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*wonders when the vigilante mobs will start roaming*


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 8:56 pm
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Why dont the british bobbies have tear gas or water cannons


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 8:57 pm
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water cannon would dampen the looters enthusiasm a bit..


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 8:58 pm
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has anybody else watched the video of that young lad being picked off the floor after being attacked and a looter/protestor/rioter rifling through his rucksack and taking the contents while the victim holds his bleeding nose.
What to do?


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:00 pm
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public birching - it's the only way...


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:02 pm
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has anybody else watched the video of that young lad being picked off the floor after being attacked and a looter/protestor/rioter rifling through his rucksack and taking the contents while the victim holds his bleeding nose.
What to do?

A youth club would solve that, apparently. ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:02 pm
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Yeah i saw that rockhopper, hope the guy gets time for that, lowest of the low...


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:02 pm
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What to do?

Death from above.


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:03 pm
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A flimsy New Statesman article written by Ian Blair - you can do better than that surely? Sheesh.

*wonders when the vigilante mobs will start roaming*

๐Ÿ™‚

You should see how the thread turns nasty later once everybody's had a chilled Chablis later and returns with his or her innovative methods. It definitely got a bit mental post watershed last night.


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:04 pm
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Millwall fans

http://twitpic.com/63k6tg

8)


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:05 pm
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You should see how the thread turns nasty later once everybody's had a chilled Chablis later and returns with his or her innovative methods. It definitely got a bit mental post watershed last night

I've got a large bottle of Leffe Blonde chilling. Could get messy! ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:05 pm
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God this is a depressing read.....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/09/london-riots-victims-muggings-burglaries

Millwall fans

Heh...fair play.


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:07 pm
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Rudi Giuliani's zero tolerance policing. Worked in the Big Apple, it'll work here.

As others have said, it wasn't all that. Some have suggested it had more to do with "Roe vs Wade" than "Rudi Can't Fail"

[url= http://freakonomicsbook.com/freakonomics/chapter-excerpts/chapter-4/ ]NYC crime drop due to demographic change after legal abortions began[/url]


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:08 pm
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You know, of all the accusations and counter-accusations seen in this thread, the one which so far seems to have gone unchallenged is that all the coppers in this country are hate-filled, bent liers. Well, I would just like to go on record as saying that I think we should be thankful for the police force we have. I am sure there is a small minority of bad-uns, but looking at some of those feeds from last night, who on here would be willing to face up to one of those mobs?


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:13 pm
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I've got a large bottle of Leffe Blonde chilling.

Ha, I see your Belgian Effete Beer and raise you a:

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Posted : 09/08/2011 9:15 pm
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Interesting druidh - who made that accusation 'cos I havent seeen it been made by anyone.


 
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You know, of all the accusations and counter-accusations seen in this thread, the one which so far seems to have gone unchallenged is that all the coppers in this country are hate-filled, bent liers. Well, I would just like to go on record as saying that I think we should be thankful for the police force we have. I am sure there is a small minority of bad-uns, but looking at some of those feeds from last night, who on here would be willing to face up to one of those mobs?

+1. In fact, + Many.

Kato, there's a pint with your name on it, any time you want. The Harp, behind Charing Cross nick if you can make it.


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:16 pm
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who on here would be willing to face up to one of those mobs?

I'm sat by the phone in my Dainese armour and TLD helmet - bombers by my side, waiting for the call...


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:17 pm
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dd, that beer's only 3.9 abv ??????????????????

ok as a driving beer I suppose.


 
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is that all the coppers in this country are hate-filled, bent liers.

Who made this claim? On what thread? I haven't seen it.

sorry Druidh - normally you are a reasonable guy but thats a gross distortion of peoples positions. No one has said that at all.


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:18 pm
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dd, that beer's only 3.9 abv

La la la la la la la la la la la la la la - I'm not listening.

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Posted : 09/08/2011 9:18 pm
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ok as a driving beer I suppose.

....or a mixer.


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:19 pm
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is that all the coppers in this country are hate-filled, bent liers.

Some people want NYPD here - now that's a bunch of hate-filled, bent liars for ya. I know a few cops - there are even a few on STW - and I tell you, for cops, they're alright you know ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:20 pm
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What to do?

Death from above.

Shurely the dove from above would be better?
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Posted : 09/08/2011 9:20 pm
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surely the proper drink for this thread?

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Posted : 09/08/2011 9:21 pm
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....or a mixer.

What's one of those?


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:21 pm
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Shurely the dove from above would be better?

I give it 5 mins before it's been stripped of all its feathers.


 
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You know, of all the accusations and counter-accusations seen in this thread, the one which so far seems to have gone unchallenged is that all the coppers in this country are hate-filled, bent liers.

Oh who said that then? No one did really, did they? A few have questioned the motives of senior management, but I dont recall [b]anyone[/b] saying that ALL coppers are like that. THAT WOULD BE STUPID.

Come on, you just wanted to say something emotional and positive about the police didn't you? Nothing wrong with that. Be brave.


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:22 pm
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It's what you drink with Special Brew to make it palatable dd ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:23 pm
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More an implication than an outright accusation I'd say, and aimed at the organisation rather than any individual officers.
The police are stuck between a rock and a hard place, condemned if they stand off and villified if they go in - I certainly wouldn't do their job under these or any circunstances.......


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:23 pm
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some interesting footage on Sky News of groups of civilians prepared to apprehend looters
power to the people!


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:24 pm
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Apparently there at it at Deepdale retail park in Preston.


 
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and also groups of local people going out to help victims of looting with the clean up, sometimes it takes hard times to bring out the best in people, let's hope something 'good' comes out of all this eh.....


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:25 pm
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Oh right, I thought it was another one of your euphemisms. ๐Ÿ˜•


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:26 pm
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condemned if they stand off and villified if they go in - I certainly wouldn't do their job under these or any circunstances

The vigilante groups in Enfield seem to be having a go, wonder how that may end.


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:27 pm
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wonder how that may end.

...badly.


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:29 pm
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Handy tool to find out if the rioters will be near you.

Just enter your postcode

http://tinyurl.com/5swmzau


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:30 pm
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The police are stuck between a rock and a hard place, condemned if they stand off and villified if they go in

I think the mood of the (decent) public at the moment is the only thing the police should be vilified for is not going in hard enough. You can't carry a looted telly if you have both arms broken.


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:32 pm
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According to Sky News they are kicking off in my town now. Apparently it's bullshit according to the local police.

If that is the case, then Sky need to have a word with themselves......idiots.


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:34 pm
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The pictures don't match the tone of reporting. Drop the dead donkey and all that..

Not much happening in reality


 
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I wonder at which point being a publicly spirited individual turns into being a vigilante?

Not forgetting of course that legally and constitutionally,[i] "it is the duty of every citizen when an arrestable offence is about to be committed in his presence to take whatever reasonable measures are available to him to prevent the commission of the crime"[/i]


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:37 pm
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Off you trot then Zulu - you must be itching to get at 'em after your earlier outburst.


 
Posted : 09/08/2011 9:41 pm
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Anybody watching Sky news. The rotund old bloke in full Sikh get up with a massive sword and a smile ๐Ÿ™‚ guarding the temple.

Made me smile


 
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