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London riots: live
The Telegraph ^ | 08/09/11 | various

Posted on 08/08/2011 6:26:54 PM PDT by dep

Rolling coverage of the third night of violent disturbances in London, with arson and looting reported at several locations across the capital.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: anarchy; arson; blacks; capital; civilunrest; destruction; disturbances; london; looting; minorities; riot; riots; socialism; violent; yutes
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To: 2harddrive

It is more than one ethnicity. It would be wrong to blame any one group but it would probably be accurate to say the majority are black youths of african origin.....parents that moved to the UK decades ago.

Mixed in with that you have what we in the UK call Chavz, basically scummy (often lower class) idiots that don’t work and are often involved in trouble.

I suspect that as it goes on some larger gangs will exploit the situation......

Basically what you have now is every low life scum bag piece of crap banding together to flame the capital with chaos and then steal and attack from innocent people. I mean people were literally ordered to strip in order for their clothes to be stolen......thats bloody madness.

This isn’t a racially motivated incident (although if places like the Midlands, Luton for example kick off it could descend into something far far more severe), the racial significance to this is minor as it stands, it is a simple class issue and it just happens that many of them lower classes in London are black. (a story in itself I suppose)

...reports of trouble in the Midlands and even the north....Manchester at the moment. It is spreading it would seem, and the most worrying part of this is that it could become a new ‘fad’....the phrase ‘recreational rioting’ is being used and it’s a fad with the economy in crisis we could do without.......


281 posted on 08/09/2011 11:52:18 AM PDT by UKrepublican
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To: UKrepublican

It’s pretty clear at this point, that the common elements among the rioters, is opportunism, criminality, and thuggery. Not race, politics or poverty.


282 posted on 08/09/2011 11:57:41 AM PDT by ZX12R (FUBO GTFO 2012 !)
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To: UKrepublican
Sales of aluminum bats on Amazon.UK are up over 5000% as the riots continue.

Golf clubs and fire pokers also make good weapons in a pinch.
283 posted on 08/09/2011 12:09:44 PM PDT by Girlene
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To: dep

Large groups of young men have gathered outside two pubs in Eltham (South London), to ‘protect’ their pub and their area. Rumours are that it’s Millwall and Charlton fans (Charlton’s game was cancelled tonight because of the riots), who have teamed up to make sure that Eltham remains intact. Picture here;

http://yfrog.com/h8xjzmzj


284 posted on 08/09/2011 12:22:12 PM PDT by the scotsman (I)
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To: ZX12R

The issue is a matter “culture” (like MRSA) not race...


285 posted on 08/09/2011 12:37:24 PM PDT by Little Ray (Best Conservative in the Primary; AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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To: SaraJohnson

Muslims - Turkish Kurds, I think - are doing a pretty good job suppressing the riots in “their” areas.


286 posted on 08/09/2011 12:39:24 PM PDT by Little Ray (Best Conservative in the Primary; AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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To: FreedomPoster

How the mighty have fallen in once-great Britain.


287 posted on 08/09/2011 12:44:15 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: EnglishCon

Regardless of religion or ethnicity, if you obey the law you are to be respected. If you engage in mob behavior you are a scum sucker who deserves to be shot. The End.


288 posted on 08/09/2011 12:55:15 PM PDT by JPG (Yes She Can!)
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To: SaraJohnson

You dumb cluck. Shut up and get your ass out of this thread.


289 posted on 08/09/2011 1:38:33 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: All
2130 .. will the zombies torch London again tonight ?

For anyone who missed it, here's a live feed from LBC radio in London,
doing live call-ins throughout the night from folks in the effected areas.

*kudos to FReeper ArmstedFragg for the link

290 posted on 08/09/2011 1:45:19 PM PDT by tomkat (Sarah '12)
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To: dep
Football fans are out on the streets tonight defending their areas. Notice the lack of hoods and masks.
291 posted on 08/09/2011 1:54:41 PM PDT by Stolly
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To: dep
Londoners have been out in force today cleaning up the mess caused by the scum. This is the real London, not the looters.
292 posted on 08/09/2011 1:57:59 PM PDT by Stolly
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To: Biggirl

But gun bans don’t have such a huge effect on our cities, when you can get them outside.

The point is, we have ample historical evidence that having the 2A isn’t enough to control rioting, even back a few years. People need to act on it - and some won’t, exactly because of nInny-state “innocent-till-guilty” “dont-shoot-till-they-kill-your-kid” rules and attitudes.


293 posted on 08/09/2011 2:01:16 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: Moltke; dep
(Sorry about the empty post #242 - guess IMDB does not like links to their images. 2nd attempt, then. A few Harry Browns is what Britain might need right now.)


294 posted on 08/09/2011 2:04:42 PM PDT by Moltke (Always retaliate first.)
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To: Moltke

If anyone would like a view of what’s going on in Birmingham, this is a stream of one of the local asian TV channels. Compelling viewing!
http://www.justin.tv/sangattelevision#/w/1595016032/2


295 posted on 08/09/2011 2:11:08 PM PDT by Mitch86
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To: Mitch86

The Sikhs are kicking arse! God bless ‘em


296 posted on 08/09/2011 2:14:21 PM PDT by Mitch86
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To: SaraJohnson

You’re acting like a conspirator.

Saying most of the Africans (black) in the riots are Moslem is like all the liberals desperately saying Timmy McVeigh was Christian - it is a non-sequitur. It’s a coincidence and really has nothing to do with the crime.

Let it go. If it really is true there was primarily Moslem influence, it’ll come out. Right now, it just looks like low-life lazy leftist scum thinking they’re owed something, as many of our riots have been.


297 posted on 08/09/2011 2:15:15 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: Stolly

Great pics, Stolly .. thanks !


298 posted on 08/09/2011 2:27:43 PM PDT by tomkat (Sarah '12)
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To: Mitch86

More photos here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2024203/UK-riots-flare-Manchester-Birmingham-London-s-FOURTH-night-violence.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

# Fresh violence flares tonight in Birmingham, Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Manchester and Salford
# 16,000 officers on London’s streets to control violence
# Tense situation with yobs and riot police in Canning Town, east London
# Capital is on lockdown as shopkeepers boarded up businesses early to protect them
# Pubs, businesses and schools sent workers home early
# Prime Minister David Cameron will recall Parliament on Thursday


299 posted on 08/09/2011 2:34:20 PM PDT by Deo volente (God willing, America will survive this Obamination.)
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To: KTM rider

“I’m not for anarchy but our 2nd amendment was designed to allow us to resist government tyranny [/philosophical rant] “

Agreed. I hope that it never comes to that - it will be messy. I think our American Revolution was a rarity. And while what is going on in London seems more like “youts” having “fun” - how will an actual revolution look different? And what will we stand for (or against)?


300 posted on 08/09/2011 2:39:22 PM PDT by 21twelve (Obama Recreating the New Deal: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts)
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