Why Are They Even Having A "march"?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/police-alert-for-summer-riots-as-gangs-plan-disturbances-a3303401.html
Why is anyone "commemorating" the death of a low life drug dealer?

[baza]

Gives them something to do between waking up and their next fix.

[bazwillrun]

keeps them occupied between riots...

[mushroom25]

that Mr Duggan was, allegedly, a drug dealing scumbag is completely irrelevant. the fact is that black lives matter and must be commemorated. willing to bet that had raoul moat been black, there would have been a commemorative march for him too.

[anotheoldgit]

All arrested rioters should be dealt with the same as terrorists, and when arrested given harsh sentences.

[Gromit]

// Detectives investigating last week’s outbreak of violence in Hyde Park, which saw around 4,000 youths fight running battles with police, have arrested eight teenagers //

Has there been a news blackout of that incident? Or is the report exaggerated? It is the first I have of it.

[mushroom25]

it was widely reported at the time Gromit - google "hyde park violence" and you'll get a whole page of news outlets that covered the story, from the guardian, independent and itv news, down to the sun, express, mail and metro.

[anotheoldgit]

Gromit

Did you miss out on this one Gromit?

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1503391.html

[trt]

:-) baza !!!!

[bazwillrun]

"that Mr Duggan was, allegedly, a drug dealing scumbag is completely irrelevant. "

hahahaha...whatever

[stuey]

"...which saw around 4,000 youths fight running battles with police..." The photos I saw showed the youths running around, and the police milling around aimlessly looking thoroughly confused as if afraid to do anything.

[Gromit]

Ah yes, from the description I did not connect it with the so called water fight at the Serpentine turning nasty incident.

It does appear that there is an element of anarchists, agitators and professional protestors working to cause violent disturbances. Let us hope that the police have intelligence and are working to counter the plans.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNDVylJyhiA

[Peter Pedant]

// All arrested rioters should be dealt with the same as terrorists, and when arrested given harsh sentences.//

no ! worse much worse than terrorists. Shoot them on sight !
especially if it is dark and you cant see them !

oops that was why they were rioting in the first place - an unarmed scumbag was shot on sight

kinda circular argument - but hey this is AB so no one will notice !

[Peter Pedant]

o mi god here is another one
what do these people do to keep themselves amused at NIGHT ?

[mushroom25]

hey PP did I miss the point in time when policing in London was handed over to the Chicago PD?

black lives matter campaigners in the UK state they are campaigning for black people who have died at the hands of police in this country.

but

in the UK, since the turn of the century there have been 33 deaths ascribed to police action, on average 2 for every year of the 2000s. even though several of these have been high profile cases - mark duggan, azelle rodney, ian tomlinson, jean-charles de menezes, etc, the situation in this country bears no comparison with the situation in the US. of those 33, only around half of the victims were black, so "the rest" - about half, including jean-charles de menezes - aren't worth campaigning for.

[Booldawg]

Maybe the TVs they got 5 years ago are not 4K compatable?