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Old 08-08-2011, 12:30   #133
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Re: Riots in Tottenham

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Originally Posted by denphone View Post
Right the first point you made is generally these things build up over several days so the authorities should be on their guard, secondly l would make the same point and have done in the past to any other political party that was in government so it is not bias to any one party, and the third point l made is that the Met police in the last 2 months is a total shambles as we have seen with the 2 resignations and several police officers receiving money for information from the NOTW so it basically tells you what a utter mess it is in and at present has a rudderless leadership and that does not improve morale with the normal bobby on the street.
Ahem - from the BBC timeline

From the shooting to the first rioting, the time was just over 26 hours, not "several days"; from people gathering outside the police station to the first rioting, just over 3 hours.

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