Riots in Tottenham

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**legoburner**

I do wonder if we will see a drop in crime across London over the next couple of months as the criminal scum types who piled in to the riots end up arrested and charged. Looking forward to some analysis of all this delicious social data in a couple of years time!

**reds8n**

It also seems that at some point yesterday, after they made their announcement about helping the police with their enquiries, the Blackberry site was hacked.

It 's all been fixed/brushed away now, I believe there's a few sites here and there mirroring ( is that the term ?) what it did look like

the message, from one " @TeaMp0isoN_ "

read

Dear Rim;
You Will _NOT_ assist the UK Police because if you do innocent members of the public who were at the wrong place at the wrong time and owned a blackberry will get charged for no reason at all, the Police are looking to arrest as many people as possible to save themselves from embarrassment…. if you do assist the police by giving them chat logs, gps locations, customer information & access to peoples BlackBerryMessengers you will regret it, we have access to your database which includes your employees information; e.g – Addresses, Names, Phone Numbers etc. – now if you assist the police, we _WILL_ make this information public and pass it onto rioters…. do you really want a bunch of angry youths on your employees doorsteps? Think about it…. and don’t think that the police will protect your employees, the police can’t protect themselves let alone protect others….. if you make the wrong choice your database will be made public, save yourself the embarrassment and make the right choice. don’t be a puppet..

..hmm.. the plot thickens.

**Phototoxin**

The revolution is starting.

(Un)Fortunatly(?) unlike the states we don't have caches of weapons meaning that the rioters aren't armed but similarly we cannot defend ourselfs. Thankfully the civilised Southamption and oxfordshire seem largely unscaythed. Oxfordshire is rich so that makes sense but 'chavhamption' has large areas of poverty and anti-social behaviour - I am genuinely surprised that there's no riots.

**olympia**

The lumpenproletariat have no August holidays in Spain so they riot instead.

**mattyrm**

Phototoxin wrote:The revolution is starting.

(Un)Fortunatly(?) unlike the states we don't have caches of weapons meaning that the rioters aren't armed but similarly we cannot defend ourselfs. Thankfully the civilised Southamption and oxfordshire seem largely unscaythed. Oxfordshire is rich so that makes sense but 'chavhamption' has large areas of poverty and anti-social behaviour - I am genuinely surprised that there's no riots.

What "revolution" is starting?

Nothing is starting. These feth heads will trash things for a week, and then everything goes back to normal.

What are you saying? Are you "pro" acting like a fething idiot and looting shops?

**htj**

Also, there are plenty of poor people and there's plenty of scum in Oxford and Oxfordshire. Luckily, the Oxfordshire police seem to be a little better prepared, and have prevented any idiots from trying anything.

**notprop**

On the plus side we in the building industry are now expecting a bumper end to 2011.

Vive la revolution!

**MrH**

Sigh...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2024412/London-riots-Police-soft-looters-ordered-stand-observe.html

**reds8n**

notprop wrote:On the plus side we in the building industry are now expecting a bumper end to 2011.

Vive la revolution!

Buy shares in glass companies now then !..

... *checks to see if Murdoch has done similar *

**mattyrm**

MrH wrote:Sigh...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2024412/London-riots-Police-soft-looters-ordered-stand-observe.html

As I said, if your a copper and you hit someone with a baton, your a fool.

Photographed by a reporter? Trial by media, disciplined. fethed.

The smart thing to do is go and make a cup of tea and ignore them, and thats exacrtly what happened.

The people that are whinging about the "lack of action" on the part of the police, are the very same people that complain about the rights of victims, complain about police brutality.

Its illogical. You cant have your cake and eat it.

Thatchers puppets would have beat the gak out of these oiks and stopped the problem inside 20 minutes!

But no no.. 13 years of liberals in charge and now policemen aren't allowed to defend themselves for fear of reprisals.

Take the gloves off, crush the rioters, and slap the backs of the officers when they got photographed smashing someone's face in with a truncheon and this problem will go away.

**notprop**

reds8n wrote:
notprop wrote:On the plus side we in the building industry are now expecting a bumper end to 2011.

Vive la revolution!

Buy shares in glass companies now then !..

... *checks to see if Murdoch has done similar *

And Plastics - those comfy helmets and shields do not make themselves you know!

In other news shares in insurance companies plumet..............

**sarpedons-right-hand**

I live in 'Call me Dave's constituency, and there was talk of looting there last night. Went for a walk at around 11pm..... Nothing, not a soul except for the stragglers being kicked out of the pubs.

**notprop**

Yes I'm also suprised that the slums and ghettos of south central whitney are not in flames.

**kronk**

I love the message on the hoody.

**htj**

sarpedons-right-hand wrote:I live in 'Call me Dave's constituency, and there was talk of looting there last night. Went for a walk at around 11pm..... Nothing, not a soul except for the stragglers being kicked out of the pubs.

Considering I saw a local newspaper there which was comparing people 'urinating and having sex on trees (?)' to being 'like World War 3,' this doesn't surprise me all that much. I'm not sure what looting would constitute. The battle for Armageddon perhaps?

**Khornholio**

Kilkrazy wrote:At the student protests and various other recent protest marches the police used high density kettling tactics against mainly law-abiding citizens who were trying to exercise their democratic rights.

Unsurprisingly there was an outcry against that.

Locking down an actual riot is a completely different situation and the police reaction to these riots has been "low key" at best.

I agree with this post 100 %. It's behind the surface of that stance taken by the authorities that truly bothers me.

**Wolfstan**

The Guardian is reporting that Dave has signed off on water cannon.

**Revenent Reiko**

Wolfstan wrote:The Guardian is reporting that Dave has signed off on water cannon.

Finally!

Its only taken him 5 bloody days *grrrr*

**sarpedons-right-hand**

Yup, Witney is fantastically dull..... The most exciting thing that happens here is the carnival!

However, the vast amount of squaddies that drink in Witney would mean that they would no doubt smack down any drunken vandals in a big way....

**notprop**

Or bolster their numbers?

**Kilkrazy**

http://photoshoplooter.tumblr.com/

**Manchu**

Free lutes!

**Avatar 720**

Damn luters ¬.¬

**Ahtman**

Avatar 720 wrote:Damn luters ¬.¬

Could this whole incident be the universes way of building up to that joke?

**Happygrunt**

Ahtman wrote:
Avatar 720 wrote:Damn luters ¬.¬

Could this whole incident be the universes way of building up to that joke?

"Alright, we got that joke off! Everyone can go home now!"

**Ahtman**

It will be interesting to see some of the research done after this is all said and done. Specifically, how the role of the internet and social networking sites on prolonging the rioting.

**cpt_fishcakes**

Looks like Strathclyde Police aren't taking any chances, just passed two patrol cars and a fully loaded Riot van all in my tiny little town. A bit weird considering theres not been a hint of trouble in Scotland. Wish we had that kind of police presence two weeks ago when a scrapyard and two cars were torched within 50 yards of my house.

Now that the rain has come I think the trouble will die out, scum dont like water. The worrying thing about all this is the precedence it sets for the future, if enough scumbags go out on the rob theres not much the Police can do to stop them.

**Sgt_Scruffy**

These riots are appalling, and I really wish there was a way to help. Britain has stood by the USA for so long that it just breaks my heart to see all this upheaval. I've met a lot of good Brits while in Iraq, and you don't deserve this.

Stay safe Dakkanauts.

**Nob 'ead**

My areas been pretty alright, we had a scare yesterday and the entire High Street was put into lock down after some shop windows were smashed. The Police hung around for a while but Putneys a pretty boring place, safe from looters!

**KamikazeCanuck**

People have been killed now. Seriously, time for some martial law.
What happened to you England? You used to be hardcore. If this was some trouble making Irishmen you would have sent in tanks by now.