Belfast disorder: ‘What kind of police are letting the people burn everything down?’

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/08/04/cafe-and-supermarket-burnt-out-after-anti-immigration-protests-in-belfast/

Posted by PoppedCork

19 Comments

  1. lockdown_lard on

    “What kind of police are letting the people burn everything down?”

    The sort of police who have political leanings aligned with the people doing the burning.

    Obviously, police forces attract people who like strict hierarchies, authority, conformity. From the start, they’re selecting for people who will easily become fascist-aligned.

  2. ididntknowthat1 on

    Everyone on about the riots but seems nobody want to talk about why it’s happening, governments blatantly ignore the worries of the people they are supposed to be representing 🤷‍♂️

  3. That_Technician_439 on

    Small Russian sponsored groups spreading disinformation and leading fascist racist fools in violent terror attacks

  4. This isn’t new. The police in Belfast have always turned a blind eye when their buddies are committing the crimes.

  5. Unfortunately most arguments at a local level are immediately hijacked by the far right who spread lies and fear on social media and this is what causes the burning of properties. Happened again this week in Southport where a mosque was attacked even though the 17 year old attacker wasn’t a Muslim. It’s gonna happen again in Dublin if as much as 1 incident happens involving a foreigner. Fine Gale are way to liberal and the only way forward is to vote these clowns 🤡 out .

  6. We have had this situation for way to long they have zero plan and we definitely need a new direction because what we are doing is nuts . So Fine Gale have been In power way to long now they need to go and Ireland needs a different approach to how we deal with economic migration. Putting people into tents and factories isn’t any plan at all they are spoofers who have had years to sort something but yet here we are nothing changes.

  7. Ah Belfast, that place that’s definitely not known for violence and riots on the streets.

  8. AlienInOrigin on

    These people doing the rioting need to be handled as domestic terrorists. They are trying to obtain their goals by using fear, intimidation, violence and destruction of property. That is terrorism.

  9. I will start this off by saying that I am against violence, racism, intimidation arson and generally being a scumbag I can then them. What probably spurred on in the protests and the rioting or the recent tragic events in mainland Britain.

    Whilst violence and destruction is unacceptable peaceful protest is. Politicians are not listening to the concerns of the people they represent, they pay lip service to the issues but do less than nothing to address them. One of the outcomes of this is all of the violence we are seeing.

    Multiculturalism and integration can work but only with small numbers of immigrants over a long time frame. They have to deal with people and put down roots in the community.

    What we are seeing right now will make sure the integration will not happen, hundreds of migrants airdropped into communities are going to balkenise and stick amongst themselves.

    It’s not rocket science.

    Whilst this doesn’t excuse the actions of criminals it is a large reason why it is happening and I suspect it is also the reason that the public at large isn’t totally condemning them. A lot of people despite being inactive themselves agree with some of the sentiments that they are expressing.

  10. When I read the first two words I thought ah, they finally clinically diagnosed it as an issue 

  11. 21stCenturyVole on

    QAnon Shamon or one of the Proud Boys wouldn’t look out of place in that photo.

  12. AdvancedJicama7375 on

    Our police do the same thing. With such big numbers it’s impossible to enforce the law

  13. RoughAccomplished200 on

    They stand with the loyalists

    No greater proof needed that the Irish far right are traitors to the cause of irish republicans

  14. Brinsig_the_lesser on

    I was shocked to see unionists and nationalists walking side by side together in the anti immigration protests

    I guess the divide isn’t as big as some make it seem, they just need a common issue to NI to unite against 

  15. Constant-Chipmunk187 on

    The police in the north should really do what they did to Catholics in the 60s. They can break up a peaceful demonstration but not a riot?

  16. PSNI are Loyalists at heart. Plus, it’s a given that Unionists/Loyalists are given the run of city centres and town centres to protest/riot/barricade whereas Republicans/Nationalists are to be kept out of the mercantile/civic centre areas by any means necessary.