London Riots
#17
That said, i've not really looked at it all in much detail cos i'm not really bothered unless they kick off near my property
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I think that sums up my attitude to things like this perfectly. As I'm not affected I can just watch the chaos from afar and occasionally comment on it without knowing all the facts.
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Given that it was armed police in the UK attemping to arrest him, they must have good intel that he was armed.
#21
On edit: The position of the police is that an officer shot at Duggan twice, one of the bullets either missed or passed through him ending up in the radio, the other lodged in him. He is not claimed to have fired but was carrying a weapon adapted to fire live ammunition. His death doesn't seem a great loss to the world but, as noted above, the police do seem rather overkeen on killing members of the public.
Last edited by dbd33; Aug 8th 2011 at 7:11 am.
#22
The Met are starting to look like they don't have a clue what to do. Rioters are out in force again tonight.
By all accounts the Police are no where in site.
Dare I say it......but the Police in Vancouver did a better job......
By all accounts the Police are no where in site.
Dare I say it......but the Police in Vancouver did a better job......
#23
The looting is a bit chavvy, they should be setting fire to police stations, banks and MPs houses.
#24
Did Duggan have a stolen police issue gun then? According to the Graun the bullet in the radio was from a police weapon.
On edit: The position of the police is that an officer shot at Duggan twice, one of the bullets either missed or passed through him ending up in the radio, the other lodged in him. He is not claimed to have fired but was carrying a weapon adapted to fire live ammunition. His death doesn't seem a great loss to the world but, as noted above, the police do seem rather overkeen on killing members of the public.
On edit: The position of the police is that an officer shot at Duggan twice, one of the bullets either missed or passed through him ending up in the radio, the other lodged in him. He is not claimed to have fired but was carrying a weapon adapted to fire live ammunition. His death doesn't seem a great loss to the world but, as noted above, the police do seem rather overkeen on killing members of the public.
#30
There are disturbances in Ealing and Croydon and it is beyond Police control...... My facebook is going crazy from contacts in London.
People are just turning up looting where ever they can.



