Rioting, looting and mayhem has rocked London, England for the 3rd day as both blacks and whites react violently to the shooting of an unarmed black youth by police last week.
London’s Daily Mail published dramatic photos of the conflict in London as police and firefighters struggled to control riots in which officers have been attacked, shops looted and dozens of buildings set on fire. Jewelry stores and even a McDonald’s were burned to the ground and gutted of all merchandise.
“Ordinary people have had their lives turned upside down by this mindless thuggery,” said Scotland Yard Commander Christine Jones.
Unlike the American media, the British media have been unbiased in their coverage of the looting. British newspapers and television media show images of whites and blacks looting, breaking windows and setting fire to cars and property.
A Daily Mail reader noted that the looting did not stem from poverty, deprivation, lack of education, lack of affordable housing, nor discrimination. “Most of the people doing this looting are old enough to work and buy their OWN things,” another reader commented.
The violence started on Saturday after Marc Duggan was shot to death by police on Thursday.
Despite the mayhem, there have been no reported deaths. So far, 239 people have been arrested and 45 people have been charged.
Police are using CCTV surveillance images to identify looters and hoodlums. The police are also urging residents to contact their children and get them off the streets until police can regain control.
THAT is a damn community!! We lack so much unity here that we wouldn’t do a damn thing but shake our heads and complain! I support London I this!! And I love that it’s more than one culture joining together to stage their outrage at a travesty!!
I swear- to be the “most powerful country in the world”, its citizens are a bunch of fukking p*ssies. And the proof….lies in the economy.
Congrats to London.
Now, I may be wrong and if I am, I’m sure you will have no problem saying so, BUT WHY DOES IT SEEM AS IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM W/ALL THINGS AMERICAN????
“Unlike the American media, the British media have been unbiased in their coverage of the looting.”
WHAT KIND OF BS IS THAT????? If they are not being unbiased in their coverage as far as blacks & whites are concerned, it’s about one of the first times.
BTW – GM Sandra & SR FAM!
@ Tatted, now we all know the British Media is some of the WORST on the planet.
The coverage of the rioting in London is not getting a lot of coverage here because we are going to a bit of a crisis….and our economic woes are far GREATER than what’s going on over there.
Morning all!
Ummm i never saw the purpose of looting and burning down business that didn’t have anything to with act.
So a young black man was killed by police……….
How does looting & burning compare? If you mad at police shouldn’t you be burning down the police station.
or finding a more peaceful way to protest.
I don’t approve
OK so help me out with this one…some people are saying the chaos is because of poverty and deprivation etc. Others are saying it stems from the guys shooting.
Some people are saying it’s really mostly oppertunistic thieves, mainly children who are just looting for the heck of it and others are saying it’s old heads too. I’m just royally confused. What’s REALLY going on?!?
London bridge is falling down. The USA is a white man’s country even with a black president….African Americans are former slaves-the lowest class. Even with the best education and breeding, we can’t escape that stigma. Britain’s problems are not our problems though sometimes racial, but not the same- it’e economics and class. Blacks, whites, asians, and indians can relate to being disenfranchised-fight the power!
When I went to London I was looking for the black ppl granted I was only there for a day but I didn’t see many all the same but I know London has a huge west indian population.
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things calm down and peaceful protest can transpire
Can we get a post on the hate crime in Miss?? That was so sad.
@ bnatural….EXACTLY! I don’t wanna EVEN get started over there. As if looting means you give 2 chits! That just mean you are burning up chit, stealing, etc. The people they are doing this too are not the people that shot that kid! RIP BTW!
LMAO at the the black guy in the suit running……But as therapist said, I don’t see the purpose of burning down the town either. Some of the people who own these businesses are probably supporting whatever fight they are fighting. Burn down the police stations and government buildings.
@ Crickett
You know I partially thought about what you’re saying last night when I was reading on the mayhem. I’m still not sure on the reson for their looting and burning. I don’t know if it’s because of poverty like they’re saying in some news reports or if it’s because someone got shot and killed like they’re saying in other news reports.
No matter the case, we’ve seen them both; poverty and police brutality. We as black Americans have been fighting this same fight since time began and I was kind of happy that another country was finally getting to see it through our eyes.
Of course I’m not at all excited about the looting and violence but it should be a very eye opening lesson for the Brit’s. This shyt happens all the time in the states.
Sandra, they can’t be biased because this is a multicultural thing right now. Whites, blacks, asians, turkish…
I’m british and live in London, and I promise you @ Sassy, this is something NOT to congratulate London about.
I’ll break it down for you guys, because I’m sure Sandra is just getting her info from the news, and we all know damn well how they get down.
Yes, on Sunday, a mixed race guy who was affiliated with crime and known for it was shot and killed by a single bullet by a police officer. He apparantly had a replica gun, which triggered the police to shoot and LIE by saying this young man shot first. This enraged the community of that town, including myself. A calm protest went on on Saturday but then turned into a disgusting riot and looting. Now the looting and rioting that we’re witnessing in other towns and cities in the UK are by mindless opputunists taking advantage of the lack of police and control that they have. They are targeting small businesses, setting off licences on fire with peoples homes on top of them, some have started breaking and entering into people’s homes, with families INSIDE. This isn’t about the guy shot by the police anymore. People’s livelihoods and communities have been ruined. And by the looks of it, it won’t be ending anytime soon.
Sigh, I just don’t what we’re going to do.a
@therapist1911 I totally agree! I don’t see what rioting will accomplish besides destoying businesses, property, homes, stealing and harming innocent people.
How the hell does that solve anything? There are much better ways to get your point across without being destructive!
Opportunists* my bad.
@ banana & therapist
There is NEVER a tangible point to looting and burning. It’s about making a statement, a movement no matter how dumb it is. In all of this I hope that they are trying to show how mortified they are by the injustice and that they won’t stand for it anymore. Could they have done this in a less violent way? Of course! However, that’s what seperates the Malcom X’s and the Martin Luther King’s.
I’m sorry but stealing television’s shows support for the Mark Duggan HOW? I think the youth have legitimate concerns. Just like here in Philly their youth programs etc were cut so NOW they have nothing to do. In a since, London got what was coming to them.
Still, I don’t believe burning ish up or looting is the answer. Especially NOT if you are fellow immigrants and you’re tearing up your other brother and sister’s from other countries ish.
FYI Mark Duggan was shot twice in the face with a semi-automatic. I heard he was laying on the ground and he DID NOT have a gun. He was a father of four. My heart goes out to his kids!
@ Original
Sandra, they can’t be biased because this is a multicultural thing right now. Whites, blacks, asians, turkish…
I’m british and live in London, and I promise you @ Sassy, this is something NOT to congratulate London about.
I’ll break it down for you guys, because I’m sure Sandra is just getting her info from the news, and we all know damn well how they get down.
Yes, on Sunday, a mixed race guy who was affiliated with crime and known for it was shot and killed by a single bullet by a police officer. He apparantly had a replica gun, which triggered the police to shoot and LIE by saying this young man shot first. This enraged the community of that town, including myself. A calm protest went on on Saturday but then turned into a disgusting riot and looting. Now the looting and rioting that we’re witnessing in other towns and cities in the UK are by mindless opputunists taking advantage of the lack of police and control that they have. They are targeting small businesses, setting off licences on fire with peoples homes on top of them, some have started breaking and entering into people’s homes, with families INSIDE. This isn’t about the guy shot by the police anymore. People’s livelihoods and communities have been ruined. And by the looks of it, it won’t be ending anytime soon.
Sigh, I just don’t what we’re going to do.a
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Very well said! And this is EXACTLY what I heard was going on. I’ve been getting mixed stories but I did hear that most of this looting is being carried out by oppertunistic thieves.
Daisy says:
When I went to London I was looking for the black ppl granted I was only there for a day but I didn’t see many all the same but I know London has a huge west indian population.
I things calm down and peaceful protest can transpire
Can we get a post on the hate crime in Miss?? That was so sad.
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Sandra please do a post about the Black man who was beat up and ran over with a F250 pick up truck by a bunch of white kids. The white teen bragged to his friend afterwards “I RAN THAT NIGGER OVER” that is heartbreaking!
@ banana
Why did you make me go back to the picture just so I could find the black guy in the suit? You had me looking for him like Where’s Waldo! LOL
@Kezi I am so glad the murder was caught on tape but even the cops said the teens showed no remorse and were laughing
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@ banana
Why did you make me go back to the picture just so I could find the black guy in the suit? You had me looking for him like Where’s Waldo! LOL
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Me too!!
@OriginalBawse says:
Thanks for the additional info. You are there so you know the real deal.
@ Original…..that’s EXAAAAAACTLY what I heard happened as well. Thanks for enlightening us and bring us SOME NON BIASED information about this! That’s why it’s good to READ AND CHECK OUT FACTS on your own!
Yes! I get so
just talking about it. Here yal are, middle class white teens probably spoon fed and had everything handed to you on a platter and you think you have the right to take someone’s life because of the color of his skin???
It’s cool though, they just earned themselves a one way ticket to one of the biggest Black male populated places on the planet…prison…payback’s a itch.
@ Kezi
YES!!! PREACH!!!
They thought they hated black men before. They’re really going to hate being a prison bytch to all of ’em. You know those boys are lined up now fighting over who’s going to have their turn with them first.
@ Kezi – You know what burns me up even more about that story??? Is that the teen (who is 18) is not facing the death penalty. I am one who does not believe that you just throw the death penalty at just ANY ‘OL CASE BUT this BOY meant to run him over. They had already began to leave the scene. The other carload of punks left already. He decided to just PLOW into this man, drive to McDonalds (because they obviously planned this chit because they had a meeting destination) and then bragged how he “ran that nigga over!” If this is not a death penalty case, what is?! For pete sakes, they drove 16 miles in search of harming someone. No one, in that 16 miles have a change of heart???
wow
jazzyiest says:
@ Kezi
YES!!! PREACH!!!
They thought they hated black men before. They’re really going to hate being a prison bytch to all of ‘em. You know those boys are lined up now fighting over who’s going to have their turn with them first.
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Well it’s Ramadan and I aint want to say all of that but since you said it for me
At tatted I
that ish like a mug. I’ve seen Black men his age or a little older get the death penalty with LESS clear cut evidence. The victims family should be outraged and I’m sure the perps family are proud n**gge* haters…Black people should be in the streets about this killing among other things. We are so disorganized.
@ Kezi….YES, WE ARE DEFINITELY DISORGANIZED. I mean, the one thing that always cracked me up was in any case, if a cop gets killed, the perp AUTOMATICALLY get a death penalty case. To me, our country sets off the vibe that cops lives are more valuable than civilian lives! I understand that they risk they lives everyday, but half, if not more routinely take advantage of their position, they signed up for that job & expect you to just obey their every command. BEAT IT!
Isn’t Sandra from London?
Okay….I am from London and have been watching things unfold on tv and in person. First off the main news channel here, the BBC is so biased it hurts and I believe is fueling this riot even more by enraging the black youth. They show MOSTLY black kids on the news here, it’s unbelievable. One news reporter kept on asking what type of people are causing this until the other one had to say black kids and then he left the question. Yes there is mostly black kids rioting but there is a reason to that. They have this stupid law here called stop and search and they use that law to mostly target black boys. Its unfair and makes them very angry. There is many other issues too, this black man getting killed was I suppose the final trigger for anger that has been building up for years.
And secondly the man killed was armed and a drug dealer. The question is whether he tried to use the gun on cops.
@ Kezi
Much respect on Ramadan but of course I had to put it out there like that. LOL
@ Tatted & Kezi
Yes, we as a people can be disorganized but maybe Al “The Perm” Sharpton and Messy Jesse Jackson will get some people lined up and start protesting. It’s still a bit early but maybe they’ll come through.
It’s sad to say, but I have no hope for the justice system. Murderers walk, people abuse power, good hardworking fathers fight unnecessarily to be able to raise their own children. So when a situation occurs like the one mentioned above it does not surprise me anymore.
Stunnaz: Are you sure he was armed or is that the story from the media? I’m just curious as to where you received that info.
@CookieMonsterZ
You are so right about the justice system…it is so messed up all around the world even in the most civil countries.
And the gun thing, I should have written apparently armed. It has been confirmed by the police that an illegal firearm was recovered from the scene. I don’t know whether it was his or not.
stunnaz all of my london friends are reporting that the did NOT have a gun and that the police say they never said he had a gun to begin with. If he didn’t have a gun I’m sure they will give him one. Whether he was a drug dealer or not, if he wasn’t a threat they shouldn’t have shot him.
Jaz and Tatted
It’s early, but Al is about to take over a MSNBC job and work for the man, lol I don’t know how much protesting he’ll be doing as a result. This country is sliding backwards with every day that passes is this the 1960’s or 2011???
Okay….I am from London and have been watching things unfold on tv and in person. First off the main news channel here, the BBC is so biased it hurts and I believe is fueling this riot even more by enraging the black youth. They show MOSTLY black kids on the news here, it’s unbelievable. One news reporter kept on asking what type of people are causing this until the other one had to say black kids and then he left the question. Yes there is mostly black kids rioting but there is a reason to that. They have this stupid law here called stop and search and they use that law to mostly target black boys. Its unfair and makes them very angry. There is many other issues too, this black man getting killed was I suppose the final trigger for anger that has been building up for years.
And secondly the man killed was armed and a drug dealer. The question is whether he tried to use the gun on cops.
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This always happens in America, even more but I wonder why the kids here aren’t rioting (well yet)
@Kezi
I think we are just going to have to wait until December 12 (when the hearing occurs)to hear the full truth as there are millions of different stories out there.
And you are right, the drug dealing is not a reason to kill the man.
That one guy in the suit is killllinnng meee! Did he just steal that suit or what?! Why is he rioting in a suit? That is not proper riot attire. He should of read the
I agree with everyone saying he shouldn’t have been shot to kill. At aalll. He had been followed in a cab by police, I’m sure undercover. He was alone in that cab, apart from the driver. There would have been 3+ police men following him without a doubt. Yes, he was involved in criminal activities but he was also a father of four, even if he did have a gun, the possibility of him shooting at multiple officers is just so damn unlikely. Also, if he had try to fire at them, how did he only get shot once in the chest, and die from that?! They would have covered him with bullets if he attempted to fire. Everything is just so crazy right now.
The fact that the police weren’t trying to answer nobodys questions properly on Saturday as to why he was shot was the maaaaain reason why the riots began in tottenham.
@ Kezi
This country is sliding backwards with every day that passes is this the 1960?s or 2011???
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It must not be the 60’s or we would have some organized protests.
There are so many distractions these days and people feel overwhelmed and apathetic at the same time. So it’s like f it ima just sit here on my computer and complain and watch bbw cause ain’t nothin i can do anyway.
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