UK Riots

[biteme]

Rioters should be shot, bring out the automatic weapons and real bullets, only way to avoid destructive riots in the future
I hate vandals and rioters are the extreme vandals, burning buildings full of people, destroying everything they can
they should deploy snipers, light a match a bullet to the head

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...c-bullets.html

Police warn they could use plastic bullets to quell riots tonight as Cameron orders 16,000 officers to regain control of the capital
Prime Minister David Cameron recalls Parliament on Thursday as Government tries to quell uprising
Plastic bullets could be used for the first time in Britain if there are riots tonight
'Unprecedented' 16,000 police on duty in London - compared with just 6,000 last night
Man, 26, shot in Croydon last night dies in hospital
Man, aged in his 60s, critically ill after clashing with rioters in Ealing
England game against Netherlands at Wembley tomorrow called OFF
400% surge in 999 calls on night of violence with 20,800 dialling the emergency services in London
Cost of clean-up expected to run into 'tens of millions'
Metropolitan Police use armoured vehicles to push back 150 rioters in Lavender Hill, Clapham
'There are no plans for the Army to get involved,' says police chief
Three arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of police officer
525 people arrested in total and more than 100 people have been charged
16-year-old arrested on suspicion of trying to incite riots via Facebook
All police cells in London are now FULL
Copycat riots in Birmingham, Bristol, Nottingham, Liverpool and Leeds


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1UXvvR1Yd

[VXIII]

seems like the entire world has gone mad...

[VXIII]

Hackers defaced the official Blackberry Blog today in retaliation for Research In Motion's pledge to assist police "in any way we can" in their efforts to quell the riots in London in recent days.

After vandalizing the BlackBerry blog website, the hackers, who call themselves TeaMp0isoN, posted to the Internet an open letter to RIM, which makes BlackBerry smartphones, explaining the motivation behind their actions.

[Related story: Londoners Take to Social Media Outlets During and After the Riots]

Courtesy of The Guardian"You Will _NOT_ assist the UK Police because if u do innocent members of the public who were at the wrong place at the wrong time and owned a blackberry will get charged for no reason at all," they wrote unfettered by rules of grammar and punctuation, "the Police are looking to arrest as many people as possible to save themselves from embarrassment..."

"if you do assist the police by giving them chat logs, gps locations, customer information & access to peoples BlackBerryMessengers you will regret it," the hackers threatened. "We have access to your database which includes your employees information; e.g - Addresses, Names, Phone Numbers etc."

"now if u assist the police, we _WILL_ make this information public and pass it onto rioters...," they continued, "do you really want a bunch of angry youths on your employees doorsteps?"
The attack on the BlackBerry blog was spurred by RIM's reaction to reports that BlackBerrys were being used by rioters to orchestrate their activities. "It seems that BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) is the perfect instant messaging tool for rioters, given that it's free to use (unlike text messages), and you can instantly see when someone has read a message," the UK edition of The Next Web noted.

"Also," it added, "whilst Twitter is very much a public platform, BBM can be used to communicate between groups in private."

In light of evidence that its hardware may be being used by rioters, RIM, which has shown in the past strong resistance to government authorities interfering with its customers' privacy, told the world through Twitter that it was going to cooperate with law enforcement authorities. "We feel for those impacted by the riots in London" it tweeted. "We have engaged with the authorities to assist in any way we can."

http://www.pcworld.com/article/23760...don_riots.html

[walkingeagle]

I am starting to see posts and pix of text messages from some of these idiots on the net.

This bitch claims to have stabbed a cop with a beer bottle- http://i.imgur.com/prfSW.png - I want to figure out how to contact those cops and clue them in on this stuff!

[VXIII]

Tons of Pictures here... http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2...london/100124/

[walkingeagle]

I saw a pic yesterday of the rockin horse dude without the scarf. I have seen a few texts(?), that were posted as a screen capture of people admitting their crimes, and another person showed up this morning trying to justify his own actions there. If I can pass this to some people I know in the UK, in those areas, the police may be able to track these people down.

[biteme]

Tons of Pictures here... http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2...london/100124/

Bring in Commandos, with orders to stop rioters at all cost, these riots would be over quick, real quick.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

The London authorities are well aware of the power of the internet, technology, and social media's role in the unrest - in both creating problems and solving them. There's no shortage of articles out there about how the rioters are using it to communicate/congregate/implicate and how the authorities are using it to catch/cracking down. I find the dynamics interesting...

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Let me know when I can stop laughing...

UK riots: Iran calls on UN to intervene over 'violent suppression'
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad condemns British government for its 'brutal beating' of 'the opposition'

Having already offered to send an expert team to investigate human rights abuses amid the riots, the Iranian regime has gone one step further and called on the UN security council to intervene over the British government's handling of the unrest rocking the country.

Speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, condemned the British government for its "violent suppression" of the protesters and called for an end to what he described as the "killing and brutal beating" of "the opposition" angry with the government's financial policies.
[...]

The foreign ministry, went so far as to issue a statement advising against any unnecessary travel to the UK.

On Tuesday night, conservative websites sympathetic to the Islamic regime called on the Iranian government to offer refuge in its embassy in London to "UK protesters in need of protection".
[...]

Iranian officials infuriated by the UK's condemnation of Iran's human rights violations in recent years, have found a unique opportunity with recent events to get back at the British government by criticising the police force for "exercising violence".

The Iranian opposition, on the other hand, has accused the regime of hypocrisy and opportunism in "deliberately portraying rioting and looting as political protests".
[...]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/au...ud-ahmadinejad

[Aslan]

I absolutely love this woman.

[princessgrandma]

I don't get why people think that rioting, looting and violence against others is any way to solve anything. They are destroying property and it's going to take a long time for London to recover from this. How is this good for the people of London, including the rioters and looters? I think most of them do the stuff just to be able to loot. It's horrible what they've done in such a short amount of time.

[biteme]

I don't get why people think that rioting, looting and violence against others is any way to solve anything. They are destroying property and it's going to take a long time for London to recover from this. How is this good for the people of London, including the rioters and looters? I think most of them do the stuff just to be able to loot. It's horrible what they've done in such a short amount of time.

Rioters are not trying to change anything, they're violent criminals that should be shot
All they want to do is be destructive and steal everything they can get their hooves on, destroy what they can't steal
rioters are thieves and violent destructive criminals with no redeeming values, they enjoy bringing misery to as many people as they can
The government could practically eliminate the whole criminal element and not over burden the prison system just by opening fire on rioters, they're all criminals bound to over burden the legal system going forward, shoot them now while they're all together, save the legal system a fortune in the future

[Aslan]

I don't think they need to be shot (wtf is wrong with me, holy hell)
It's mob mentality. Contained, yes. Killed on sight? C'mon.
I can't think of anyone I've ever known who didn't fall for going with the 'crew' be it in
school, at work or just in public places.
(Cripes man, don't mind me, I'm normally all for tying people to horses and shooting a gun in the air)

I just don't think eliminating folks immediately is the answer. Get them under control, arrest them. Listen to what they have to say. If it's stupid, well yeah, woodchipper.
But at least listen first.

[Pete Bondurant]

I don't think they need to be shot

They do need to be shot.....all of them....shot.

[walkingeagle]

Welcome back Pete! I had nightmares about you in your absence!

[Pete Bondurant]

Welcome back Pete! I had nightmares about you in your absence!

Was I naked in these nocturnal appearances?

[walkingeagle]

If I have to be honest, only a few!

[biteme]

The middle class 'rioters' revealed: The millionaire's daughter, the aspiring musician and the organic chef all in the dock
Everyone was involved in the madness

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1UogKJGwE
Poverty, social exclusion, poor education - these are just some of the theories put forward to explain the recent rioting.
Yet shockingly, among those in the dock accused of looting are a millionaire's grammar school daughter, a ballet student and an organic chef.
A law student, university graduate, a musician and an opera steward also said to have taken part.
They are just some of the youngsters from comfortable middle-class backgrounds who have been charged with criminality.
Some of them were arrested at the scene, others handed themselves in after seeing their faces in photographs and on video.
Whatever the reasons for their alleged trouble-making, it is clear that their future dreams could be crushed by their moments of madness.
Here are some of those allegedly involved...

Millionaire's daughter: Laura Johnson, 19, was charged with stealing £5,000-worth of electronic goods including TVs and mobile phones

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Some folks having great fun with Photoshop.

Photoshop Looter: http://photoshoplooter.tumblr.com/

Photoshop Rioter: http://photoshoprioter.tumblr.com/

Caution! You're gonna laugh. Some are VERY good.

[TheMorningStar]

Where are the prison sentences for those who loot from the top?

[biteme]

Looter parents

The boy, who cannot be named because of his age, was one of the very few defendants to walk free from court, after receiving a nine month referral order for burglary and violent disorder.
His mother, sitting beside the boy's father, wiped tears from her eyes as the court was told she handed him in after seeing wanted photos of her son being circulated by Greater Manchester Police.
She is on benefits, does not live with the boy's father and has 10 other children, the court heard.
Outside court she told reporters she was ''ashamed'' of her son.
''I didn't know he was in the riot. I went out to look for him. It's wrong I'm ashamed of him,'' she said.
Mother of looter, 15, did not know where her son was at 3am 15 Aug 2011
But the woman also suggested her son was not entirely at fault, when asked who she blamed for the looting.
''The government,'' she replied, her son by her side, adding: ''There is f*** all for them to do.''
The boy's father claimed his son suffered ''police brutality'' because his parents appeared to be under the impression when they took him to police on Friday he would be released before going to court.

[walkingeagle]

I saw an article this morning about a "mother" on the dole getting tossed out of her 250,00 GBP pad for her kids participation.

[Marv]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ven-years.html

A teenage thug found guilty of breaking the jaw of a student during last summer's riots has been jailed for seven years.

Beau Isagba, now 18, was last month found guilty of the crime that shocked millions and became symbolic of the riots.

At the time a judge took the unusual step of lifting reporting restrictions due to the public interest in the case after the student’s ordeal was seen across the world on YouTube.

Isagba, who also has convictions for carrying a blade and cannabis possession, wept as he heard he faced a long prison sentence.

And today the judge stayed true to his word, sentencing him to a total of 84 months.

Video footage of events after the attack became one of the most enduring images of the riots that appalled the world and shamed Britain.

Dazed and bleeding heavily, Malaysian student Ashraf Rossli, is seen slumped on a pavement clutching his jaw after being punched by the yob who stole his bicycle.

Minutes later, he is robbed by a gang posing as ‘Good Samaritans’ who rifle through his rucksack before fleeing, leaving him staggering in a daze.

Last month the shaven-haired thug who broke the 20-year-old’s jaw and left him at the mercy of the muggers was convicted of grievous bodily harm and robbery. Isagba told the court he was ‘very, very ashamed’ of himself.

Jailing him today at Wood Green Crown Court in north London, Judge Witold Pawlak imposed a 54-month sentence for Isagba’s attack on Mr Rossli, and the same term concurrently for his robbery of him.

But he said that was in addition to a total of 30 months for the other offences he had committed.

He told Isagba he could expect to be released after 42 months, with the remainder to be served on licence.
[...]

In the second crime against Mr Rossli, John Kafunda, 22, was caught on camera lifting the injured student up and appearing to shepherd him from trouble.

However, within seconds he and Reece Donovan, 22, began rifling through Mr Rossli’s rucksack while his back was turned to them, and robbed him of a PSP games console and 10 games worth £500.

The men were unanimously convicted of robbery and violent disorder by a jury at the same court last Friday.
[...]

Prosecutor Kate Wilkinson said Isagba was part of a hooded mob who raided a cash and carry, two jewellers - taking every single piece of jewellery on display in one store - a food and a wine store and a bookmaker's, causing nearly £250,000 damage and loss of stock.

He was arrested at his home address four weeks later on September 3 swore on his 'mother’s life' he was innocent but was later found guilty by a jury.

Beau Isagba


Reece Donovan (l) and John Kafunda (r)

[Marv]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...n-Croydon.html

A looter who boasted 'I burned Reeves Corner' minutes after he set fire to a 150-year-old furniture store was today handed the longest jail sentence of any of last summer's rioters.

Gordon Thompson, 34, was sentenced at the Old Bailey for arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered at House of Reeves in Croydon, south London, and burglary.

The blaze was so fierce that buildings on the other side of the street and tramlines in the road caught alight.
[...]

Adam Davis QC, for Thompson, said: 'He wanted me on his behalf to apologise to all those involved and in particular the Reeves family for what happened as a result of his reckless actions and apologise for the loss that he has caused them, a loss that he could not have foreseen.'

The arsonist had long denied burning down the family-owned House of Reeves shop during a terrifying night of anarchy.

But the Old Bailey was told in an earlier hearing that moments before the blaze started, Thompson had been shouting 'Who's got a lighter?' and 'Let's torch the place'.

And as images of the inferno he created were being shown on television later the same evening, a witness said he had boasted: 'It was me – I did that. I burned Reeves Furniture.'

Just two days into Thompson's trial, as it became clear his numerous criminal actions on the night had all been caught either on CCTV, in mobile phone video footage or in photographs, he suddenly changed his plea.

The father-of-two had been planning to claim he was bravely trying to stop masked rioters looting the store when it burst into flames.

However, he pleaded guilty to arson recklessly endangering life and burglary. He had already admitted burgling two other shops – Iceland and House of Fraser – on the same evening.

Thompson continued denying arson with intent to endanger life and violent disorder, and the jury was directed to find him not guilty on these charges.
[...]

The damage to the store is estimated to have cost the Reeves family more than £1m, while a further £330,000 had to be spent repairing nearby tramlines, which melted in the intense heat of the blaze.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Almost half of those held in riots have been re-arrested for crimes including rape, threats to kill and robbery

Days before the anniversary of the disorder, official figures show that 44 per cent of riot suspects have been arrested on suspicion of committing fresh offences within the last 12 months.

The statistics, released under the Freedom of Information Act, have raised serious questions over the penalties handed out to offenders.

More than half of those locked up over the riots are already free and thousands more have evaded justice. Police in Nottingham made 143 arrests following the disorder in August last year. Of these, 86 were charged.

But in the last 12 months, 72 suspects – half of those arrested – have been held again for crimes including rape, arson, robbery, threats to kill and breaching bail or parole conditions.

The force said some of these offenders had been arrested for multiple crimes since their release.
[...]

Yesterday, Dr David Green, of think-tank Civitas, said: ‘This is a reaffirmation that nothing has changed after the rhetoric.

‘I think the picture is that a lot of people who were arrested and charged and found guilty were already serious criminals.

‘This is a reminder that in this country we do not punish our career criminals properly.

‘They are allowed to go in and out of jail and this just reaffirms that we are continuing the same bad practice. If you punish them lightly you will get more crime.’

The figures come days before the anniversary of the riots, which started in London on August 6 last year and quickly spread around the country over four days of violence and looting. Official figures show that 1,968 people were sentenced for their involvement in the riots.

As of last month, 1,292 of them had been jailed but some 700 – including burglars, thieves and violent thugs – have already been released.

And 676 were let off with community punishments, suspended sentences, fines or saw their crimes ‘discharged’ by the courts.

A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: ‘Nearly 1,300 people were sentenced to immediate custody with an average prison term of more than 16 months each and a high number receiving far longer sentences.

‘If people go on to commit further offences their previous crimes will be taken into account, and they could find themselves facing even longer prison sentences.’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...l-robbery.html