http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/u...cle3120400.ece
If this were in Scotland the public would have long taken the matters into their own hands. Hanging is to good for them.
If this were in Scotland the public would have long taken the matters into their own hands. Hanging is to good for them.
The three men mown down by a car in Birmingham - two of them brothers - were part of a group protecting shops from looting, witness Mohammed Shakiel says outside City Hospital.
“We got a call that there had been a car that had been set alight and a group of youths had moved further up the road,” said Mr Shakiel, 34, a carpenter, who was also part of the group.
“They put the fire out but there were still yobs on the street - they had no agenda other than simple stealing.”
Several cars then drove past the group which was guarding local stores, Mr Shakiel said, and the occupants shouted abuse before one vehicle returned and mounted the pavement at “tremendous speed” and hit the men, throwing them into the air. According to witnesses, the car, containing up to four men, then sped off.
Mr Shakiel said of the victims: “They lost their lives for other people, doing the job of the police. They weren’t standing outside a mosque, a temple, a synagogue or a church - they were standing outside shops where everybody goes. They were protecting the community as a whole.”
“We got a call that there had been a car that had been set alight and a group of youths had moved further up the road,” said Mr Shakiel, 34, a carpenter, who was also part of the group.
“They put the fire out but there were still yobs on the street - they had no agenda other than simple stealing.”
Several cars then drove past the group which was guarding local stores, Mr Shakiel said, and the occupants shouted abuse before one vehicle returned and mounted the pavement at “tremendous speed” and hit the men, throwing them into the air. According to witnesses, the car, containing up to four men, then sped off.
Mr Shakiel said of the victims: “They lost their lives for other people, doing the job of the police. They weren’t standing outside a mosque, a temple, a synagogue or a church - they were standing outside shops where everybody goes. They were protecting the community as a whole.”