i'm in ilford, and all i hear are sirens. some shops in the town centre got broken into and looted, and most shops are closed. it is steadily getting worse
Horrible stuff nonetheless...Chaz. said:Dont know why Birmingham is rioting, nowhere near London!! I'm outside of Birmingham in Nottingham which is famous for having riots, gun crime and knife crime. Yet nothing here?
Which brings me back to my earlier post:
QUOTE(30084pm @ Aug 8 2011, 09:41 PM) Just an excuse for thugs and chavs to act like thugs and chavs...
dragster215 said:i'm in ilford, and all i hear are sirens. some shops in the town centre got broken into and looted, and most shops are closed. it is steadily getting worse
Haven't seen you around lately30084pm said:Horrible stuff nonetheless...Chaz. said:Dont know why Birmingham is rioting, nowhere near London!! I'm outside of Birmingham in Nottingham which is famous for having riots, gun crime and knife crime. Yet nothing here?
Which brings me back to my earlier post:
QUOTE(30084pm @ Aug 8 2011, 09:41 PM) Just an excuse for thugs and chavs to act like thugs and chavs...
Buildings being burnt down and businesses ruined just like that!
Shocking! I got the understand from there just before 8pm - I spoke to the chicken and chip shop owner right next to the station and he said they were locking up early to avoid the incoming attacks.Tanveer said:Just heard from my dads friend.. his shop near Mile End Underground station got smashed and set on fire.
this is just ridiculous
I was expecting rubber bullts a little sooner.Armadillo said:dragster215 said:i'm in ilford, and all i hear are sirens. some shops in the town centre got broken into and looted, and most shops are closed. it is steadily getting worse
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Need to bring out the rubber bullets and water hoses. Police too soft.
dice said:Whilst it is very easy to blame everything on senseless kids I think we'd benefit more from looking "outside the box" and ask ourselves why so many people feel the need to commit such crimes.
SamAsh07 said:Now now now, you know how the riots have come about? No? Well fret not, here's your answer:-
The recent riots in London over the weekend are being linked to video games.
An unnamed police constable was quoted in the London Evening Standard today saying, "Go home, get a takeaway and watch anything that happens on TV. These are bad people who did this. Kids out of control. When I was young it was all Pacman and board games. Now they're playing Grand Theft Auto and want to live it for themselves."
Riots began in Tottenham, north London, on Saturday night after a local man, reportedly armed with a replica gun, was shot and killed by police on Thursday.
So far, police have arrested over 160 people and charged 16 of them with crimes for burglary and possession of weapons.[/p]
Source
Silent Storm said:Basically what happened was there was an incident in Tottenham (not far from where I live) where a father of four was shot dead by the police. There was a story flying around that the guy shot at police, but the cops and sky news confirmed today that this was not the case.
So the family organize a peaceful protest to get answers which is hijacked by some guys that are not even a part of the fucking area looking for trouble. After that it basically started a chain reaction in the city where my area was hit, as well as other parts of London. This is pretty much a bunch of punks using this as an opportunity to ransack and completely destroy lives and shops. It's fucking madness.
QUOTE said:2215:
In Croydon, south London, a bus was set alight as rioters took to the streets.
Yeah I just read that as well...Tanveer said:QUOTE said:2215:
In Croydon, south London, a bus was set alight as rioters took to the streets.
I hope no one was on the bus :/
I guess the bus was empty. They would have reported anyone injured.30084pm said:Yeah I just read that as well...Tanveer said:QUOTE said:2215:
In Croydon, south London, a bus was set alight as rioters took to the streets.
I hope no one was on the bus :/
Shit is messed up...
Ace Faith said:Oh, man, I'm very worried.
My brother is taking a vacation in London with his girlfriend. They're living at some hostel, a 10-20 km from central London. I tried texting them, but I'm getting no response....
I hope they're fine....