Riots in the UK

[graveyardofempires]

‪Violence in Hackney‬‏ - YouTube

[sahil112]

lol if i was back there , i would be trying to find flakes and aeros from all the stores

if this was a year or 2 ago for me i would probably be doing the london rioting tour ryt nw LOL

[sahil112]

[sahil112]

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.

Sangita Myska, BBC News, Clapham Sangita Myska
"Local residents in Clapham are telling me that parts of Lavender Hill are now a no-go zone. Groups of people have been turning up with their faces covered. I am told that residents cannot see any police officers. They are deeply concerned."

[faye]

news just said someone has been shot. not sure who but there is no police in some areas and talk of bringing in the army.

[Haris]

^ someone was shot in the head in Leeds but the youths who were crowded round were dispersed.

Maybe it might flare up there too

[Haris]

Adrian Mills, who owns a restaurant in Ealing, says his staff - with whom he is in regular telephone contact - report that there are about 100 looters in the area and a shopping centre is on fire.
The till in the restaurant was emptied by looters and all the alcohol was taken.
"The police don't seem to have the numbers to cope with the way this is spreading. It is complete and utter lawlessness," he says.


That shopping centre is like my second home.
Go pass there everyday.

[sahil112]

LOLL i feeel for u famm...apprently the chimes is next on thier hitlist... they can try it -_-

[Haris]

Yeah I hear their moving west.

Southall might be next

[sahil112]

Yeah I hear their moving west.

Southall might be next

they can get southall, it wont look any different afta der thru it LOL

[Haris]

they can get southall, it wont look any different afta der thru it LOL

LOL deep

[sahil112]

LOL deep

serious talk but still atleast for once muslims cant get blamed init wer all fasting eating at hme LOL

[Haris]

Shops in West Ealing have already been robbed.

[retro]

there are a lot of afghans in hackney aswell

Maybe thats why it's the worst area in London.

[Haris]

London violence raises
2012 Olympic concerns


LONDON (AP) — Less than a year before London hosts the 2012 Games, scenes of
rioting and looting a few miles from the main Olympic site have raised concerns about
security and policing for the event.

Images of buildings and vehicles in flames broadcast around the world are also poor
publicity for the capital as it prepares to stage the games for a third time.

The unrest, which started Saturday night in the Tottenham area of north London after
a police shooting, spread closer to the Olympic complex Monday when scattered
violence broke out in the Hackney area of east London.

"You can imagine how stretched the police would be if this were to occur during the
Olympics," said Tony Travers, a local government expert at the London School of
Economics. "So I think this will create a worry within City Hall and the Home Office.

"It's not so much that this might happen again — unlikely — as that it reminds the
people in charge that while the Olympic Games are going on, any other major event is
going to be complicated."

Groups of youths, many wearing hoods and masks, attacked shops and windows in
Hackney. Police in riot gear were pelted with pieces of wood and other objects.

The government said more than 200 people had been arrested and more than two
dozen charged over three days of trouble. Police said at least 35 police officers were
injured.

Sports also felt the impact, with two soccer matches called off because police needed
to focus its resources on the violence. East London's West Ham said police told it to
postpone the League Cup match against Aldershot on Tuesday because "all major
public events in London were to be rearranged," while south London side Charlton said
its cup match against Reading was being called off "on safety grounds" on advice from
the police.

Hackney is one of the five boroughs encompassing the Olympic Park, a 1-square-mile
site that will be the centerpiece of the games, which start on July 27, 2012. Monday's
violence took place about 4 miles from the park.

The park includes the Olympic Stadium, which will host the opening and closing
ceremonies and track and field competition, as well as the velodrome, aquatics
center, basketball arena, handball arena and main press and broadcast center.

Other Olympic venues are located at various sites around the capital, including Hyde
Park (triathlon), Horse Guards Parade (beach volleyball), Wembley Stadium (football)
and Wimbledon (tennis). There has been no violence in those areas.

For civic leaders and Olympic organizers, the violence was an unwelcome reminder of
London's volatility, less than two weeks after the city celebrated the one-year
countdown to the games with great fanfare.

The International Olympic Committee said it had confidence in British authorities.
"Security at the Olympic Games is a top priority for the IOC," spokesman Mark Adams
said. "It is, however, directly handled by the local authorities, as they know best what
is appropriate and proportionate. We are confident they will do a good job in this
domain."

The London organizing committee for the Olympics, declined to comment on the
trouble, in what appeared to be an attempt to avoid making any links between the
violence and the games.

Two police cars and a double-decker bus were set on fire Saturday, stores were
looted and several buildings along Tottenham's main street — five miles from the
Olympic Park — were reduced to smoldering shells.

The unrest was sparked by a police shooting, but some blamed unemployment,
insensitive policing and opportunistic looting for the worst violence the city has seen
in years.

Police and politicians insisted the disorder was the work of a criminal minority and not
a sign of social tensions or security lapses ahead of the 2012 Games.

Britain was already preparing a massive security operation for the Olympics, but most
of the attention has been on the threat of international terrorism. About 12,000 police
officers will be on duty each day of the games, which have a security budget of at
least $770 million.

A day after London was awarded the games in 2005, suicide bombers attacked
London's transport network, killing 52 people. The British government is planning for
the national terror threat to be "severe" during the Olympics, meaning an attempted
attack is highly likely.