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Brixton chitter chatter and news and updates (Feb-Aug 2011)

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nick h. said:
He was a very argumentative chap, always looking for a scrap. He claimed he was proper gangsta but it seems like he met his match. If the police want to talk to his enemies they'll have a long list to work through.
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The town gossip strikes again. :facepalm:
 
Of course I'm not condoning it, grow up. I would think people might appreciate some context. It's helpful for residents to know that although you might find yourself queuing next to someone with a gun in McDonalds, you probably won't be shot unless you provoke them by jumping the queue. I wouldn't want people to be afraid to go out in Brixton because of what happened to Brown.
 
nick h. said:
Of course I'm not condoning it, grow up. I would think people might appreciate some context. It's helpful for residents to know that although you might find yourself queuing next to someone with a gun in McDonalds, you probably won't be shot unless you provoke them by jumping the queue. I wouldn't want people to be afraid to go out in Brixton because of what happened to Brown.
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It's just hearsay though. How come you know all this stuff? A lot of your posts seem to be nothing but baseless tittle tattle
 
nick h. said:
Of course I'm not condoning it, grow up. I would think people might appreciate some context. It's helpful for residents to know that although you might find yourself queuing next to someone with a gun in McDonalds, you probably won't be shot unless you provoke them by jumping the queue. I wouldn't want people to be afraid to go out in Brixton because of what happened to Brown.
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Right. So you know, from personal experience, that what you said is true? Not just from a couple of bits of gossip?
 
I know because I know one of Brown's oldest friends quite well. I see him several times a week. He's a few feet away and we've just been chatting about the differences between what happened and what's in the papers. Brown's friend got his info from someone who was in Macdonalds at the time. Someone who speaks patois and understood what was being said. You can dismiss all of this as rubbish, to be honest I couldn't give a flying fuck. I would have thought that a few people who contribute to this thread might remember that I helped the House of Bottles' owner to get his licence back after the drugs bust in 2009. That was one of five occasions when I've helped people who've been victimised by Brixton police (which entails rather more work than sitting around being a keyboard warrior sniping at people who are getting off their arse trying to help others.) So I'm trusted by quite a few Africans and Caribbeans who know I don't prejudge them just because they're in trouble with the police.

You're probably thinking I've made all that up. Perhaps I could quote you my testimonial from Mrs Magpie on page 8 of this very thread:

Mrs Magpie said:
@fortyplus
nick h is reliable. He lives in the heart of the market and he engages with people, goes and listens to them and checks stuff out. He's told me stuff in the past that I've been a tad sceptical about initially but he's never been wrong so far. He's got a lot of respect round these parts and he's earned that respect.

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By 'round these parts' I mean on the ground, in real life in Brixton and among people who don't know one end of a computer from another, let alone can afford one. U75 is a very useful resource but a lot of people who work in the market or live locally wouldn't recognise U75 if it jumped up and bit them on the bum. I've lived here for 30 years, know a lot of people and in a lot of ways he's got better info than I have.
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I know some of you have reading difficulties so if the above is too hard to understand just put me on ignore and get your Brixton news from the BBC. Or piss off back to Youtube to write comments on Justin Bieber videos.
 
Sorry, was angered by that so withdraw all words in previous post apart from supercilious and patronising :)
 
Nick, since you are obviously very close to the victim and his immediate friends, there's one big question I think we need to know the answer to.

What did Brown order in McDonalds?
 
Blimey. I can help but that it seems more than a little ridiculous that people are basically objecting to chitter chatter on a thread signposted as just that. There have been far more speculative and unpleasant posts plenty of places on here before.

And I say that as someone who objects to the rubbernecking and general idle gossiping on here more than most. I detest the sodding 'what's happened here' threads on here most of the time fwiw - they're often the equivalent of people reversing back towards an accident, craning their necks in the haste to overhear any take on what's happened.
 
ajdown said:
Nick, since you are obviously very close to the victim and his immediate friends, there's one big question I think we need to know the answer to.

What did Brown order in McDonalds?
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The only order you should concern yourself with is your regular truckload of cupcakes. They'll kill you just as surely as a bullet in the liver.
 
Orang Utan said:
Sorry, was angered by that so withdraw all words in previous post apart from supercilious and patronising :)
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So droll. Why don't you invest some of the time you spend on your 24 posts per day by coming to a solicitor in Euston with me at 6 pm today to help someone who is being fitted up by the police?
 
Can't help but wonder what the guy's family and friends would feel about all this stuff being posted up in public.
 
nick h. said:
The only order you should concern yourself with is your regular truckload of cupcakes. They'll kill you just as surely as a bullet in the liver.
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So how many times have you seen me walking to Ms Cupcake? Are you stalking me or something?
 
nick h. said:
I know because I know one of Brown's oldest friends quite well. I see him several times a week. He's a few feet away and we've just been chatting about the differences between what happened and what's in the papers. Brown's friend got his info from someone who was in Macdonalds at the time. Someone who speaks patois and understood what was being said. You can dismiss all of this as rubbish, to be honest I couldn't give a flying fuck. I would have thought that a few people who contribute to this thread might remember that I helped the House of Bottles' owner to get his licence back after the drugs bust in 2009. That was one of five occasions when I've helped people who've been victimised by Brixton police (which entails rather more work than sitting around being a keyboard warrior sniping at people who are getting off their arse trying to help others.) So I'm trusted by quite a few Africans and Caribbeans who know I don't prejudge them just because they're in trouble with the police.

You're probably thinking I've made all that up. Perhaps I could quote you my testimonial from Mrs Magpie on page 8 of this very thread:



I know some of you have reading difficulties so if the above is too hard to understand just put me on ignore and get your Brixton news from the BBC. Or piss off back to Youtube to write comments on Justin Bieber videos.
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Your self-appointed martyrdom in no way excuses your tactless comments based upon heresay.

teuchter said:
Can't help but wonder what the guy's family and friends would feel about all this stuff being posted up in public.
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Quite.
 
nick h. said:
So droll. Why don't you invest some of the time you spend on your 24 posts per day by coming to a solicitor in Euston with me at 6 pm today to help someone who is being fitted up by the police?
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Boasting about your tireless community work again I see. Are you fishing for a round of applause for being a local hero?
 
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