Injured boy mugged during London riots (Video)

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14456065

saw this on morning news. sad. They oh so gently help him to his feet, then steal his stuff. :-(

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Footage has emerged of a group of youths helping an injured boy to his feet and then appearing to steal the contents of his bag during disturbances in London on Monday.

The boy, who was bleeding heavily, was left standing on the street, with an empty backpack.

[WillowTree]

1. Oh, but they're not just thugs. They're POOR. We can tell that (somehow.......)

So if the injured boy could afford to have something in his backpack that these pitiful deprived waifs couldn't afford (or just haven't gotten for themselves yet), they're justified in taking it from him. 'Cause he's a RICH ELITE and they need to show him that they can do whatever they want. I heard two young women saying that's what this is all about on BBC. It's about showing the "rich people" that they "can do what <they> want".

[Turborama]

2. Not only do they steal his stuff, they throw it away over the bridge.

Well, that's what it looked like.

Poor kid looks like he is very confused and most probably suffering from concussion. I really hope he's OK now.

[chill_wind]

8. The food, probably.

Ashraf Haziq, 20, was seen in a YouTube video bleeding after being punched in the jaw less than a month after arriving in Britain. Hooded youths initially pretended to help him to his feet - then went through his rucksack, stealing his mobile phone and wallet, in Barking, east London.

Ashraf, from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, relived his ordeal from his hospital bed when he was visited by a friend who filmed the chat and posted it online.

"They threatened to stab me, they told me they had knives," Ashraf says in the footage, available on YouTube and translated by Channel 4 News.

"Some of them were quite young, maybe still in primary school. They had their hoods on and demanded my bicycle."

Ashraf was due to undergo an operation on his broken jaw today.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2011/aug/10/uk-riots-fifth-night-live

[chill_wind]

3. Antisocial scumbaggery. n/t

[chill_wind]

4. He was indentified today

1.32am: A young man who was attacked by rioters and robbed by a group who initially appeared to help him has been named in the Malaysia media as a 20-year-old Malaysian student, Mohd Asyraf Raziq Rosli.

He was reported to have been on his way to buy food to break his fast when he was attacked by rioters in Barking East, London.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2011/aug/09/london-uk-riots-day-four-live?intcmp=239

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. he looked younger than 20. Glad he's getting medical care.

[Scurrilous]

5. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Nye Bevan]

6. YES! That will teach the banksters a lesson!

According to several DUers.

[Codeine]

7. The way you strike back at disaster capitalism

apparently involves stealing the contents of Malaysian kids' backpacks. :eyes:

[pintobean]

10. I was wondering about you recently

I haven't seen you in a while. It's good to see you!
:hi: