Mindless Violence

[Hehe]

It is pointless, from the little I know of it.

I was listening to the radio earlier, and it was a woman who was involved in the rioting. She said, from what I can remember, something about it being against the government and "the rich", showing them that they have rights, or something utterly stupid like that. I strongly dislike those who riot for no reason, or even at all. It really is idiotic...

Anyway, David Cameron (Prime Minister btw, for those who don't know ) returned from his holiday in Italy early to sort it out personally. I also heard that there will be 16,000 police officers in London tonight, and on a phone-in on BBC Radio 2 (I think) people were proposing that they used the army to help.

I'll find out more, if I can

[TrulySorry]

Good read here:

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/08...as-riots-rage/

[acer5200]

Good read here:

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/08...as-riots-rage/

Seriously, don't trust anything you read on Faux News.

[TrulySorry]

I never said i believe it. I just said its a good read

[Hehe]

A timeline from the BBC website. For some reason it starts at the bottom and works up, but here it is:

Tuesday 9 August

14:15 BST - Prime Minister David Cameron visits Croydon to view the devastation from Monday's violence and looting.

11:06 BST - David Cameron makes his first statement outside Number 10 after cutting short his holiday to return to London. He announces a massive increase in police numbers and the recall of Parliament.

09:55 BST - The Football Association confirms that England's friendly against Holland at Wembley tomorrow has been called off because of the rioting in London.

09:43 BST - London Fire Brigade says it faced its busiest night in recent history. The brigade's 999 control centre answered 2,169 calls between 18:00 BST on Monday and 07:19 BST on Tuesday. This is around 15 times the normal rate of calls the brigade would expect on an average day.

03:06 BST - London Fire Brigade lists the major blazes is it fighting in the capital: 1. Timber yard fire ongoing in East Ham on Plashet Grove. Four fire engines and 20 firefighters on site. 2. Shopping centre and offices of four floors fire on Woolwich New Road. Whole of the ground floor is alight. 20 firefighters attending. 3. The fire on Lavender Hill now has eight fire engines and 40 firefighters at the scene. Most of the ground floor and part of first floor alight. 4. 40 firefighters at a fire in a warehouse on Solar Way in Enfield.

01:21 BST - The Metropolitan Police issue on their current operations across London. It includes the following bulletins - Hackney: 250-300 people gathered in Pembury Estate, setting alight cars and throwing petrol bombs. Businesses in Mare Street were looted and officers contained the situation. Three officers injured but their condition is not believed to be serious. Newham: Looting in Stratford High Street. Lewisham: Roaming groups of youths were involved in disorder. Bethnal Green: More than 100 people looted a Tesco supermarket. Two officers were injured. Croydon: Fires burning at a number of premises, including a very large blaze at a sofa factory.

01:05 BST - BBC staff member reports hundreds of youths ransacking a Panasonic store in West Ealing - no sign of police.

00:59 BST - Merseyside Police confirm they are dealing with a number of incidents in South Liverpool, including cars being set alight.

00:45 BST - West Midlands Police confirm that a police station in Holyhead Road in Handsworth, Birmingham, is on fire.

Monday 8 August

23:49 BST - Labour leader Ed Miliband is returning early from his holiday in Devon because of the riots, it is reported. He is due back in London on Tuesday morning.

23:30 BST - About 40 vehicles were damaged in a night of violence in Nottingham described by one senior officer as "motivated" by the London riots. Most of the incidents happened in the St Ann's area, but police foiled an attempt to break into the Victoria Centre in the city centre. The trouble lasted about three hours.

23:27 BST - Rioting is taking place in Ealing, west London, where the windows of a Tesco supermarket have been put out, a car is on fire and rubbish is strewn in public areas. There is also a fire in Haven Green park, opposite Ealing Broadway Tube.

23:05 BST - A BBC producer reports that phone shops are being looted in Woolwich High Street. He says there are several hundred youths involved, but there are no police around. There is also a burnt-out police car.

22:42 BST - Essex and Suffolk Police confirm they have sent officers to London to assist Metropolitan Police colleagues.

21:50 BST - A BBC correspondent reports seeing a fire burning in Clapham High Street but he can't see any police besides a police roadblock further up the road.

21:33 BST - The Prime Minister is to cut short his holiday because the situation has "demonstrably worsened", it is reported.

20:58 BST - Aerial footage is now showing several fires burning in Croydon, south London.

20:07 BST - West Midlands Police say some shop windows have been smashed in various locations, with property stolen.

18:45 BST - Video footage from Lewisham, south London, shows a fire burning in a street where at least one vehicle has been set ablaze.

18:42 BST - Transport for London says a bus has been set on fire in Peckham, south-east London.

17:39 BST - Spokesman for Mayor of London Boris Johnson says he is interrupting his family holiday to return to the capital to deal with the situation.

17:19 BST - Skirmishes break out between police and groups of young people in Hackney. The trouble reportedly started when a man was stopped and searched by police, but nothing was found.

06:15 BST - The Metropolitan Police say a further 100 arrests have been made and 16 people charged in relation to disturbances overnight on Sunday.

02:38 BST - The London Fire Brigade says firefighters have been called to a number of fires as a direct result of disturbances in the Enfield, Brixton and Walthamstow areas. Six fire engines and 30 firefighters are fighting a blaze at a shop on Brixton road.

02:20 BST - Scotland Yard says police are responding to copycat criminal activity across London. In a statement it says "small and mobile groups" of looters have been have been targeting areas of north, east and south London.

Police say gangs of youths are continuing to attack officers and shops are being targeted in Waltham Forest.

In Enfield, the High Street remains cordoned off after disorder in the area was contained. The situation in Walthamstow is said to be under control after some 30 youths - many in masks - vandalised and looted shops there.

00:45 BST - Six fire engines and 30 firefighters are despatched to a blaze at a Foot Locker store on Brixton Road, after it is set alight.

Three officers are injured after being hit by a vehicle in Chingford Mount, Waltham Forest. The officers had been making arrests after a shop was looted.

Police say a police vehicle windscreen was smashed during a disturbance in Islington and a Tesco store in Ponders End has been vandalised and looted.

Sunday 7 August

22:30 BST - Reports on Twitter of a police presence at Oxford Circus in London's West End. Police later say a mob of around 50 people damaged property in the area.

22:00 BST - More reports of shop windows being smashed in Enfield. Riot police and mounted police patrol the streets.

21:30 BST -The Guardian newspaper quotes a source as saying a bullet found in a police radio after Mr Duggan's death was police issue.

19:45 BST - Around 100 hooded youths gather outside Enfield Police Station.

18:30 BST - Three police officers are injured after intervening in an altercation in Brixton, south London. Missiles are thrown.

18:28 BST - Police are called to High Street Enfield after reports shop windows are being smashed. A police vehicle is damaged.

16:20 BST - Police announce the launch of Operation Withern to investigate the riots in Tottenham.

12:00 BST - Fire crews have all the fires under control but are still damping down some burnt-out buildings. Scenes of crime officers begin investigating and gathering evidence.

Police say 26 police officers were injured in the riots and two remain in hospital. In total, 55 arrests have been made.

Local MP David Lammy tells reporters the community has "had the heart ripped out of it" by "mindless, mindless people", many of whom, he says, had come from outside Tottenham to cause trouble.

Saturday 6 August

22:45 BST - As the violence continues, a double-decker bus is burnt out and more petrol bombs are thrown at police and buildings. Shops set alight in the area include an Aldi supermarket and a carpet shop.

Looting is reported throughout the night and some thieves take the opportunity to load up car boots and shopping trolleys with stolen goods. Vision Express, Boots, Argos and JD Sports are among the shops affected.

20:45 BST - The London Fire Brigade receives its first calls to attend and by 04:30 BST the following morning has dealt with 49 "primary" fires in the Tottenham area and received more than 250 emergency calls from the public.

No firefighters are injured in the disturbances but some are threatened by rioters, according to the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.

20:20 BST -The violence begins as bottles are thrown at two patrol cars close to the police station. One of the vehicles is set alight, while the other is pushed into the middle of the road before also being torched.

Unconfirmed reports say the incident was sparked off by a confrontation between a teenage protester and a police officer.

Riot officers from the Territorial Support Group and police on horseback are deployed to disperse the crowds but come under attack from bottles, fireworks and other missiles.

17:00 BST - Around 300 people gather outside Tottenham police station after marching from Broadwater Farm estate. They say they want "justice" for Mr Duggan and his family.

Officers are forced to close the High Road and put traffic diversions in place. Eyewitnesses report that the protest begins peacefully.

Before 17:00 - The IPCC provides support to 14 of Mr Duggan's family members and friends as they formally identify his body.

Thursday 4 August

18:15 BST - Mark Duggan, 29, is shot dead by police at Ferry Lane, Tottenham.

The death occurs during an operation where spe******t firearm officers and officers from Operation Trident, the unit which deals with gun crime in the African and Caribbean communities, are attempting to carry out an arrest.

Mr Duggan is a passenger in a minicab and is shot after an apparent exchange of fire. A police officer's radio is later found to have a bullet lodged in it.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) announces it will investigate the incident and later says it believes two shots were fired by police. An illegal firearm was recovered from the scene.

[Morgan le Fay]

London so far has been quiet tonight, however it's now spread to Manchester and Salford.

[ruudong1]

that was the original reason, who knows why they are rioting now

all the riot is orginized over the net at the moment the same was they orginize the football fights

at this point its an excuies to plunder england its orginized luthing

[ruudong1]

breaking news breaking news
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...&type=1&ref=nf

seagulls ar even getting involved in the looting its getting out of hand

[Professor X]

Its moved up to where I live in Liverpool now. Its madness.

[*jdm*]

Its madness.

[insert this is Sparta joke]