was just listening to resonance fm and they said a guy in his 60s with no priors has been given a custodial sentence for handling a few tennis rackets.
Did you see Sickboy's video of protesters vs. cops in Toronto, with this insecure prick in uniform having some girl arrested for 'assaulting' him with bubbles?
Surely only a matter of time:Facist Britain 2011. Scarey shit.
Nobody on the mainstream left seems to be shouting about it, as seems to be standard when civil liberties are being grossly impinged.
Facist Britain 2011. Scarey shit. Nobody on the mainstream left seems to be shouting about it, as seems to be standard when civil liberties are being grossly impinged.
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news/2011/riots.php on 9th August mind, but still...Author: Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty
The past few days have been very sad for a number of cities across the country - scenes of violence, looting and arson in London, Birmingham and Bristol have been constantly on our TV screens.
Our thoughts are with all those who have been affected - people have been injured, property damaged and our communities ransacked.
In very testing circumstances, the response of both the police and Government has been measured and proportionate so far - we welcome this and hope it will continue.
It is clear that this completely destructive lawlessness has no rational connection with the shooting in Tottenham.
Nonetheless it is vital that the IPCC undertakes a speedy and thorough investigation into the death. This wanton violent disorder serves only to distract from that vital inquiry.
was just listening to resonance fm and they said a guy in his 60s with no priors has been given a custodial sentence for handling a few tennis rackets. how is it allowed that judges are able to pass these sentences that seem to have no bearing on the actual offence? also heard about one guy whose blackberry was terminated outright cos allegedly he sent/recieved some messages about rioting/looting. who knows if he did. but you dont see BT cutting the phone lines of criminals. or even facebook getting rid of criminals profiles. very weird shit is happening in this country.
police during those protests were acting like complete cunts. several of my friends got detained even though they were just walking from work (one b/c he had spare clothes in his backpack).
I avoided leaving the house for 2-3 days b.c I thought I'd get arrested and have my student visa taken away.
@David Allen Green tweets:
In other news, Kaiser Chiefs members get six years each.
The tweet Crackerjack links above:
made me very excited (they should be banged up just for fucking "Ruby", let alone looting or arson), but then I realised that they it was merely a satirical 'joke' based on their "I Predict A Riot" song. Bah. I curse myself for my stupidity and credulousness, and curse the Kaiser Chiefs for being the architects of my downfall. Oh well.
I wonder what this incitement amounted to...probably something utterly heinous like writing "GO ON MY SON!!" on their mate's 'wall'...
Yet another opportunity for the 'mainstream left' (to the extent that one exists in this country) to regroup, so its fucking priorities out and make major political capital out of the Tory-Lib shitstorm...down the crapper. Again.