Tottenham is revolting

but any Cockney could have told you as much!

 

Bermondsey
Walthamstow
Leyton
Peck-nam
Lewisham
Croydon
Hackney
Ilford
East Ham
Forest Gate
and Birmingham

are also revolting

 

tonight may also be the night the illegal firearms make an appearance...

Police are going to be pretty stretched later this evening

just saw the first serious casualty from Helicam,
officer down, hit full force full pelt in the face

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Ealing is ok at the moment, police have arrested 6 people. Westfield is also ok

 

Clapham
Bermondsey
Walthamstow
Leyton
Peck-nam
Lewisham
Croydon
Hackney
Ilford
East Ham
Forest Gate
and Birmingham

are also revolting

 

requests should have been made for the
transfer of water cannon to MET from PSNI

what's interesting is that the cops have been
a bit on the back foot and seem reluctant to
take the fight to the youth. Fallout from the
Ian Tomlinson case and similar, no doubt.

 

Camden now

Hackney sounding the hottest in terms of police confrontation
but perhaps the brief rain will intervene. Surprised Shepherd's
Bush hasn't erupted -scrub that, Ealing is apparently kicking off.

Man shot in Croydon

tomorrows football matches being cancelled...

 

This worked very well in Vancouver!

Identify the Vancouver rioters

 

Spurs moving to Stratford!
The shoppings better.

 

Its nnow hit my home town Ealing :-(. Bastards!!!

 

Heading down the Anderson.


Rob

 

I should be in bed, but can't. Hoping it won't move further out. Will be sleeping with a knife under the pillow me thinks with hair spray to hand as well

 

the 'recreational rioting' is now taking a sinister turn

home invasions being reported in Ealing...

situation in Camden looks bad potential, officers
in stab vests only and armed with asp. Minimal
protection. It might be time to get what army we
have available on the streets.

Every other criminal is now doing jazz hands
about the potential for utter lawlessness

 

Military intervention is a BAD mistake; the Army has minimal training for civil disorder...except to shoot! What little they got for Bosnia has now been rotated out for the most part...and their training for N.I. spiralled down over the years due to the number of...mistakes...made in the early days of Army riot control.

Do THAT and the whole country goes up... Not worth the trouble or risk - or the aftermath.

 

I totally agree, Phylo. It's just that what I'm
seeing in Camden (personal asp and stab vest
only) shows the level police are stretched to
this evening. The real issue is the lack of
response times being reported - up to an hour
of sustained looting before police arrive...

and now we have the home invasions of those houses inhabited
by affluent people who cant help but flaunt their wealth in the
driveway or by living in a three million pound house. It's always
been ironic to me that these houses are very often right beside
a rough estate...

It's been non stop police sirens for the last three nights here,
as they scoot from one part of north London to the other,
passing through my area...

The turkish community in Hackney have got themselves together
to protect their businesses, and they can be mental..

If anything, the army should be used to hold an area post rioting,
to reassure the public. I wouldn't have them face rioters head on.

One thing of note is that only Hackney (Pembury Estate) has faced
off with police and had a confrontation. Everywhere else is looting
and recreational rioting.

Now the sinister turn of home invasion by general everyday criminals
taking advantage of the lawlessness. It's going to get worse before it
gets better.

 

reports on twitter that a witherspoons pub in Lee (near Lewisham)
was 'mass mugged' Police were called but didn't even answer the phone...

Shops are burning in Clapham and Notting Hill. Cars have been torched in Fulham Broadway. The Ledbury Michelin-star restaurant in Notting Hill was raided and the diners mugged. There are reports on Twitter of people carrying machetes in Notting Hill and Balham.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8687177/London-riots-live.html

 

30 years ago April 1981 didn't a similar thing happen?

I well remember going through an area I should not have been in on the day ....Brixton

& Tottenham rioted the same year sdid it not?

Ah the
Thatcher years


Regards

simon