I've just seen a cracking pic from Dalston, taken last night

CFB

"One man said: 'This is Turkish Kurdish area. They come to our shops and we fight them with sticks.'"

Haha, fucking superb.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:32, 5 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

i LOVE this story
it made me v proud of them last night, even though i'm not turkish or kurdish!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:34, Reply)

Makes it even better when they say later on that 4 youths came, and had the shit kicked out of them for starting trouble.
Karma can be fantastic, sometimes.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:39, Reply)

rma babs
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:40, Reply)

This is true.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:43, Reply)

That looks like Dalston Junction.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:37, Reply)

What does CFB stand for?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:39, Reply)

Click for bigger.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:40, Reply)

Well ther you go!
I thought it was "cunting fucking big" or something
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:41, Reply)

Good for them.
If people are going to loot them and destroy things they work so hard to maintain, they should be able to defend themselves. I'm glad they stuck together to protect their business.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:40, Reply)

It's made even better by the fact that they kept their shops open
As they didn't need to close.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:41, Reply)

Bad idea. I can understand the desire to do so
but how is trying to fight them going to prevent more people being hurt and more buildings torched?

There are hundreds of these cunts and they're armed with bricks, bottle and petrol bombs. Riot police can handle that sort of crowd, private citizens can't, no matter how hairy they are.
( Kroney, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:41, Reply)

The rioters are mostly cowards, I'd say
They're barely facing any resistance, and with their faces covered, they think they can get away with it. A good kicking is just what they need, might make them reconsider what they're doing.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:43, Reply)

The problem here is
as soon as the police employ more heavy handed tactics, it will in some people eyes 'legitimise the rioters position, thus swaying opinion and potentially brining more people out onto the streets.

That is why they are standing off.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:46, Reply)

I don't see how preserving people in salt water will help.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:53, Reply)

It'll certainly stop them rioting.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:55, Reply)

It's not good, but unfortunately they're now stuck between a rock and a hard place
I'm of the opinion that tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets would clear the majority of the rioters pretty damn quickly, run that alongside kettling from riot/armed police, and you could take the sting out of it quickly.

However, if they are too heavy handed, it can work against them, as you say.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:54, Reply)

there ain't no water cannons in the country

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:56, Reply)

What about Norn Iron?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 12:02, Reply)

Charging them with armoured cars worked pretty well last night.
Expect to see more of that tonight.
( Kroney, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:57, Reply)

Sounds like Carmageddon!

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 12:02, Reply)