London riots

[pipette]

Unbelievable, Shocking, Upsetting, Atrocious, Sickening

Have been watching the live reports on sky news website and it is really disheartening to see all of this happening both in numerous areas of London as well as some trouble in Birmingham most upsetting was hearing the two brothers who ran the furniture store as it burned down about how it had been in their family for five generations and the building had been there since 1867 and they'd lost everything.

Latest 10:55pm
Sky producer Anton Toloui is in Ealing. Reports that restaurants smashed, bricks thrown, even charity shops attacked. Riot vans just arrived in Ealing - more scuffles.

Approx 200 youngsters on Ealing Broadway scuffling with police. Some smashed windows already

LFC FOR LIFE YNWA JFT96

[Perdita]

Very upsetting to watch, riots now spread to Liverpool and Bristol too. I ca't get my head around why some folk decide to loot, burn other people's property, smash cars, set fire to buildings

[Siobhan]

I don't have english channels sorted here yet but I know these are going one.. but have no clue why?? anyone want to fill me?

[JustJodi]

Shiv it all kicked off over the weekend,, Kim and I are still trying to figure out what happened,,, come over to our house we will watch tv here :-P

[Perdita]

I don't have english channels sorted here yet but I know these are going one.. but have no clue why?? anyone want to fill me?

Father of four was killed by armed officers in Ferry Lane in Tottenham, north London, on Thursday

The man who was shot by police, sparking the wave of rioting that has hit London, died of a single gunshot wound to the chest, an inquest has heard.

Mark Duggan was killed by armed officers in Ferry Lane in Tottenham, north London, on Thursday after they stopped the minicab he was in to carry out an arrest as part of a pre-planned operation.

An inquest, which began on Tuesday morning at North London coroner's court, in High Barnet, heard that the 29-year-old father of four died of a single gunshot wound to the chest. He was pronounced dead at 6.41pm on Thursday evening.

Colin Sparrow, the deputy senior investigator for the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), told the brief hearing that the organisation's "complex investigation" could take four to six months.

The coroner for the northern district of Greater London, Andrew Walker, adjourned the hearing until 12 December, when a pre-inquest review will be held.

Walker told members of Duggan's family, including his fiancee, Semone Wilson: "Can I just offer my deepest sympathies to the family of Mark Duggan.

"As members of the family will know, in due course there will be an inquest touching the death of Mark Duggan and this is the first stage in that process.

"Of course, as well as offering our deepest sympathies to members of the family, I would like to reassure members of the family that we will be working closely with the IPCC throughout the process."


http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/au...duggan-inquest

[alan45]

Nothing justifies this Criminal Behaviour.

Strange they looted Currys, JJB Sports and Carphone Warehouse but left places like Waterstones alone.

Lets hope that the Met ditch their touchy feely PC policeing and deal with these Criminal Thugs in a Robust Manner. Its only sheer luck that no-one has died yet. They have cost the country tens of million of pounds and hundereds of jobs.

[tammyy2j]

I thought it was because United lost to City at weekend

[Perdita]

Mr Duggan's death occurred during an operation where specialist firearms officers were attempting to carry out an arrest.

The 29-year-old, a passenger in a minicab, was shot after an apparent exchange of fire with the officers from Operation Trident, the unit which deals with gun crime in the African and Caribbean communities.

A police officer's radio was later found to have a bullet lodged in it.

The IPCC immediately announced it would investigate the incident and later said it believed that two shots had been fired by police.

It also confirmed that an illegal firearm was recovered from the scene. (BBC News)

Doubts have emerged over whether Mark Duggan, whose death at the hands of police sparked the weekend's Tottenham riots, was killed during an exchange of fire .

The Guardian understands that initial ballistics tests on a bullet, found lodged in a police radio worn by an officer during Thursday's incident, suggested it was police issue – and therefore had not been fired by Duggan.

On Saturday night 26 police officers were injured, eight requiring hospital treatment, in clashes with around 300 rioters in Tottenham that saw buildings and vehicles torched, shops looted and residents forced to flee their homes.

Police have arrested 55 people as a major investigation began into the escalation of violence, which followed a peaceful demonstration to demand "justice" for Duggan, 29, a father of four shot dead on Thursday evening after being stopped in a taxi near Tottenham Hale. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has launched an inquiry into the shooting.

(The Guardian, 8 August 2011)

I now know a little more what happened, however I fail to see why this incident should get people behaving like total idiots and become criminals, endangering lives, destroying property and livelihoods and threatening innocent people trying to do their job to earn a living.

[Perdita]

I only hope that our parkerman on here and other London residents are safe and sound, I have family in some parts, still need to find out whether they are ok or not.

[Tuareet]

It is spreading around the country now, we had riots in Bristol last night. It's time they got tough with these mindless thugs and turned the water cannons on them, I doubt they would like getting soaked!! They could also get the armed forces in to help the police as they just don't have the equipment or manpower to deal with these riots.