Unrest, Rioting In Jhb

[namzsteve]

Didn't this start someone last week when the police confiscated illegal stuff sold on the streets in town?

But love how prepared the cops were, simply fled like a scared roach.

 

[namzsteve]

I wish they would riot near a dionwired, makro or an apple store.
I need to pick up few groceries

 

[¯\_(ツ)_/¯]

So people that ran away from problems elsewhere in Africa, ending up bringing the problem with them - they were the problem. And now ours?

 

[Defiler]

Me, me, pick me

I've got one too.

 

[supersunbird]

Look how the unprepared and untrained police flee the scene....WTF ?!?!

Where are the rubber bullets, thunder flashes and teargas?

Fuk me...

As the woke will tell you:

You are longing for apartheid.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

Maybe someone has more info to add(?)

District 9 sequel being made?

 

[thestaggy]

I would love nothing more than to see the police clear the streets and then the magical sound of BRRRT rip through the orcs.

Also, remember when Mashaba wanted to do something about the illegal immigrants in the city and everybody had a stroke?

 

[rietrot]

So people that ran away from problems elsewhere in Africa, ending up bringing the problem with them - they were the problem. And now ours?

Foreigners are being blamed, but I doubt it is exclusively foreigners. I bet the great majority of rock throwers are South African.

 

[TheChamp]

Hope the police return with power

And wait for all the outcry from foreign governments and human rights groups when that happens.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Foreigners are being blamed, but I doubt it is exclusively foreigners. I bet the great majority of rock throwers are South African.

not difficult to get a bunch of people riled up and pick up rocks and start "protesting".
just tell them a offensive t-shirt is on sale, and afterwards free KFC to all rioters.

 

[ShaunSA]

Hope the police return with power

bwahahahahahahah funniest thing I've read today

 

[ShaunSA]

Is "tactically withdrew" the same as saying ran with their tails between their legs

 

[supersunbird]

https://www.saps.gov.za/newsroom/msspeechdetailm.php?nid=21545

Media Statement
South African Police Service
Office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng


PARKTOWN - Members of various law enforcement agencies together with brand owners, on Thursday morning 01 August 2019 tactically withdrew from an intelligence-driven operation targeting counterfeit goods in the Johannesburg CBD. This came after a violent crowd of foreign nationals attacked police with objects including bricks and petrol bombs.

Due to the volatility of the situation, police retreated to avoid a situation where they would be forced to use live ammunition. Of priority at this point was ensuring that there was no bloodshed or death.

No law enforcement members sustained injuries, while two of the brand owners and one paramedic sustained serious injuries.

The situation is calm while police are closely monitoring the area to make sure no further violence erupts.

The Provincial Commissioner of police in Gauteng, Lieutenant General Elias Mawela has condemned the incessant undermining of the authority of the state by these foreign nationals in the Johannesburg CBD. "Such lawlessness cannot be allowed to go unpunished," emphasised the Commissioner.

In her reaction to the incident, Gauteng MEC for Community Safety, MEC Faith Mazibuko cited, "We condemn the attacks on police and members of other law enforcement agencies. We condemn all criminal elements hell-bent

 

[rietrot]

We have more serious crime. The police should really not be wasting their time going after the small time street vendors only trying to make a living.

 

[Magnum]

Spew out coffee over my keyboard whilst reading "tactically withdrew "...

 

[Mista_Mobsta]

https://www.saps.gov.za/newsroom/msspeechdetailm.php?nid=21545

LOL

"Tactically withdrew"

You got pwned by terrorists chucking rocks and insults at you!

Didn't know our police were trained in tactics by ze French?

 

[Nithan15]

They also burned a car in Jeppe street close to Delvers st corner.

Ford Kuga?

 

[Y'all Qaeda]

Is "tactically withdrew" the same as saying ran with their tails between their legs

They didn't retreat. They advanced in a rear-wards direction.
The flat out running that you see is actually a much more advanced technique than the bounding overwatch technique utilized by armed forces across the world.

 

[The_MAC]

So glad that I have zero business of going into the CBD..

 

[The_MAC]

They didn't retreat. They advanced in a rear-wards direction.

- is it like walking backwards versus sprinting away?