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Originally Posted by rsx
(Post 7476263)
You have to understand, the onus isn't on regular citizens to document this for the cops, it's not your job, while it's admirable and brave for you guys to be out there filming documenting, I feel, personally, that you guys were doing more harm than good. Videos clearly showed that only a small sample of the large contingent were actually doing the rioting. You can see everyone whip out their cellphones and digital devices ready to capture these youtube/twitter/tumblr/fb moments. If everyone just got out of dodge then the police would've had a better handle on the situation.
The rioters only persisted because they used the throngs of people as their shield and camouflage. | While I do kinda agree with what you said, I do have to say that it began more as a small group of people who had set up shop to burn, and break shit which stirred up a whole other category of people to start rioting. Seeing everything at ground level, I can say that most of the people who were actually trying to stir up trouble were those white trash emo "anarchy" kids. Those guys smashed the windows first (not breaking them only cracking them) and move on to other windows in the vicinity. After seeing the windows crack and how easy it looked, everyone wanted in. All it took was 1 person to crawl inside and 50% of the people video taping would stop and try to get in as well. I saw kids as young as 8 (he was no midget, he was a little boy) looting along side his older brothers for makeup (WTF), to FOB asians going H.A.M trying to break windows, to those 'kawaii' Japanese girls egging guys on to go in and loot them a bag (LOL).
Also did anyone get to check out the Art Gallery? There was a fuckin' dance party there packed with people yelling RIOT. Shit those guys definitely weren't a small sample of the large contigent. The group there was bigger than the group breaking into London Drugs! |