U.K. Police: Rioters Shot at Unarmed Officers Masked men fired gunshots at unarmed officers and a police helicopter during this month's riots in the English city of Birmingham, the city's police force says. West Midlands Police on Saturday released footage of the men firing shots during the riots on Aug. 9, and said 11 shots were fired. Chief Constable Chris Sims called it "a concerted and organized attempt to kill or injure police officers" and appealed for people to help police catch the gunmen. Police also said Saturday they had arrested two more suspects over the deaths of three men run down by a car in Birmingham as they protected shops from looters. A 33-year-old man was arrested Friday and later released on bail. A 28-year-old man was detained Saturday. The arrests bring to nine the number of people arrested over the deaths of Haroon Jahan, 20, and brothers Shazad Ali, 30, and Abdul Musavir, 31. Four have been charged with murder. More than 1,300 people have been charged over the riots that flared in London and other English cities over four nights, and two-thirds of them have been jailed. The flood of new inmates has brought the total prison population in England and Wales to a record 86,654, according to official figures -- just 1,500 places below the countries' operational capacity. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/08/20/uk-police-rioters-shot-at-unarmed-officers/#ixzz1Vb5B3NCy http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/08/20/uk-police-rioters-shot-at-unarmed-officers/?test=latestnews What has the UK come to? Is this what they were promised that multiculturalism would do to their country? _
I heard that the London police didn't fire one shot during the riots. this says a lot about the use of lethal force problem there which is supposedly the cause of the riots.
Maybe the U.K. really does need to revise its gun policies. At the very least, cops should carry guns more often.
That's what happens when people get real about their grievances. This is just the tip of the iceberg.
Them being mad they dont get enough wellfare or a high payed job without taking the effort to get a proper education?
The London police fired their shots before the riots. These shots were fired in Birmingham, 120 miles from London.
What does multiculturalism have to do with this? Are you saying that the riots were based on culture now?
That's not what was building. England closed all of the youth centers in the country, and from July 31, some of the youth were predicting riots. The shooting was the flash point.
