I am not TRYING to link it to the guy that got shot. I am actually. I dont think its a coincidence he got shot by the police the same day this started. But thats my opinion only. Apparently another trigger was rough policing to a peaceful protest that demanded justice. Maybe its a clue that rough policing will trigger further violent escalations?
>From a legal point of view anybody with a local passport is a citizen. Citizen: "A legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized." However I take your point this has been abused by a vast majority of people who are not linked to the initial incident. A bit like hooligans that go to football games to pick a fight, not to watch football. I also agree that waving a shooting arm at police is asking for trouble. I wouldnt want to be the police officer having to make that call. Cheers, Eric On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Mark Humphries < [email protected]> wrote: > I wouldn't call the people who are looting and rioting as "citizens". > > Luckily it seems to be being brought under control now, but if it wasn't > then there is a very good risk of some of us citizens standing up to them > ourselves, and that could indeed be called a civil war. > > And again, let's not try and link what is happening with the shooting in > Tottenham, it is totally unrelated and the vast majority of those looting > wouldn't even know the blokes name. The bloke who was shot was waving > around a firearm, so let's also not infer that this was another innocent > victim or police brutality. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On > Behalf Of Eric B > Sent: 10 August 2011 10:27 > To: McWilliams, Brendan, VF-Group (bmcwill) > Cc: leedslist > Subject: Re: [LU] Riots > > maybe they re not using plastic bullets because they dont want to risk > killing kids? After all this did start by someone being shot by the police. > tear gas wont kill anyone so maybe thats a better idea. > > I note that quite a few people wants the army involved however I d say that > putting the army against your own citizens is similar to a civil war in > many > respects. > I understand these are riots but hey... Hence I agree this is a job for the > police and not the army. > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 9:19 AM, McWilliams, Brendan, VF-Group (bmcwill) < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it)
