race riots in the uk

pantsonfire321@aol.com · Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:19 am

Here in the uk we have recently had race riots in Birmingham - A gental young man knifed to death in a city riot was walking away from trouble it was revealed yesterday Isaiah Youngsam 23, was just 200 yards from his home when he was attacked by an 11 strong gang . The IT analyst was stabbed once in the chest and died soon afterwards in hospital. A pal with him was knifed in the back but survived. Mayhem erupted in Birmingham on saturday night as tension and violence followed days of growing racial tension over claims that a black girl had been gang raped by asian men. Det Supt Dave Mirfield leading the murder hunt said "the attackers all had their identities hidden and i do not want to speculate on their ethnic makeup" . Burnt out cars smashed windows police in high vis yellow jackets and stab vests tryed to take control of the Lozells area of Birmingham and stamp out any more trouble . - Scary - i hope this is an isolated incident but sadly here in the uk i think we have all seen this coming for a long time i think we have to stop kidding our selves that we all get along nicely because the sad reality is completely different. :-5

Jemma · Post by **Jemma** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:26 am

Hi I totally agree, I live in birmingham, not far from where the riot took place.

Too many people make out like all cultures get along, but this is not always true. I hope this is an isolated incident to, but to be honest I can see many more riots & murders taking place. To be fair things only seem to get worse.:-3

Bothwell · Post by **Bothwell** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 2:00 am

Jemma I know Brum pretty well and surely Lozells has been waiting for this to happen. Certainly I have seen evidence of such tension around the edges of Sparkbrook and Aston.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:50 am

pantsonfire321@aol.com wrote: Here in the uk we have recently had race riots in Birmingham - A gental young man knifed to death in a city riot was walking away from trouble it was revealed yesterday Isaiah Youngsam 23, was just 200 yards from his home when he was attacked by an 11 strong gang . The IT analyst was stabbed once in the chest and died soon afterwards in hospital. A pal with him was knifed in the back but survived. Mayhem erupted in Birmingham on saturday night as tension and violence followed days of growing racial tension over claims that a black girl had been gang raped by asian men. Det Supt Dave Mirfield leading the murder hunt said "the attackers all had their identities hidden and i do not want to speculate on their ethnic makeup" . Burnt out cars smashed windows police in high vis yellow jackets and stab vests tryed to take control of the Lozells area of Birmingham and stamp out any more trouble . - Scary - i hope this is an isolated incident but sadly here in the uk i think we have all seen this coming for a long time i think we have to stop kidding our selves that we all get along nicely because the sad reality is completely different. :-5
And another small victory to the bigots. To accept something as inevitable makes it inevitable, whether it truly was or not.

pantsonfire321@aol.com · Thu Oct 27, 2005 4:51 am

The people responsible for the violence and rioting are to blame - nobody else .

upfront84 · Post by **upfront84** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 7:21 am

There certainly seems to be an increasingly unsettled population at present, with almost all population growth coming from migrants and their families its not a situation were likely to see improve until people learn to accept.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 3:08 pm

pantsonfire321@aol.com wrote: The people responsible for the violence and rioting are to blame - nobody else .
I agree.

The person who watches a criminal commit arson and fails to at least call 911 shares the blame for the fire.

The person who accepts bigotry, violence and rioting as inevitable - without doing something - likewise shares responsibility.

pantsonfire321@aol.com · Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:01 am

Bo***x the person/s paticipating in the violence are solely responsible - if they resent being lablelled maybe they should`nt play up to the stereotype .

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:37 pm

pantsonfire321@aol.com wrote: Bo***x the person/s paticipating in the violence are solely responsible - if they recent being lablelled maybe they should`nt play up to the stereotype .
'kay.