Vent; birmingham Riot / Thieves

whitelabel

http://birminghamriots2011.tumblr.com/


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mliYQIk2WeM


why why why


this was prearranged to start a 6pm

messages all over twitter wm police even confirm theyve heard them but didnt have any sightings of anything:

http://twitter.com/#!/wmpolice
West Mids Police are aware of unsubstantiated messages on Twitter, Facebook and BBM about disorder at 6pm in Birmingham this evening……
We have not seen any incidents, but we will have extra officers on patrol in the centre and suburbs this evening
5 hours ago


reaction too late

stclair

I just think its an excuse for people to be robbing little toe rags.

Where was that clip taken?

whitelabel

stclair wrote: »

I just think its an excuse for people to be robbing little toe rags.

Where was that clip taken?

yup i agree hence my vent title

its the Broad st store, Tesco has also been attacked and lots of others


the worst is, there are alleged reports of violence and smashed windows outside the childrens hospital and police are protecting the doors....


wifi and blackberry messaging have apparently been jammed by police with help of networks to stop the looters reorganising

stclair

I think the hospital attack is just a rumour so my sister informs me (shes works at steelhouse lane nick).

browneyedbazzi

stclair wrote: »

I think the hospital attack is just a rumour so my sister informs me (shes works at steelhouse lane nick).

I've heard the same...police are in the area as a preventative measure but there hasn't been any damage to the hospital.

One small mercy eh? I expect the cells at steelhouse lane are busy tonight!

whitelabel

yup thankfully its seems thats the case, however they may have been trying to get to steel house to cause some damage. Aston uni cctv operators have been following them and some had parked down that way, they have been passing licence plate details to the police

confirmed breaches at the mailbox (armani shop) and bullring though

browneyedbazzi

whitelabel wrote: »

yup thankfully its seems thats the case, however they may have been trying to get to steel house to cause some damage. Aston uni cctv operators have been following them and some had parked down that way, they have been passing licence plate details to the police

confirmed breaches at the mailbox (armani shop) and bullring though

All the BBC staff at the Mailbox have been evacuated.

The police have mobile cctv vans deployed too...there will be a lot of footage to go through!

whitelabel

burgerbar and johnson wannabes from what i saw of the news,

idiots didnt even have the faces covered some of them

hopefully the footage will lead to a swift arrest

DCFC79

The thieving(sp?) toe rags

Sparky33_2

whitelabel wrote: »

wifi and blackberry messaging have apparently been jammed by police with help of networks to stop the looters reorganising

Really? Now, if that happened in any of the recent "Arab Spring" countries or Iran, there would be outrage over the curtailing of "free speech". I hope the BBC remember that next time democratic protests, or "riots", as some governments call them, are shut down by foreign police comms crackdowns.

Don't get me wrong, I'd actually shoot the looters dead in the street. You'd only have to kill a couple before everyone remembered they had left their stove on and headed home.

Why do people keep texting me "Enoch Powell was right" ?