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 !

Yes, Plymouth is all over the news but not this.

Nah. More robust than that. A poplin, surely?

There are/have been riots in Northern Ireland.

Exactly this.

The whole bloody disaster from the poor 3 murdered children (and the others attacked) plus the rioting is all men - men who think they have the right to take other people's lives, destroy property and cause mayhem.

I heard one of them say that the immigrants are a problem that needs sorting - and I thought, 'No, YOU'RE the problem that needs sorting'.

Twitter does sometimes do weird things in trending, when I last looked 'Birmingham' was in smaller text below 2TierKeir so it was still there but a lot less noticeable and didn't appear as one of the trending topics even though it is.

Eh? That’s quite offensive. Being poor doesn’t mean that you’re an arsehole.

@spinspinspinthewheel this is horrendous , sounds so scary

I think it can be both. Obviously there are absolute idiots, but the conditions are right for others who feel marginalised to be drawn in. Birmingham City Council is bankrupt, council tax as well as everything else, has gone up and services have been cut to the bone, there's quite a lot for people to be angry about from all sections of the community.

It was on BBC news at 10.

Utter madness hopefully with so many being held on remand after Merseyside riots it will send a message theynwill be dealt with quickly and appropriately

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Neither does being a man, being white, being a football fan - or many of the other justifications given on this thread.

The conditions for people to kick off like this usually include poverty - lack of opportunity, lack of income, looking for a scapegoat, being socially isolated etc.

Bingo!

Why are vulnerable people in hotels left to pretty much fend for for themselves or families tonight left to barricade themselves in?

It's been left too long long I know people say the army isn't a good idea but I can't see another way with such a teeny police force?

That's not a reason for lawlessness @Gladespade
I don't think those out on the streets right now are thinking about their council tax. The law applies equally - or should.

It’s really time the Army got involved. I agree.

Yeah the Rotherham footage yesterday was brutal. They got in the building OK but didnt want to hurt anyone. It proves this is all just an excuse for beating up the police and general hooliganism. They dont really want blood, thankfully.

The people who did what the OP describing were not white. There appear to have been a number of concerted militant attacks on mostly random white people today and tonight in parts of England. Many by men carrying deadly weapons. They are absolutely racist attacks but not racist in the direction that you meant.

Well, it's pissing down here in Liverpool, funnily enough, there's been no rioting here tonight. Hopefully, the rain will spread across the country.

@Radarkeigh what do you mean they got in?

What happened.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly883p5yj8o.amp

BBC reporting but not that much info

What actually is happening?

Is it terrorism?
racist mobs?
Far right extremism?
Protests?

I am confused about what the cause is, why they are doing this and what they are hoping to achieve?

I cannot believe that these people walk amongst us and seem to have just crawled out of the woodwork to create all sorts of mindless violence.

BBC reporting a small group of Muslim youths attacked a pub and those in vehicles. Some were carrying weapons

The ironic thing is the woman reporting for sky news in that video said at the start there were police all around, erm where were they then ?

The predominant footage I've seen from Birmingham has not been white there has also not been any police seen on the footage unlike other areas focusing on the toothless and ruthless white people

They weren't racist mobs they were a pretty mixed bunch of thugs from what I saw on the news. About 10 Asian men kicking the shit out of a young white guy then more joined in. No excuse for any of this violence.