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Yep. Shocking.

 

There was a quote from one bloke saying "Think this might be our last night in Tottenham. Don't know how they allowed this to happen."

 

Thing is, absent a massive display of force, most riots are almost impossible to stop once the seeds have been planted. First, there is normally a genuine reason for people being aggrieved. Second, people like to break and steal sh*t.

 

They do seem to be more common under a Tory watch, though.

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Agreed. I am quite happy to support a bit of structured civil obedience when there's a need, but you could see the vast majority of people there (I watched some if it live last night, including the bit where the Beeb reporter got punched by the sound of it) were just idiots with their hoodies up, swearing at the camera, saying 'brap' and stealing things. It had nothing to do with the bloke who got shot. Worst kind of mob violence, really.

 

Gives good rioting a bad name, frankly.

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Agreed. I am quite happy to support a bit of structured civil obedience when there's a need, but you could see the vast majority of people there (I watched some if it live last night, including the bit where the Beeb reporter got punched by the sound of it) were just idiots with their hoodies up, swearing at the camera, saying 'brap' and stealing things. It had nothing to do with the bloke who got shot. Worst kind of mob violence, really.

 

Gives good rioting a bad name, frankly.

 

Stump up your fiver mate, youd be able to edit your posts. ;)

 

And agrees/w scooby, WTF????

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I was agreeding with Mattio. Plus I stumped up money for a few consecutive years, but really don't play, or have any time / use to play, enough of a role here to pay for it nowadays.

 

And yes. I meant disobedience. Thanks for pointing that out.

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I think this goes hand in hand with society being really peed off at the moment. Protests are more widely common under Tory government. Yes some of it has to do with the bloke that was shot by the police, but most will be society looking for a reason to show they are not happy with a lot of things at the moment.

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multiculturalism it most certain twas!! Was a completely peed off society right across the board!

 

Not really. No surprise that a certain part of the "community" in that part of London is playing up again, whereas 99% of the rest of us get on with our lives working as hard as we can etc. Absolutely dire area, should nuke the whole lot.

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Initial ballistics tests on the bullet that lodged in a police officer's radio when Mark Duggan died on Thursday night show it was a police issue bullet, the Guardian understands.

The Guardian's crime correspondent, Sandra Laville, reports:

 

 

The revelation will fuel the fury in Tottenham about the killing of Mark Duggan by armed officers.

 

It also undermines suggestions that there was an exchange of fire between Duggan and the police before he died.

 

The bullet which was found lodged in the radio of one of the officers at the scene is still undergoing forensic tests. But reliable sources have said the first ballistics examinations suggested it was a police issue bullet.

 

These are very distinct as the Metropolitan Police uses dum dum type hollowed out bullets designed not to pass through an object.

 

The early suggestion from the IPCC was that the Met officers had returned fire after someone in the minicab opened fire. But the result of the ballistics early test suggests both shots fired came from the police.

 

It's going to get worse.

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I was agreeding with Mattio. Plus I stumped up money for a few consecutive years, but really don't play, or have any time / use to play, enough of a role here to pay for it nowadays.

 

And yes. I meant disobedience. Thanks for pointing that out.

 

 

I had worked that one out mate, hence the winky/smiley thing. No offence intended.

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I think this goes hand in hand with society being really peed off at the moment. Protests are more widely common under Tory government. Yes some of it has to do with the bloke that was shot by the police, but most will be society looking for a reason to show they are not happy with a lot of things at the moment.

 

As with all protests these days, it was hijacked by violent thugs hell bent on causing mayhem. It was probably those on benefits that needed a new 42inch plasma that just happened to be on display in Comet that caused the mindless violence of last night.

 

If the protests are more common under the Tories, I think it's likely at 14 years or so of Labour's rather misguided policies on diversity, multiculturalism, human rights and benefit scroungers and all the other left wing liberal things that have left the vast majority of indigenous Joe Public so hacked off. So far, the Tories have failed to right the wrongs and I think that tempers are flaring because of it.

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They should have the power to shoot the protestors on sight.

 

They're rioters dunce, not protestors. If you had been watching the news/reading the newspapers you would have noticed that the family of the man shot by the police led a peaceful march/protest which, much like the student demos, were hijacked.

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They're rioters dunce, not protestors. If you had been watching the news/reading the newspapers you would have noticed that the family of the man shot by the police led a peaceful march/protest which, much like the student demos, were hijacked.

 

What have they got to riot/protest about? There was a woman on SKY news saying how many coloured youths are in their 30's and have never worked because the opportunities weren't there for them. Yeah right. They've never worked because they've never wanted to work.

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What have they got to riot/protest about? There was a woman on SKY news saying how many coloured youths are in their 30's and have never worked because the opportunities weren't there for them. Yeah right. They've never worked because they've never wanted to work.

 

The shooting of an innocent man? Persistant infringements of their right to walk the streets without being harrassed by the police? How about the assumption that all afro-carribbeans are guilty until proven innocent? Or did that escape your Daily Express bubble? This is what they were protesting about in the first instance, and as I've already said, their protest was hijacked.

 

By the way, 'coloured youths? FFS mods, do your ****ing jobs!

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It's an accepted non racist term.

 

If the year is 1972, yes.

 

Also, ballistic reports from the bullet that hit a police officer's radio before they shot Mark Duggan have shown it was police issue, so Duggan could not have fired it. Which means he was shot illegally, and murdered.

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If the year is 1972, yes.

 

Also, ballistic reports from the bullet that hit a police officer's radio before they shot Mark Duggan have shown it was police issue, so Duggan could not have fired it. Which means he was shot illegally, and murdered.

 

In response to renaming the dog in Dambusters:

 

Mervyn Hallam, curator of RAF Scampton museum, today slammed the change and accused Fry of trying to ‘rewrite history’.

 

He said: ‘It’s not a problem with coloured people it’s the people in power creating the problem. Sod their political correctness and sod human rights.

 

‘They should keep the dog’s name the same – it’s ridiculous that they are trying to rewrite history. His grave is still here with his name on it.

 

‘What they are trying to do is dishonouring ****** and dishonouring the brave men who flew that mission.

 

‘We have over 9,000 visitors a year at RAF Scampton and many of them are not native to England but none of them are offended.

 

‘****** is the name of the dog and that shouldn’t be interfered with. In the context of the time and the film it’s not a racist name.’

 

So there you go. It's only an unacceptable word for Super Mikey and Super Thorpie.

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In response to renaming the dog in Dambusters:

 

Mervyn Hallam, curator of RAF Scampton museum, today slammed the change and accused Fry of trying to ‘rewrite history’.

 

He said: ‘It’s not a problem with coloured people it’s the people in power creating the problem. Sod their political correctness and sod human rights.

 

‘They should keep the dog’s name the same – it’s ridiculous that they are trying to rewrite history. His grave is still here with his name on it.

 

‘What they are trying to do is dishonouring ****** and dishonouring the brave men who flew that mission.

 

‘We have over 9,000 visitors a year at RAF Scampton and many of them are not native to England but none of them are offended.

 

‘****** is the name of the dog and that shouldn’t be interfered with. In the context of the time and the film it’s not a racist name.’[/i]

 

So there you go. It's only an unacceptable word for Super Mikey and Super Thorpie.

 

Hmm, but 8 words after he says "coloured people", he says "Sod their political correctness and sod human rights."

 

I can only assume from that statement that he might not be 100% up to date on what's acceptable and what isn't anymore.

 

Are you Mervyn Hallam, dune?

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What happened to 'innocent until proven guilty'?

 

Have you even read what I put. I said that the protesting was hijacked, I've never condoned the rioting - please keep up.

 

A far left UAF activist that doesn't condone rioting. I've heard it all now.

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The shooting of an innocent man? Persistant infringements of their right to walk the streets without being harrassed by the police? How about the assumption that all afro-carribbeans are guilty until proven innocent?

 

Well, I think they have demonstrated this weekend why the police do (positively, to catch crims) discriminate with stop and searches et al.

 

This is just outright theft by these people, they have lived up to their stereotypes... and then they went out and did it for a second night.

 

National service for these people in my opinion. Not only are they turning our capital into some kind of american ghetto slum, they are now damaging property which we will now have to pay for - regardless of the drain on our stuggling benefits systems...

 

this is not the behaviour of civilised people, this is the work of savages!

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There's no excuse for the riots but the some of the MET are a bunch of racist w@nkers. If you are sick to death of being searched there is not many ways of getting your voice heard after writing the pointless letter to your MP and informing the toothless IPCC.

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By the way, 'coloured youths? FFS mods, do your ****ing jobs!

 

If the mod's "did their ****ing (why always the aggressions btw?) jobs" you'd be banned for the homophobic comments you made on here directed at me recently. Still genuinely shocked that someone with such a "Alf Garnett" view on same sex relationships can teach children in 2011 Britain, seriously what would you do if a confused 15 year old boy or girl came to you and asked your opinion on a crush they were developing on a school friend of the same sex?

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