Page 24 | Disorder in Leeds

OrangeFurever · 2024-07-18T20:53:17+00:00

Anyone watching the public disorder in Leeds? Bloody disgusting behaviour. Animals. AIBU to wish police had so many more resources to bring consequences to these absolute excuses for humanity?

RedToothBrush · 18/07/2024 23:20

Runbunny · 18/07/2024 22:13

The city is rioting because children were removed from a neglectful family?

It has happened every few years in Leeds, albeit it that previously its been in a slightly different part of the city.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_riots_in_Leeds

I'm also aware of unrest in the city which isn't in this list because it wasn't as serious but certainly caused disruption.

OhHelloMiss · 18/07/2024 23:20

It's all very civilised now

Nobody causing trouble

UnfriendMe · 18/07/2024 23:20

I hate when people refer to shitty people as "animals", as if animals aren't so much better than people.

ClickClack300 · 18/07/2024 23:19

ApolloandDaphne · 18/07/2024 22:06

My DD lives in Harehills. Her boyfriend took this picture. I think it is very isolated. As a retired SW I can confirm it can be terrifying removing a child from a violent and unpredictable family.

This is precisely why the children needed to be removed. What an awful extreme environment to bring up a child. They will be safe now thank goodness.

justasking111 · 18/07/2024 23:19

Most of them are young kids, laughing, joking, street party time. That's not to excuse it. But I don't see the malice I've seen in riots decades ago.

suburberphobe · 18/07/2024 23:19

Agree with you @ LordPercyPercy.

StepAwayFromGoogling · 18/07/2024 23:18

Runbunny · 18/07/2024 23:12

I think that demonstrates you have no idea about the kind of hardship some communities face.

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Communities up and down the country face horrendous hardship and don't set fire to buses or encourage their children to riot.

FinalCeleryScheme · 18/07/2024 23:18

suburberphobe · 18/07/2024 23:13

Overspill of anger from losing the Euro game

Don't be ridiculous. It's just kicking a ball around. The right team won.

More like 14 years of crap Tories.

And…bingo!

There are reports coming in of shoplifting in Timbuktu. I blame the Tories.

Chickenuggetsticks · 18/07/2024 23:17

Runbunny · 18/07/2024 23:17

It's not only the poverty though. It's the drugs, the lack of access to decent education and healthcare, (often justified) distrust of authority, lack of support for those who want to make life better for the communities, the racial tensions that have been stirred up by government over the last decade ....

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They do have access to education and healthcare. They aren’t living in Haiti for gods sake. Do you know why they don’t trust authorities, because they are behaving in a way that brings them to the attention of authorities.

PoliteCritic · 18/07/2024 23:17

I grew up in a very poor area. I avoided them, but I had neighbours who would have done this. They were not just poor. They were chaotic families with lots of problems. And they can feel they have nothing to lose.

Runbunny · 18/07/2024 23:17

LordPercyPercy · 18/07/2024 23:14

I think that demonstrates you have no idea about the kind of hardship some communities face.

I'm an immigrant from a country where a sizeable proportion of people live in genuine poverty, and they don't carry on like this.

It's not only the poverty though. It's the drugs, the lack of access to decent education and healthcare, (often justified) distrust of authority, lack of support for those who want to make life better for the communities, the racial tensions that have been stirred up by government over the last decade ....

Shreddedpolitics · 18/07/2024 23:16

Runbunny · 18/07/2024 23:12

I think that demonstrates you have no idea about the kind of hardship some communities face.

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Assumptions.

I grew up in what would now be termed poverty (it wasn’t). At no point was rioting, torching a bus, or attacking the police on the agenda.

spikeandbuffy · 18/07/2024 23:16

This is the last one I saw

www.facebook.com/share/v/zi9NNpfMv2jUBMgH/?mibextid=WC7FNe

Chickenuggetsticks · 18/07/2024 23:16

LordPercyPercy · 18/07/2024 23:14

I think that demonstrates you have no idea about the kind of hardship some communities face.

I'm an immigrant from a country where a sizeable proportion of people live in genuine poverty, and they don't carry on like this.

2nd/3rd gen immigrant here, grew up with not much money and yup this would not have been acceptable.

LuluBlakey1 · 18/07/2024 23:16

AdultChildQuestion · 18/07/2024 23:12

Are they trying to prove that it's somehow Labour voters doing the damage?

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No- they are showing black, asian and middle-eastern people on the whole and the ones involved in the actions are young and male, lots of encouragement in foreign languages being screamed and shouted- don't know what- and women standing around in the midst of it but mainly taking photos and some smiling/laughing.

cakeorwine · 18/07/2024 23:16

Scenicgirl · 18/07/2024 23:03

I too am very familiar with the area, and of course many are English nationals, however, there are neighbouring communities nearby which are just as diverse and it isn't happening there.
Children were likely removed for their own protection, why are you not defending them?

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So your statement about "owever, I have been around long enough to know that there has always been poor people in poor areas but it didn't make them riot! Also, it's funny how they are often "not born here", not saying always but the majority in the photos were not English and obviously not integrated into the areas where they live."

is at odds with what you just said

You can't tell who is an English national from a picture, can you?

mpsw · 18/07/2024 23:16

OhHelloMiss · 18/07/2024 23:11

Police/army could use it as a training exercise

This isn't a training exercise, it's the real thing.

And I doubt very much the police would need to call for reinforcements if it is small(ish) pockets of disorder, nasty though it looks.

As an aside, riots seem more common in summer when it's hot.

Towelmode · 18/07/2024 23:15

Don’t any of them have Netflix?

Chickenuggetsticks · 18/07/2024 23:15

Runbunny · 18/07/2024 23:12

I think that demonstrates you have no idea about the kind of hardship some communities face.

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i think you’ve made some assumptions there.

LordPercyPercy · 18/07/2024 23:14

I think that demonstrates you have no idea about the kind of hardship some communities face.

I'm an immigrant from a country where a sizeable proportion of people live in genuine poverty, and they don't carry on like this.

PoliteCritic · 18/07/2024 23:14

RationalityIsHard · 18/07/2024 23:10

One who, looking at the video, clearly couldn't give a shit that people were filming him and his face was perfectly visible.
This country is becoming a joke.

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The people doing it will be largely already known to the police. Their photo in the media will boost their social standing amongst their friends.

EsmaCannonball · 18/07/2024 23:14

bluejelly · 18/07/2024 22:49

'A riot is the language of the unheard' - Martin Luther King.

The true unheard are all the poor and deprived people who have to live among criminals and rioters. They get kicked about by the rich and the feral, but nobody ever pays attention to them.

OhHelloMiss · 18/07/2024 23:13

Someone's seen an opportunity to clear some rubbish and dumped a sofa on the bonfire

suburberphobe · 18/07/2024 23:13

Overspill of anger from losing the Euro game

Don't be ridiculous. It's just kicking a ball around. The right team won.

More like 14 years of crap Tories.

Nchanged89 · 18/07/2024 23:13

EsmaCannonball · 18/07/2024 23:06

Probably the same 'community' who would blame social workers and the police when shit parents neglect and abuse their own children to death. What do these people want? Children to stay in a dangerous household?

I feel sorry for the innocent people in the area. Must be very scary right now.

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Exactly. People saying SS stormed in and snatching the children unexpectedly?
The family could have very well known to them and this incident was the final straw and the children were rightly taken to a safe place.
No one knows but the community was furious.
I hope they are safe now.