Brixton violence and looting (7th Aug 2011)

[TruXta]

Is it raining? That should help. Nothing like rain to douse riots as well as flames.

 

[cybertect]

@paraicobrien has posted some vids of Brixton too

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

www.twitter.com/hendopolis is reporting what he can see and photos, videos etc.

worth a look.

Excellent, Urban's man on the ground

Some reliable news on Twitter at last

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

@paraicobrien has posted some vids of Brixton too

Been watching him for a couple of hours

Says Currys has been hit and some moving up the Hill

 

[TruXta]

Curry's is next according to Mr. O'Brien.

 

[TruXta]

http://yfrog.com/h2ru5ouj

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Seems like they hit Vodafone too.

The bus driver was after new trainers and a new mobile?

Where are people getting these stories?!

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

Please Mob, not the coffee shops!

 

[TruXta]

The bus driver was after new trainers and a new mobile?

Where are people getting these stories?!

I wasn't on about any bus drivers! Just that the Vodafone shop got mugged/looted as well.

 

[cybertect]

From @DubbDeuces

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I can see something on fire by the town hall or is it smoke drifting?

 

[teuchter]

Has the cupcake shop been looted yet then? If not maybe I'll head down there now.

 

[quimcunx]

Rain!

 

[TruXta]

Has the cupcake shop been looted yet then? If not maybe I'll head down there now.

The ideological power of stale cupcakes cannot be underestimated.

 

[Pickman's model]

I can see something on fire by the town hall or is it smoke drifting?

maybe it is the town hall

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

some journo on five live says 150 people on streets in brixton, halfords getting looted for 20 mins at least, vodaphone similarly looted for >20 mins, he's surprised by their low level presence. also keen to stress that some white dreddy bloke getting nicked by cops and not just young black men doing this.

 

[quimcunx]

Has the cupcake shop been looted yet then? If not maybe I'll head down there now.

Have you tried them yet then? I haven't.

 

[teuchter]

I can see something on fire by the town hall or is it smoke drifting?

Does it have drops of water coming out of the bottom of it?

 

[teuchter]

Have you tried them yet then? I haven't.

No. There is a certain price point below which I would, though.

 

[quimcunx]

some journo on five live says 150 people on streets in brixton, halfords getting looted for 20 mins at least, vodaphone similarly looted for >20 mins, he's surprised by their low level presence. also keen to stress that some white dreddy bloke getting nicked by cops and not just young black men doing this.

Has anyone seen Editor?

 

[tufty79]

Have you tried them yet then? I haven't.

they're bloody lovely, if a little rich. i can manage about a quarter of one at a time.
if they were free, however...

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I wasn't on about any bus drivers! Just that the Vodafone shop got mugged/looted as well.

I know. I was joking about the bus driver! But someone seriously said that a bus had driven into Footlocker

 

[stuff_it]

Has the cupcake shop been looted yet then? If not maybe I'll head down there now.

Could you pop into Currys for me on the way?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Has anyone seen Editor?

Off taking photos?

 

[quimcunx]

Off taking photos?

Being arrested.

see the post I quoted.

 

[stuff_it]

Perhaps he's hoping to get interviewed as a 'community leader' or summat.

Speaking of which, that's what I'd like from Currys, a new camera...

 

[stuff_it]

Being arrested.

see the post I quoted.

Lol, surely PT is taking he piss? Paulie?

 

[Mrs Magpie]

editor's not in Brixton at the moment. He is doubtless taking photos wherever he is because he does a lot of that.

 

[TruXta]

Any credence to these rumours that this was planned by some local gangs?

 

[teuchter]

Could you pop into Currys for me on the way?

Nah, everything in Currys is overpriced.