Sikh_warrior
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im happy Indians took their stand and remained peacefull.
Riots in UK
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Very sad story. Their parents should have been executed by electric chair, not sent to jail.
Also, if a teacher or principal in the U.S. hits or physically harms a student in anyway, he/she will be sued, fined hundreds of thousands of dollars, lose their job, and will be unable to reapply for any education-related profession. The quality of American students as a result of this system is there for all to see.
But I agree that there should be balance. Corporal punishment should be used but it should be kept at a limit.
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His mum and stepdad need to be executed for this. And some stupid punk was calling us Indians as uncivilized after this. There has to be a balance in corporal punishment. This is sheer torture. What madness!
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Police inundated with treats from public after riots
They normally get by with a doughnut or a lolly as they patrol the streets, but police are being confronted with a bigger threat to their waistlines, the UK's top officer has warned.
Londoners are offering cakes and even three-course meals to thank officers for dealing with the recent riots.
Acting Metropolitan Police commissioner Tim Godwin said his staff must not "spend too much time eating".
Otherwise they would "end up with a figure like mine", he joked.
The Commons home affairs committee heard that many officers had worked 20-hour shifts as they dealt with the demands placed on them by last week's rioting.
'Full menu'
Many had been cheered by grateful residents as they patrolled the streets, Mr Godwin said.
But he offered a tongue-in-cheek warning about their calorie consumption.
He told the MPs: "People have been offering them in for dinner. They've been creating showering facilities.
"I believe one community centre has gone from cakes being baked by citizens for local officers - who'll end up with a figure like mine, if they carry on - to a full menu being laid on.
"We are trying to dissuade them from spending too much time eating."
BBC News - Police inundated with treats from public after riots
They normally get by with a doughnut or a lolly as they patrol the streets, but police are being confronted with a bigger threat to their waistlines, the UK's top officer has warned.
Londoners are offering cakes and even three-course meals to thank officers for dealing with the recent riots.
Acting Metropolitan Police commissioner Tim Godwin said his staff must not "spend too much time eating".
Otherwise they would "end up with a figure like mine", he joked.
The Commons home affairs committee heard that many officers had worked 20-hour shifts as they dealt with the demands placed on them by last week's rioting.
'Full menu'
Many had been cheered by grateful residents as they patrolled the streets, Mr Godwin said.
But he offered a tongue-in-cheek warning about their calorie consumption.
He told the MPs: "People have been offering them in for dinner. They've been creating showering facilities.
"I believe one community centre has gone from cakes being baked by citizens for local officers - who'll end up with a figure like mine, if they carry on - to a full menu being laid on.
"We are trying to dissuade them from spending too much time eating."
BBC News - Police inundated with treats from public after riots
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Cheshire men jailed for four years for inciting riots
Two men from Cheshire have been jailed for four years each for using Facebook to incite disorder during riots in England last week.
Jordan Blackshaw, 21, of Vale Road, Marston and Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan, 22, of Richmond Avenue, Warrington, were jailed at Chester Crown Court.
The Recorder of Chester, Judge Elgan Edwards praised the swift actions of Cheshire Police.
He said he hoped the sentences would act as a deterrent to others.
Both men pleaded guilty under sections 44 and 46 of the Serious Crime Act to intentionally encouraging another to assist the commission of an indictable offence.
Martin McRobb, from the Merseyside and Cheshire Crown Prosecution Service, said: "They both used Facebook to organise and orchestrate serious disorder at a time when such incidents were taking place in other parts of the country.
"Both defendants, in Northwich and Warrington respectively, sought to gain widespread support in order to replicate similar criminality.
'Abused technology'
"While the judge heard the two defendants were previously of good character, they admitted committing very serious offences that carry a maximum sentence of 10 years."
Assistant Chief Constable of Cheshire Police, Phil Thompson, said: "From the offset Cheshire Constabulary adopted a robust policing approach using the information coming into the organisation to move quickly and effectively against any person whose behaviour was likely to encourage criminality.
"Officers took swift action against those people who have been using Facebook and other social media sites to incite disorder.
"The sentences passed down today recognise how technology can be abused to incite criminal activity and sends a strong message to potential troublemakers about the extent to which ordinary people value safety and order in their lives and their communities.
"Anyone who seeks to undermine that will face the full force of the law."
BBC News - Cheshire men jailed for four years for inciting riots
Two men from Cheshire have been jailed for four years each for using Facebook to incite disorder during riots in England last week.
Jordan Blackshaw, 21, of Vale Road, Marston and Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan, 22, of Richmond Avenue, Warrington, were jailed at Chester Crown Court.
The Recorder of Chester, Judge Elgan Edwards praised the swift actions of Cheshire Police.
He said he hoped the sentences would act as a deterrent to others.
Both men pleaded guilty under sections 44 and 46 of the Serious Crime Act to intentionally encouraging another to assist the commission of an indictable offence.
Martin McRobb, from the Merseyside and Cheshire Crown Prosecution Service, said: "They both used Facebook to organise and orchestrate serious disorder at a time when such incidents were taking place in other parts of the country.
"Both defendants, in Northwich and Warrington respectively, sought to gain widespread support in order to replicate similar criminality.
'Abused technology'
"While the judge heard the two defendants were previously of good character, they admitted committing very serious offences that carry a maximum sentence of 10 years."
Assistant Chief Constable of Cheshire Police, Phil Thompson, said: "From the offset Cheshire Constabulary adopted a robust policing approach using the information coming into the organisation to move quickly and effectively against any person whose behaviour was likely to encourage criminality.
"Officers took swift action against those people who have been using Facebook and other social media sites to incite disorder.
"The sentences passed down today recognise how technology can be abused to incite criminal activity and sends a strong message to potential troublemakers about the extent to which ordinary people value safety and order in their lives and their communities.
"Anyone who seeks to undermine that will face the full force of the law."
BBC News - Cheshire men jailed for four years for inciting riots
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Scooter Attack Witnesses' Flat Torched
A couple who filmed a scooter driver being dragged from his vehicle before it is stolen by rioters has described how their own flat was set on fire just minutes later.
:: Video courtesy of Marko Silla and Mailis Andreson
Marko Silla and his girlfriend Mailis Andreson were forced to flee their home during the riots in Croydon on August 8 after witnessing the attack on the motorcyclist.
Mr Silla said the numbers of rioters on the street increased rapidly after the scooter was stolen: "Everything happened so fast. We saw two or three houses start to burn and there was a lot of smoke.
"We started to worry. We were really scared.
"The people opposite were shouting for us to come out and by the time we got out our flat was on fire."
The IT worker said he was only able to grab his mobile phone, keys, wallet and laptop before escaping the blaze.
He says he and his housemates lost many of their personal belongings including, televisions, speakers, CDs and photos.
The couple have been staying at the hotel where Ms Andreson works but have decided to leave the country and return to Estonia following the incident.
Just moments before they were forced from their home the couple shot footage of a scooter rider being assaulted and having his vehicle stolen.
The rider is seen trying to make his way along the road through the gathering crowd.
He is then set upon by a gang of around six people.
One drags him by the head from his scooter to the floor. An accomplice then drags the victim away from his vehicle before a third man rides the scooter away.
The thief is then shown just a few metres down the road after falling off the scooter.
He then jumps back onto the vehicle and drives it in the opposite direction and back into the crowd.
[video]http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16051495[/video]
A couple who filmed a scooter driver being dragged from his vehicle before it is stolen by rioters has described how their own flat was set on fire just minutes later.
:: Video courtesy of Marko Silla and Mailis Andreson
Marko Silla and his girlfriend Mailis Andreson were forced to flee their home during the riots in Croydon on August 8 after witnessing the attack on the motorcyclist.
Mr Silla said the numbers of rioters on the street increased rapidly after the scooter was stolen: "Everything happened so fast. We saw two or three houses start to burn and there was a lot of smoke.
"We started to worry. We were really scared.
"The people opposite were shouting for us to come out and by the time we got out our flat was on fire."
The IT worker said he was only able to grab his mobile phone, keys, wallet and laptop before escaping the blaze.
He says he and his housemates lost many of their personal belongings including, televisions, speakers, CDs and photos.
The couple have been staying at the hotel where Ms Andreson works but have decided to leave the country and return to Estonia following the incident.
Just moments before they were forced from their home the couple shot footage of a scooter rider being assaulted and having his vehicle stolen.
The rider is seen trying to make his way along the road through the gathering crowd.
He is then set upon by a gang of around six people.
One drags him by the head from his scooter to the floor. An accomplice then drags the victim away from his vehicle before a third man rides the scooter away.
The thief is then shown just a few metres down the road after falling off the scooter.
He then jumps back onto the vehicle and drives it in the opposite direction and back into the crowd.
[video]http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16051495[/video]
