angry, and that's totally understandable. The sadness of those images through the night and the night before last will affect everyone. But the support that we need is to allow those officers to prevent looting and prevent crime.
Why don't they load up one of those trucks with a water cannon with the dye they use in the exploding packs they have for banks that get robbed?? Spray as you drive through the riots and go and arrest everyone that has the dye on them. Problem solved.
Anyone else starting to think about the Olympics next year? Just imagine what these opportunist pricks will try and pull then...
I wouldn't be surprised if we see a lot of overseas nationals refuse to turn up to the games out of security concerns. That is unless the police show some balls.
According to the Guardian's live blog, Met police denies a "stand and observe" order ever existed.Idiots dithering, playing politics and bowing to political correctness when people are dying out there.
(bolded text by me) http://live-magazine.co.uk/article/riots-the-voice-of-youth/677Live Mag said:Let's not kid ourselves. These riots and looting now have nothing to do with police brutality or government cuts.
They are to do with a frustrated youth who have no sense of direction. These youth, most probably, are the same thugs who go out and vandalize, steal, and cause havoc in society.
What good is burning a random car or business going to do? What if that car or business belong to a friend or family member?
All these rioters will soon be caught, the majority of it all is on camera. The worst thing, though, is that these idiots burning down businesses, shops and houses mean that innocent people are losing their livelihoods.
If a father or mother loses his or her job ? their only source of income ? how are they suppose to feed their family?
There may be a minority who are protesting against police violence and, true, of course some police do abuse their powers, but that shouldn't reflect on the whole police force.
The youth aren't thinking about all of this. To be honest, this is the cause of the whole situation. Nobody is thinking.
But we're not trained to use our minds in this society, we're trained to use our ego. And that is the root cause of all the problems.
If only. :lol:
Edit: Cameron just announced that water cannon are "available on 24 hours notice" - that's a slight improvement, but does he mean that it's going to take 24 hours to get one, or that they're on standby and ready for deployment 24 hours? Also, makes that ditz Home Secretary look like the moron she evidently is.
Also, nice - at the end of his presser, there were emergency sirens going...
Anyone else starting to think about the Olympics next year? Just imagine what these opportunist pricks will try and pull then...
I wouldn't be surprised if we see a lot of overseas nationals refuse to turn up to the games out of security concerns. That is unless the police show some balls.
Chinese communist newspaper China Youth Daily asks whether the 2012 Olympics will be safe following unrest in London. "If things are not settled with local angry youth, the London Olympics really will not put people at ease," the paper said. Another Chinese paper, Guangzhou's Nanfang Dushi Bao, said the Games could become "an unshakeable nightmare for the UK government"
While in Hong Kong, the Oriental Daily News said: "If the UK wants to use the London Olympics to restore its glory as a great power, this will probably backfire."