According to Lilly Allen "the youth are frustrated and I can see why". And it's OUR responsibility to look after future generations. Really? Isn't that down to the parents?
Are you out of your ******* minds? Are you actually suggesting sending the army in to shoot people? What the **** is wrong with you bunch?
Tear gas and a water cannon (If you don't have one, firefighters will do) do the trick, believe me we have had to deal with a few riots...
Pretty sure it's the minority that have called for the army to go in shooting people.
Most of us just want the use of tear gas and the government to give more protection to police, so they can do their job properly.
Seen a few comments and a few likes too, really got me going, sorry.
Nothing wrong with a bit of live rounds dealing with these thugs in my opinion Athe...
It's wrong when people protesting for freedoms/democracy get shot at but these are essentially 200-300 criminals running rampant on our country's streets, we can't let them think that they will just get a fine/slap on the wrists.
I don't see the argument against using live ammunition on some of these in the right circumstances.
If I was an armed officer and saw 5 rioters break into a 90 year old womans home to rob the place I would have no problem gunning them down where they stood.
They put themselves in the situation open to violence, but I agree we might not be at that point yet.
We are at the point tonight where police need to 'beat them senseless' to kick some respect of authority into them.
They would argue 'it would escalate things' well I would argue things are escalated enough and they need to get some force used on them.
If I had one of those big armoured vans Joel showed I would drive that thing full speed into a crowd of them as they tried to loot a place. Sets a precedent.
As far as I'm concerned they have ZERO human rights the second they step out of line and start committing these crimes.
They may be idiots, they may be criminals, but they're human beings and have to be treated as such. In my opinion nothing justifies taking someone's life. It's going to be hard to stop them, sure, but it's not the first country in the world where it happens (it won't be the last either), and most times no such measures were required.
Plus, AFAIK they didn't even kill anyone - if you start shooting them you'll just be worse than they are. And there's no guarantee it'll make them stop, but it will surely fill them with resentment towards the police and the government.
Seriously :SIf I was an armed officer and saw 5 rioters break into a 90 year old womans home to rob the place I would have no problem gunning them down where they stood.
If I was an armed officer and saw 5 rioters break into a 90 year old womans home to rob the place I would have no problem gunning them down where they stood.
My point is, would you like to tell that to the peoples livelihoods/jobs they have ruined/burned?
And the people's houses/flats they have broken into and in some cases burned.
I am a humanitarian and absolutely not right wing but in this sort of instance I just find them despicable human beings and they only respond to violence.
Put it this way: Whatever method, if any of these rioters get killed by police in anyway I really wouldn't give it a second's thought.
Plus, AFAIK they didn't even kill anyone -
Would killing whoever did it give the man his job back? "I'm sorry mate your shop was vandalized - but don't you worry we killed those kids". It's not of much use, is it...
At the cost of losing your job and being arrested? I would try my best to help the woman out, but why should they put their job and freedom on the line. A lot of them will probably have families who need providing for and you would swap that for (and I hate to sound so selfish, but) a 90 year old woman?
I would shoot if I was allowed to, but that's not the case.