Anyone seen what's happening in Birmingham now

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People out slashing sky news tyres, surrounded the reporting female journalist, a man was battered outside a pub by a mob
wtf is going on !

Poverty.

Well I'm from Birmingham and yes it's a shithole but I think it's more to do with the unrest across the uk atm

Well England I should say

Racist mobs

Wtaf is wrong with people?

This is not about poverty, religion etc. this is mindless thugs who are using it as an excuse. They find an excuse and congregate for fun.

Poverty is a pathetic excuse for violence and destruction. We are all poorer for this in every way.

It isn't about poverty I mean you can say it Is till you actually convince yourself it's true. It's really just a violent mob who have been rilled up to think it's about poverty/migraint/saving "our kiddies" and whoever riled them is having a great time watching from afar or crete.

We need a huge stormy downpour. They'll fuck of home then.

Hideous people rioting. Absolutely awful.

We're going to see more and more sectarian violence. Birmingham is where the tyres of Labour campaigners were slashed and female election workers were intimidated in the run-up to the general election.

Men

Been kicking off in Plymouth as well.

just seen a TikTok of a bloke in Middlesbrough filming the aftermath. One street every house had their window put in, homeowners (mainly white) sat outside looking stunned. They’d all parked their cars down the back alley but the thugs went down there and smashed all the cars. It’s just thuggery. They’re attacking their own. 🤷‍♀️

Exactly.

Idiots smashing up their own area. Not interested in coming to Peckham or Croydon funnily enough.

It's not the far right out in Birmingham..

Seems to be a distinct lack of police, thankfully several of those carrying large weapons were caught on sky news so I'm sure they'll be caught.

Jess Philips has quickly backtracked on twitter!

DH is from one of the cities. His comment was that they're a load of nobs who just want to fight. A few years ago they would have been football hooligans.
They may well be racist but that's just their excuse.
So yes. Basically just men.

I'm in England at the weekend and I'm genuinely concerned there doesn't seem to be any pattern to these riots.

So the rally call was meet me at McDonald's?

This is basically what put an end to the riots in 2011! Rioting while the weather was hot, then two days of rain sorted it out.

Yes I saw the Sky one.
The tyre slasher said free palestein... then went over and stabbed the tyres

The poor woman reporter looked scared.

Somebody else said that on another thread today, there's no football atm so let's just go out and terrorise the general public.

They're not attacking their own. They're attacking normal people just trying to live their lives, some of whom just happen to share a skin colour.
They're scum.

Always.

I believe part of it is poverty

Also bad journalism and years of anti-immigrant and Islamophobia by newspapers like the Sun.

Plus right wing government not calling it what it is which is home grown terrorism.