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Tottenham - what gives?

From: Mikee 8 Aug 2011 14:39
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Lock 'em all up!
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From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) 8 Aug 2011 14:43
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 13 of 298
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I like the way you're thinking!
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From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) 8 Aug 2011 14:46
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I think it's Operation Trident, who deal with armed gangs.

Indeed, and not quite. Trident is specifically aimed at gun crime in London's black communities.
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From: milko 8 Aug 2011 14:54
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Yeah that's true. I should know really, my mate's brother works for them. ANYWAY, yes - not regular police and generally going to be tooled up for an operation.

 

edit - also the rioters appear to be very much predominantly white. Hm!

EDITED: 8 Aug 2011 14:58 by MILKO
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From: JonCooper 8 Aug 2011 14:59
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I'm hearing the actual riot kicked off after the police attacked a 16yo girl - possibly throwing stones
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From: patch 8 Aug 2011 15:32
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The Police were throwing stones? Seems a tad unprofessional even for the Met.
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From: JonCooper 8 Aug 2011 15:34
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:D
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From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) 8 Aug 2011 16:16
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White people need new trainers too! RACIALIST! :@
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From: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 8 Aug 2011 18:42
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Possibly entirely unrelated, but very unusual... there were (at least) three dozen police in Croydon town centre this evening.

 

No signs of rioting or property damage or whatever, though both the shopping centres seemed to be closing early, so maybe something happened/planned inside either/both of those.

EDITED: 8 Aug 2011 18:45 by BOUGHTONP
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From: Mouse 8 Aug 2011 18:54
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TIYF
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From: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 8 Aug 2011 19:04
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FT
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From: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 8 Aug 2011 19:15
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Hmmm, that page is predicting at "7:57" there will be 100 youths at north end. (or it was a typo and that was 15 mins ago).

Eitherway, sounds like I left before the "fun" started.
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From: Mouse 8 Aug 2011 19:32
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You are welcome to read what the Guardian is writing after reading Twitter. I prefer the noise.
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From: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 8 Aug 2011 19:33
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You fucking animals!
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From: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 8 Aug 2011 19:41
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 26 of 298
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No I'm not! It's graphi that likes the horses, not me. :P
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From: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 8 Aug 2011 19:43
To: Mouse 27 of 298
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I want something in the middle. :(

Too much garbage and a crap UI on Twitter. :(
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From: Mouse 8 Aug 2011 19:45
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I could take a wild guess, and I will, 90% of the updates on them newspapers live blogs are from reading Twitter.

 

I'd rather curate that information myself.

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From: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 8 Aug 2011 19:52
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If Twitter wasn't so utterly shit in every way, and I didn't have better things to do, sure.

Failing that, if there's any papers left with professional journalists, it'd be nice to read polished versions to get a general idea of things.
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From: Mouse 8 Aug 2011 20:01
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I don't really get why you think the UI is shit. It's just a stream of information. It's your responsibility to read into it what you think. How would you do it different?

I dislike reading polished version of things now, it's too easy and you rarely get the full picture.

Oh look, your Guardian Live Blog is just linking to Tweets now. At least that's honest.
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From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) 8 Aug 2011 20:17
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and you get the full picture from a mass of tweets?

 

I don't think I like the future

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