Posted on 08/10/2011 5:19:06 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
David Cameron today gave the go ahead for police to use water cannons on rioters after children as young as nine looted stores and made off with bottles of wine and Vodka in fresh violence that flared around the UK yesterday.
The children wore tracksuits and innocently disregarded covering their faces as they ran through the shattered glass of supermarkets to fill their pockets with looted goods.
But today, the police were given the green light to use water cannons with 24 hours notice. Prime Minister David Cameron said that plans had been put in place to deal with the disorder using water cannons - the first time they have been used in the UK.
The comments were seen as u-turn on what Home Secretary Theresa May said earlier this week when she ruled out the use of water cannons. The 'softly softly' approach has been shelved and police will finally be given the backing to come down hard on offenders.
'Police are already authorised to use baton rounds and we agreed at Cobra that, while they are not currently needed, we now have in place contingency plans for water cannons to be available at 24 hours' notice,' Cameron said in a speech outside Downing Street this morning.
'Whatever resources the police need they will get. What ever tactics they feel they need they will have legal backing to do so.'
Mr Cameron said that the police would be checking offenders 'picture by picture' and they would not let 'phoney human rights' stand in the way of bringing rioters to justice.
He said that something was 'seriously wrong' with society 'when you see children as young as 12 or 13 looting and laughing'.
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God Bless the south!
Prepare the Holy Water Cannon of Antioch!
Water cannons hell....Send in the GURKAS....
You got that right!
Try some M1028 canister rounds and watch them disburst or burst apart quickly.
exactly fwdude,
Ya don’t see too many “flash mobs” in states with a CCW and castle law.
Holders people know they will get themselves shot in those places.
They’d be better off using a few surplus MG 42s.
I’m thinking that 168 grain Sierra Match Kings would get the point across to these savages better.
Half the deployed riot police look like 100 pound women
and all are afraid to fully use their batons!
Its that 50 pounds of riot gear that makes them look so heavy...
:)
The UK could save a lot of broken windows if they just outlawed locks on doors. The store owners aren’t allowed to own guns, so why should they be allowed to own locks?
From each according to his abilities to each according to his needs. This is pure unadulterated socialism in action. These people need the stuff inside those stores and the greedy shop-owners should just open their doors and let the rioters in to take all they need.
Indeed, they should be required to feed them as rioting and looting takes a lot of energy and these people are probably hungry.
Rule 303.
Next up... the comfy chair!
The Brits are all wet. Useless cowards.
Mr Cameron insisted the 'fightback' by police was succeeding today after a fourth night of rioting across the country. He said a 'more robust approach' by Scotland Yard last night had prevented a repeat of the worst trouble.
Isn't it a little late to put a band aid on the corpse?
Sadly, this is the same queen that gave assent to the Treaty of Lisbon. A great deal of her forebears (especially Victoria) would never tolerate these goings-on.
And what the hell happened to the Queen and the royal family. This is one of few the extrordinary circumstances where it is their job and duty to act. I cant find a news story with any of their names even mentioned and parlaiment is clearly dysfunctional. You think any of the Henrys or Edwards would put up with this crap?
I don't understand why they didn't after the first night, order a curfew and anyone violating it would be first arrested, then if people kept violating, shot. The British government has created this monster and now they don't even have the wits or guts to put it down.
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