Riots in Little India

[kichialo]

seems like alcohol will make you go for police patrol cars and not private vehicles.......strange....

I spoke to a friend who were near Little India last night. It seems the mobs specifically targeted police and govt vehicles, while shops and other property are left untouched. There appears to be pent up frustration with the police or enforcement authorities.

[Temperament]

After 30 to 40 years of no riot in Singapore, i am sure the Police has been caught by surprise. Caught off-guard so to speak. Am i surprise? i don't know what to say. i only think it may happen again if there are really too many differently cultured foreigners in Singapore, frustrated in one way or another. i think they were/are frustrated in one way or another. Happy people will never take the law into their own hands. No?

[cfa]

Police asked us not to speculate or pass rumour but some can speculate that alcohol was the cause ?

[Some-one]

seems like alcohol will make you go for police patrol cars and not private vehicles.......strange....

I spoke to a friend who were near Little India last night. It seems the mobs specifically targeted police and govt vehicles, while shops and other property are left untouched. There appears to be pent up frustration with the police or enforcement authorities.

It is not pent up frustration with the police. It is pent up frustration against any people who goes against them at that time. That is to say, if a group of shop keepers decide to take things into their own hand and gather 100 people and take baton to beat the rioters, they would also go against them. However, in any countries, the authority that can oppose them is the police.

[kichialo]

seems like alcohol will make you go for police patrol cars and not private vehicles.......strange....

I spoke to a friend who were near Little India last night. It seems the mobs specifically targeted police and govt vehicles, while shops and other property are left untouched. There appears to be pent up frustration with the police or enforcement authorities.

It is not pent up frustration with the police. It is pent up frustration against any people who goes against them at that time. That is to say, if a group of shop keepers decide to take things into their own hand and gather 100 people and take baton to beat the rioters, they would also go against them. However, in any countries, the authority that can oppose them is the police.

That may be so. But we see rioting in other places tend to end up with indiscriminate destruction of public and private property. This was not the case last night. Anyway this is my friend's opinion based on his observation last night.

[flinger]

I am sure there is more to this than just 400 drunks targeting police vehicles. There must have been something that happened during and after the accident with the authority and the bus driver ..something that has sparked this incident.

[touzi]

seems like alcohol will make you go for police patrol cars and not private vehicles.......strange....

It will be even more strange if private vehicle owners leave their car near the mob.

[kagemusha]

Typical in India, where law and justice are missing and can be pretty one sided, for them to take justice, into their own hands.
Again, mob mindset, aided by booze.
Forgetting that this is not their hometown.

As for why police cars only, my take is anti establishment mindset.
In their country, police wayang only.... got $ and power, can do anything, so take it out on the police.

[touzi]

I am in tan tock seng hospital with my mum for medical check up. Saw 2 indians accompanied by police for check up.1 in eye clinic. Ha ha wonder if they pay. Sigh tax payer money

May not be tax payer. Might be insurance or employer.

Even if it is tax payer money, it is probably necessary. I wouldn't want disease to spread because some foreign workers cannot afford treatment. Moreover some religion teach universal love and compassion.

[Some-one]

I am in tan tock seng hospital with my mum for medical check up. Saw 2 indians accompanied by police for check up.1 in eye clinic. Ha ha wonder if they pay. Sigh tax payer money

May not be tax payer. Might be insurance or employer.

Even if it is tax payer money, it is probably necessary. I wouldn't want disease to spread because some foreign workers cannot afford treatment. Moreover some religion teach universal love and compassion.

If only a lot of people can think like you about universal love and compassion, then the internet would be a better place.