Gramsci
Well-Known Member
read over posts properly. looks like it was ok night then
Brixton violence and looting (7th Aug 2011)
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read over posts properly. looks like it was ok night then
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
If I was in Enfield or Dalston (white or a Turk) I would have done the same. Its worrying but Im not going to criticize people for defending there communities.
Also Ive been told by someone who lives near Dalston just now that the rioters were mixed (white and black) group of young people- teenagers really.
Also Ive been told by someone who lives near Dalston just now that the rioters were mixed (white and black) group of young people- teenagers really.
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
It got more scary as it went on. Just read that a man in 40s was critically ill after been attacked after he tried to put a fire in a bin out in Ealing. They have been starting to attack individuals.
Ive been in contact with people in London I know calming them down. A lot of people come to London from from abroad to learn English and this is all a bit of a shock for them.
Ive been in contact with people in London I know calming them down. A lot of people come to London from from abroad to learn English and this is all a bit of a shock for them.
editor
hiraethified
Three young kids beating fuck out of an old guy. Cowardly, pathetic cunts.
According to the Grauniad a looter on a mobility scooter got trapped in the 3 mobile shop in Streatham when the security shutters came down http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2011/aug/10/manchester-riots-uk-disorder-day-four-live#block-26
kittyP
Pluviophile
Damn! I wish I had seen this last night.
Would have gone down for a solidarity boogie
colacubes
Mr Hot Cookie
kittyP
Pluviophile
Rushy
basically a scrotum
It was definitely worth heading over for. Friendly, peaceful vibe and lots of smiling!I so wish I had know. Would have loved to have gone.
Well done Brixton.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
Good news spots
It's not showing the band playing last night.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
It is.. you have to click on "Yellow" for good news...
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
It does, but the "incidents" are all marked with red spots. Just zoom in to the area and click on the red dot.
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
This is where i got the info from last night. The good news (ie free cupcakes/band playing) are represented with yellow spots. Or you can choose all categories - red spots. It's easier to do the former to find the band etc...
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Yeah, just clicking on the yellow dots is easier as there's only 5 of them
stevebradley
Well-Known Member
A 31yr old employee of Stockwell Primary School pleaded guilty to looting in court today.
Lives in Battersea and works in Stockwell/Brixton, but was caught looting Richer Sounds in Croydon !? Also lives with his mum.
Other occupations listed for those pleading guilty last night included a number of university graduates, apprentices, a graphic designer, an army recruit, a forklift driver and a social worker.
So much for the theory that it was people with no hope lashing out at society. Pure opportunistic theft and recreational thuggery was the order of the day.
Lives in Battersea and works in Stockwell/Brixton, but was caught looting Richer Sounds in Croydon !? Also lives with his mum.
Other occupations listed for those pleading guilty last night included a number of university graduates, apprentices, a graphic designer, an army recruit, a forklift driver and a social worker.
So much for the theory that it was people with no hope lashing out at society. Pure opportunistic theft and recreational thuggery was the order of the day.
TruXta
tired
Things just happen for no reason do they? History means nothing? FFS, no wonder Lambeth is going down the pan with numpties like yourself behind the wheel.
kittyP
Pluviophile
In a situation like this you will get all sorts jumping on the bandwagon.
stevebradley
Well-Known Member
I didn't say things don't happen for a reason. There are deep soietal problems when grown adults with jobs, good educations and prospects choose to go out and indulge in looting miles from where they live and work.
But to sweep over everything as beinga case of those with nothing to loose lashing out is clearly not the whole story. Hurling personal abuse at me doesn't alter the facts behind some of those up in court.
TruXta
tired
No you didn't, but skirting over the history and context, and merely labelling this as thuggery and wanton looting does nothing but play into the hang'em flog'em brigade. And it's a fact that Lambeth has been the plaything of NuLab for a long long time now, you can't really blame the Tories for the misguided governance and contiunuing downward spiralling of this borough. That's why I called you and your colleagues numpties.
kittyP
Pluviophile
Your right, it is not the whole story but I strongly suspect that the employed adults that were involved in this mess were very few and far between in the grand scheme of things.
It doesn't take away from the fact that youth social disaffection had a major part to play in how and why this all came about.
A few exceptions to a rule does not change anything.
stevebradley
Well-Known Member
I agree wholeheartedly that Lambeth has been a Nu Labour experiment for years ; I'm not blaming the government for anything ; and I suspect strongly from what you've written that you don't even know what party I represent.....
ajdown
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I suspect strongly from what you've written that you don't even know what party I represent.....
Thanks for that.
