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[ddraig]

Chippy Lane, Chip Alley or Caroline Street. What do you call it?

A leading Welsh communications agency has sparked debate once more over the rightful name for Cardiff’s legendary chippy thoroughfare. Working Word, a communications company based in the Welsh capital, has reopened one of the longest running debates in the history of the city with their...

nation.cymru

What do YOU call it?

 

[nogojones]

Caroline St

 

[ginger_syn]

all three depending on who i'm talking to and sometimes i call it chippy alley

 

[Ranbay]

Don't go there now Colins books had gone.....

 

[editor]

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Chippy Lane, Chip Alley or Caroline Street. What do you call it?

A leading Welsh communications agency has sparked debate once more over the rightful name for Cardiff’s legendary chippy thoroughfare. Working Word, a communications company based in the Welsh capital, has reopened one of the longest running debates in the history of the city with their...

nation.cymru

What do YOU call it?

Caroline Street or Chip Alley, although I had to check Cardiff photos – chip alley, Alliance sculpture, National Museum and more rain - urban75: art, photos, walks

 

[teqniq]

Woke up to this. The tale of what actually happened is not entirely clear save for the fact that 2 kids were killed when run over by a car. police seem to have gone in very heavy handed:

Live updates as youths killed in Ely crash that sparked violence are named

Violence followed the crash in Ely with at least two cars set on fire as trouble flared for hours, involving scores of youths, with some covering their faces with masks

www.walesonline.co.uk

 

[nogojones]

A man called Connor, who also lives in Highmead Road, said: “It’s been a mad night. This is not the norm around here but people are pretty anti-police and that’s reflected on both sides, not that that’s my opinion.

“Although we’ve been afflicted by this riot, I still understand it. When people have enough, this is what happens.”

 

[Ranbay]

Not much on me socials, just seen on the BBC

I lived in Canton when we had the bread riots

 

[teqniq]

Bit more info than the Walesonline article I posted. From the BBC:

Cardiff riot: Two teenagers killed in crash before Ely disorder

The link between the deaths and the disorder in Cardiff remains unclear, a police boss says.

www.bbc.com

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Fuck the Heddlu.

 

[Plumdaff]

Heard the helicopters going over late into last night. Story is that police chase ended up with two kids being hit and killed by a ?bus and police then started batoning a crowd that gathered and were refusing to allow family access.

 

[teqniq]

OB are claiming that the crash and subsequent deaths had happened before they arrived.

 

[Plumdaff]

Until proven otherwise I'd assume OB will lie through their teeth, although a stupidly heavy-handed response to an accident wouldn't be unlike SWP. It's pretty unusual for 150-odd people to kick off spontaneously, sadly traffic accidents happen all the time and don't usually result in this.

 

[teqniq]

Until proven otherwise I'd assume OB will lie through their teeth, although a stupidly heavy-handed response to an accident wouldn't be unlike SWP. It's pretty unusual for 150-odd people to kick off spontaneously, sadly traffic accidents happen all the time and don't usually result in this.

Yup you were right:

Cardiff riots: Police refer themselves to watchdog after crash deaths

Two people died in the crash involving an electric bike, sparking a riot on Monday evening.

www.bbc.com

 

[Plumdaff]

Just once you'd like to think that they weren't the most shameless lying cunts.....

 

[teqniq]

I saw comments on one of the vids I posted earlier above that said the boys bodies were left in the road for ages and the police wouldn't let the families anywhere near. This has also been corroborated by someone who I'm a friend with on FB who says the OB attempted CPR but no paramedics or ambulance crews were called. They were left there for 2 hours. No wonder people got so angry.

 

[editor]

Yup you were right:

Cardiff riots: Police refer themselves to watchdog after crash deaths

Two people died in the crash involving an electric bike, sparking a riot on Monday evening.

www.bbc.com

Pretty damning evidence, that.

 

[Plumdaff]

Only now referring themselves to the IOPC having refused to do so earlier on.

 

[ddraig]

Only now referring themselves to the IOPC having refused to do so earlier on.

"mandatory" one of them said

 

[TopCat]

Lying pig cunts

 

[nogojones]

Only now referring themselves to the IOPC having refused to do so earlier on.

Kicking it into the long grass then. The IPOC report on the killing of Mohamud Mohammed Hassan out yet? or the body cam footage released?

Only doing shit all for two and a half years

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

The filth in charge of the cover up is Deputy Chief Cunstubble Rachael Bacon, no less.

 

[nogojones]

This open letter to Drakeford and the CPS is doing the rounds. Probably a bit optimistic

Open Letter / Llythyr Agored

(Sgroliwch lawr am y fersiwn Gymraeg) E-mail diffrwyscriafol@gmail.com to your organisation to the letter. Dear Mark Drakeford and the Crown Prosecution Service, First of all, we stand with, and send our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Harvey Evans and Kyrees Sullivan in the w...

docs.google.com

E-mail diffrwyscriafol@gmail.com or DM @diffwyscriafol to add your organisation to the letter.

Dear Mark Drakeford and the Crown Prosecution Service,

First of all, we stand with, and send our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Harvey Evans and Kyrees Sullivan in the wake of this terrible tragedy. The pain of losing these boys so young is unimaginable, and we hope you know that we wish to support you in any way possible as you seek justice.

The unrest seen in Ely was an understandable emotional reaction to a tragedy that may or may not have been directly caused by the actions of South Wales Police.

The 8 of the 9 who have so far been charged with riot are all teenagers, and most of them are under 16.

Criminalising these young people, and destroying their futures, at a time when the community as a whole is grieving a terrible loss is something that makes no sense.

The First Minister said that the rioters "must be held accountable". The police involved in the incident that lead to the deaths of Harvey and Kyrees have so far faced no consequences. The police that provoked such a reaction in the wake of their death have faced no consequences either.

However 9 young people have been arrested, questioned and now face a serious charge that will change the course of their lives completely, undoubtedly destroy their mental health and could mean they face up to 10 years locked up.

We call for an amnesty for these young people and an end to the criminalisation of the community of Ely in the wake of these riots.

The lives of the family, friends and wider community of the kids who have lost their lives have been changed forever. There is no way to bring them back.

There is no need to inflict more suffering on this community by locking up its young people. Criminalising these 9 who were charged with riot will of course, ruin their lives, and decimate the lives of their families. It will create more pain and suffering in a community that has suffered enough from the "criminal justice system"' actions.

We the undersigned call on the First Minister Mark Drakeford to make a statement calling for an amnesty, promising no more arrests and for the Crown Prosecution to drop the charges against those who have already been arrested.

No justice, no peace.

Signed

 

[_Russ_]

It is and always was caroline street, unless you're some millenial/GenZ tit

 

[_Russ_]

This open letter to Drakeford and the CPS is doing the rounds. Probably a bit optimistic
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Open Letter / Llythyr Agored

(Sgroliwch lawr am y fersiwn Gymraeg) E-mail diffrwyscriafol@gmail.com to your organisation to the letter. Dear Mark Drakeford and the Crown Prosecution Service, First of all, we stand with, and send our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Harvey Evans and Kyrees Sullivan in the w...

docs.google.com

My family on my Fathers side are from Ely, Its self perpetuating and ultimately society..all of us are to blame. if you live in a shithole you blend in, its really hard to be a decent honest person when nobody ever treats you as one

 

[ddraig]

cops don't like social media shocker

Ely: How social media influenced aftermath of crash deaths

One expert says that while social media did not cause the Cardiff riot, it may have accelerated it.

www.bbc.co.uk

"Social media can be a real problem for policing in general because claims, whether false or otherwise, can be spread very quickly.
"That can inflame and exacerbate existing tensions and police have to deal with that - particularly if those claims involve the police themselves.
"A report, a video, an image can be uploaded and posted around the whole world within minutes. Issues can be amplified in a way that didn't happen before."

 

[ddraig]

• Two men have been arrested following a tribute ride in memory of two teens killed in an e-bike crash
• More than 20 vehicles, including 11 quad bikes, have also been seized
• South Wales Police said some who rode in the convoy were driving dangerously

Ely Riot: Two arrested and 20 vehicles seized after tribute convoy

A convoy drove from Ely to Barry in memory of two boys who died in a crash last month.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[teqniq]

Is this the OB exercising their new shiny protest powers or is it just them being regular arseholes?

 

[editor]

This is looking pretty impressive



More info https://cardiff.moderngov.co.uk/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=48501

 

[editor]

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