Quote: DaButt @ August 9 2011, 8:06 PM BST
More than 50 people were killed in the 1992 Los Angeles riots. My friend was living there at the time and walked a block or two to the local bar to have a few drinks. On the way there someone opened their door and yelled, "Get in here. They're coming!"
He entered the house and there were 2 armed men crouched behind a window. A van filled with African-American men was slowly cruising the street in search of people to beat and valuables to steal. One of the guys asked my buddy if he knew how to use a pistol and then slid a .357 Magnum across the floor to him. They all sat and waited until the van moved on.
You need a good rain. Rioters hate getting wet.
Now that is bloody scary stuff.
I just heard about the racially motivated beatings at the Minnesota State Fair the other day. It's so effing depressing.
Quote: AJGO @ August 9 2011, 8:02 PM BST
Nowhere near darkness yet, bloody great weather for anyone fancying a riot.
Odd feeling around here, mostly relief that nothing too bad seems to be happening (latest is bricks thrown at police-how standards of not too bad quickly change) but seems like the area is holding its breath and seeing what happens, indeed, when darkness descends.
From Guardian about use of Blackberrys:
Research In Motion (RIM) could hand over information about rioters - including their names, the number of messages sent and received, the names of people they sent messages to, the time they were sent, and the location - without being issued with a warrant by the police.
However, police officers would have to be granted a warrant in order to force RIM to hand over the contents of users' "broadcasts".
Yeah, very comforting. You be careful, Kate Aj!!