A procrastination in of itself
600 arrests since Sunday. All cells in London are full.
What are we gona do? Stuff them on ships and stick them in the channel?
"And the Bunny nails it!" ~ Gabrael "If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we." ~ Cyran
Decemberist
Interesting video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biJgILxGK0o
A procrastination in of itself
Police have been using armoured vehicles but rubber bullets are seen as a last resort.
"And the Bunny nails it!" ~ Gabrael "If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we." ~ Cyran
V
Put them outside London, but that is already happening...
...or send them to Afghanistan and tell the Taliban where to find them?
That'll solve the problem.
Keep Rolling On
They've been put in other jails and people are already getting tried and sentanced as most are pleading "guilty" to the charges put before them. "unfortunatly" the fact that they were rioting has added extra fuel to the fire and they will have longer custodial sentances/fines.
Decemberist
Chuka Umunna, Labour MP for Streatham, which includes Brixton, says he wants to see Blackberry's messenger service "temporarily disabled" between 1800 BST and 0600 BST to stop those organising disorder.
How can BBM be disabled between those times?
London girls brag about doing what they want
edited 9th Aug '11 2:23:25 PM by whaleofyournightmare
Dutch Lesbian
By BB themselves. They will give out the names and addresses of those using BBM for rioting purposes, and I'm sure they'll suspend UK services if they wanted to.
edited 9th Aug '11 2:24:03 PM by Inhopelessguy
Urgh, thats stupidity on a whole new plain.
I think Victim support should show these people the kind of effect they can have on normal peoples lives.
Cost estimates for the affected areas: £100mn
Decemberist
Liverpool city centre has gone into lockdown with all shops closed from 6pm. A digger has been used in an attempted robbery of a Post Office in Bootle.
Dutch Lesbian
V
And another form of Stupidity:
If some of them attempt to use stolen items like iPods, they'll need to be registered, right?
Stolen items will be known, and some will use their real addresses, names and other details, and that would mean that they can be traced.
These Looters are mostly not the brightest, so they will be caught.
Keep Rolling On
Decemberist
Breaking News: Police Station in Nottingham has been firebombed.
Dutch Lesbian
The Shadows Devour You.
A procrastination in of itself
These looters are asking the BBC for help finding places to steal stuff.
No they are not the sharpest tools in the shed. In fact I think these tools have been left out of the shed for years and had the blades nicked by hoodies who then tried to use them to break into shops.
"And the Bunny nails it!" ~ Gabrael "If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we." ~ Cyran
What idiots.
Sneering Imperialist
Such searing political insight on display there.
edited 9th Aug '11 2:43:16 PM by pagad
With cannon shot and gun blast smash the alien. With laser beam and searing plasma scatter the alien to the stars.
-shrug- These people are not (fundamentally) all that bright, everyones going to end up caught and (I hope) this may actually sound the death knell for some of the london gangs.
Decemberist
An 18-year-old man has been arrested by Tayside Police in connection with Facebook entries encouraging others to gather in Dundee city centre with weapons to riot. The teenager is due to appear at Dundee Sheriff Court on Wednesday morning.
@Pagad, I know it wasnt but I thought that other tropers should understand how big of a numpty people are.
Dutch Lesbian
A procrastination in of itself
Newsnight. Plastic bullets are allowed.
This has got real.
"And the Bunny nails it!" ~ Gabrael "If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we." ~ Cyran
BOOM BITCHES!
^^ Source? Please?
Cmdr. of His Supremacy's Armed Forces
V
I know it's the Daily Mail, but:
Keep away from Britain! Governments around world warn citizens to avoid riot-hit UK
Unsurpringly, the Americans have got an answer:
'These people are welcome to march and protest, but when they start robbing and destroying other's property, then I'm all for declaring them targets for target practice.'
Another poster on the Washington Post website added: 'Send in the military with orders to shoot all looters. That will end the riots fairly quickly....'
I was looking for Peter Hitchens' view on the Riots, but he's on Holiday right now (bet he's regretting that...).
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Last time we did that was The Troubles in 1969. And (again), where are these Soldiers coming from? We can't magic them up from nowhere, and definately not with the equipment they need (it's in Afghanistan, of course)...
edited 9th Aug '11 2:57:58 PM by Greenmantle
Keep Rolling On
Rain is coming to the north.
Nahhh, I think we need to try "A Storm Is Coming" instead. I don't doubt that a lot of this will cause much debate, but I hope not all of it will be focussed on vengence.