Belfast rioters blasted with water cannons as petrol bombs thrown at police in 7th night of violence

Rioters in Belfast have been blasted with water cannons after fireworks and petrol bombs were hurled at police in a seventh night of violence.
Stones were thrown at police by gangs of youths on the nationalist Springfield Road, in West Belfast, close to the scene of Wednesday night's clashes.
READ MORE: Belfast rioters blasted with water cannons and fireworks thrown at police in SEVENTH night of violence
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[@haydnbrewer7426]

rioting over political issues... meanwhile they’re randomly smashing up some innocent citizen seat Leon

[@bluevaseconspiracy7294]

This is fake, staged acting for the media cameras. NOTE 2 people dressed identical in background in red top, white wolly hat and beige trousers - stage managers/directors. Too staged by all accounts and the car vandalism is pathetic. The bus attack was another staged event, with no passengers and NO DRIVER, despite media claims of 'attempted murder'.

[@haydnbrewer7426]

They’re good cars and reasonably priced

[@haydnbrewer7426]

You need to lay off the shrooms kid 😂

[@jonathanhadley2555]

Ethics Morals I thought that it was Loyalist youngsters.....

[@KrlKngMrtssn]

It's a car from the EU (Spain) so they were telling the car to 'leave'

[@flamezodiac5736]

At least the water canon is giving them a good wash

[@jackcro8825]

They probably not washed for a long time.

[@seanhession8501]

70s 80s had young men in denim, 2021 has a bunch of young lads in pyjamas and slippers

[@migooknamja]

Track suits

[@weekdaycycling]

Hoodie and mask.

[@ttran1168]

What about the bombing, those WAS scary times in uk when we turn on tv 📺 and saw the 📰, but now it’s like normal

[@jamiejamie7137]

Sportswear

[@migooknamja]

@@weekdaycycling BLM fashion British (loyalist) lives matter

[@darksider9534]

1:20 Well that was a fail lol 😆

[@elchoppo1160]

Almost broke his own foot !

[@Hervey-de-Keith]

It was definitely intentional, he was aim for COVID he heard rumours it could linger on surfaces.

[@czo94]

Hes breaking it into smaller pieces

[@frosty_soda]

why ffs? What does burning this car out achieve? I get the anger, I am also a unionist living in Belfast, but fer f*k sake!!!

[@culturecanvas777]

Well, they think you're too soft, it seems.

[@What..a..shambles]

Someone's hard earned graft getting targeted as usual..it's the banks and government that need targeted imo .

[@thesocialmediascientistmbe]

Paddy Power!

[@rodneymiller1062]

We need to start marching

[@culturecanvas777]

Yes, I admit this is true.

[@cfitz741]

Hahahahhhahhhhhahahahahahahahahahahahah

[@wildboyonamish7634]

Life’s like a box of chocolates 🤔😂😂 only like this because there missing school 😂😂😂

[@wildboyonamish7634]

@Spittin Chiklets spitting

[@wildboyonamish7634]

@Spittin Chiklets 😂😂😂 you are the chosenchiklets 🤔😂😂😂enjoy your boring life 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@melgrant7404]

Just copying London and Bristol

[@TB-dz8lm]

Were they copying London and Bristol in the 70s and 80s too?

[@melgrant7404]

@@TB-dz8lm that was a different story back then.

[@TB-dz8lm]

@@melgrant7404 Your response shows that you have no understanding of Northern Irish history and politics.

[@melgrant7404]

@@TB-dz8lm I never once said I had intimate knowledge of Ireland. So what.

[@TB-dz8lm]

@@melgrant7404 *So what.* So it wasn't really 'a different story' back then. It is the same story now. A majority of Loyalists ready to kick off if they sense that Northern Ireland is pulling away from Britain. A minority of Nationalists ready to kick off if they sense that Northern Ireland is pulling away from Ireland. It has been these way for decades and it aint changing anytime soon. Belfast is still the city with the most 'peace walls' in the world (fences to try and separate the two factions from coming into contact and fighting). You make it sound like all of that is in the past. Like the Northern Irish have just forgotten all of that. Like they don't even really need the Good Friday Agreement now anyway. The Good Friday Agreement and the UK and Ireland in the EU was a delicately crafted solution to keep a lid on these tensions. The tensions will always be simmering away, but the solution worked suprisingly well at keeping thing from overboiling for 23 years. Brexit has just ripped that lid off...now you are seeing the consequences.

[@MrCarleng1]

Such brave and peaceful freedom fighters ! This is truly a beautiful sight to behold ! Absolutely wonderful !

[@davidhaney1394]

haha , chavs throwing bricks ? , wow , you`re easily pleased .

[@rorybrowne4973]

@@davidhaney1394 Go Google sarcasm...

[@Dylanowich]

Could have at least taken the masks off. If I was fighting for freedom, I wouldn't be hiding myself. I wouldn't be a coward for what I believe in.

[@darrenburke2930]

Ireland unfree shall never be at peace

[@ronancummins7229]

Judging by the time of this comment you’re not from Ireland so please stop talking out your ass.

[@darrenburke2930]

I'm from the republic and loyalist couldn't blow up a balloon in nearly 40 years of troubles they had one bombing campaign in the republic

[@willyham4008]

Burke by name burke by nature,the inbred spuds couldnt run a bath nevermind their country

[@CR-og5ho]

@@willyham4008 😂😂😂

[@darrenburke2930]

@@willyham4008 we cant run a country lol Arlene Forster is doing a great job for ye let me remind u cash for ash she done great job there lol where did all them millions go ?

[@TB-dz8lm]

ALL BECAUSE OF BREXIT...WELL DONE BREXITERS

[@chazethewhiterabbit]

The vote was over 4 years ago. I guess you thought they forgot about it or changed their minds🤦‍♀️

[@TB-dz8lm]

@@chazethewhiterabbit So the Northern Ireland protocol (an inevitable result of Brexit) was agreed and came into force 4 years ago? It came into force January 1st 2021...and Loyalists are rioting less than 4 months later...funny that.

[@thugzfunny6236]

They must be running low on potatoes again. It always gets them in a mood

[@maxbritain1380]

These kids are Mashed.

[@somerandomperson3970]

You're joking about the Irish Holocaust? Get help.

[@mirrormundo]

So this is what “take back control” looks like? I would say, instead of voting "leave", just take a ferry and DO LEAVE!

[@jackcro8825]

They must be very proud of themselves, I bet you all of them on benefits and now costing us money to clean up after them.

[@stiller44]

Thats the point, be enough of an inconvenience to destabilize the country hopefully leading to unification.

[@5tanne5on5ea]

Proper water cannon using dye!!!

[@AnupamShaw]

Well you can see that people are really bored by staying at home for so long!

[@culturecanvas777]

This particular attack is brewed for a long time. Not exactly out of boredom.

[@mrsmith2554]

@@culturecanvas777 you wish

[@fraser_mr2009]

very bored

[@dvvckk]

Welcome to the U.K! Where all your fun starts here...

[@edwardvalivonis23]

United Kingdom of Boreas and Vancock

[@ttran1168]

Imagine after a afternoon teas&coffees everyone be fully Ireland of the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 🍏🍎🚂🚢📰💉🥩🍽😱😱🗳🗳🗳📺📺📺📺📺📺🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳images then the whole 🇬🇧 ⭐️ Marching for piecemeal and a new PM🥑📺💉🥩

[@zx10rmac84]

Splitting Northern Ireland from UK has consequences, eh Borris.!

[@emmanuelchii5760]

Give us our liberty or you will not have yours

[@lifeisneverthesame910]

go to China you'll find heaven of socialism

[@eriksonmendes3785]

@@lifeisneverthesame910 china is living rent free in your head

[@jonathanhadley2555]

Life is Never the same China is Socialist!

[@eriksonmendes3785]

@Nupid Stiggers china is living rent free in your head

[@lifeisneverthesame910]

@@jonathanhadley2555 Westerner like Chomsky love China so much despite its horrible record of human right abuse.

[@inuwooddog3027]

* Sigh *.. What have the government done wrong this time?

[@weekdaycycling]

I don't mind the riot but it's not ok for burning people's cars, looting shops, etc. Why don't you set fire on police cars instead?

[@jamessickmore236]

break out the rubber bullets streets clear in 15 seconds

[@donnamczesty921]

7 nights what is the protest about This horrific what is happen here . Good luck ,Good Health to all. Let's be safe out there EVERYONE.

[@johnrun712]

Pity certain world leaders can't be set alight.

[@mrdunnepoetryreallifetvuk1934]

😁

[@janelleburke-maris4525]

Everyone knows St. Brendan discovered America!! Hell, that was well over 1000 years ago, lol!

[@glenfordburrell9228]

Water cannon being used in the UK? Huh.

[@best349]

lol being used in Ireland from 1971, and the British invented rubber bullets for the sole purpose to be used in the North of Ireland

[@Spacey7]

Anyone told them it's not the police's fault, it's boris johnsons fault!!!

[@goolooggg9005]

From pelosi - a burning city is a beautiful sight

[@bens2412.]

If they're burning buses they surely can't be mad if the police get them a little bit wet.

[@aarons42]

true lmfao

[@laurecrp8751]

People who do that want to be in EU or not?

[@TomTheGamer913]

Nothing to do with the EU. They want northern island to be ruled by the Irish republic not the uk

[@smiler3707]

The loyalists started it. They're afraid of a united Ireland

[@jonathanhadley2555]

dont even bother For which the police allowed to take place......😕

[@TB-dz8lm]

@@dontevenbother746 Funny how the Sinn Fein funeral in question happened last year, but nobody rioted then. Funny how they choose to riot now, 3 months after Brexit, when the DUP have said that loyalists should use 'guerilla' tactics against the Northern Ireland protocol...funny that.

[@jonathanhadley2555]

I thought that it was Loyalists wanting their Marching Season

[@boydseabiscuit2635]

i thought they banned water cannon in the uk?

[@willyham4008]

Its a shower,once a year they riot to get a free shower

[@Team_Banchamek]

So what you want with police and government but why trash peoples property

[@theflipflapchannelcreatedb8160]

Grand Theft Auto VI in real life confirmed!

[@М.Вахно]

Glori 🇨🇮 IRA ✊🏻✌🏻

[@bernardsanke4876]

Where are the arrests, I wonder? That country is unreal.

[@guff9567]

What is madness: British People attacking their own. Europeans are laughing at us.

[@cd4227]

The water cannons need to come out during protests in the UK soon disperses the crowds.

[@mattybowler7966]

Vandalism done by kids not old or prosperous enough to hhave a car themselves

[@jackhynes7268]

The new Far cry game looks amazing 🤩

[@melluques8475]

No detention? 🤷‍♀️

[@regallx3917]

Wonder the reaction if BLM done the same thing 🤔

[@nemezisxxx6676]

As always no water pressure, stupid ineffective waste of water.

[@mariusHGV2]

Clearly they don't like police 😄

[@TheHorse71]

This is why living in Belfast

[@Oniontrololol]

reminds me of seeing soldiers patrolling with assault rifles in the 90s

[@fraser_mr2009]

why are they always causing trouble?

[@adamibra3515]

How lucky is another Ireland 🇮🇪

[@shekcbanny]

Free Nothern Ireland, Free Taiwan, Free Tibet, Free Kashmir , Free Catelonia, Free Palestine.

[@chazethewhiterabbit]

Free the Chinese Muslims and HONG KONG

[@shekcbanny]

@@chazethewhiterabbit Let's also not forget several African states that are still being colonized by France

[@chazethewhiterabbit]

@@shekcbanny absolutely!!!

[@colinwilliams4338]

Free the weed.

[@chazethewhiterabbit]

@@x66Hawk66x so Northern Ireland will stay with the EU there for separating them from the UK? Does that make Northern Ireland a new country under its own control? Clearly I’m not knowledgeable of European politics. It’s obviously a mess. Don’t let it get to far out of hand or y’all will be as nuts as America is right now. We are very divided by party politics. It’s sad how far the left is pushing radical change in scientific facts and society

[@jh702]

All so wrong !

[@SK-Godislove]

Carful kids. 🇬🇧✝️🇬🇧

[@reginalancaster5901]

I dont agree with violence

[@johnrun712]

Me too, but it depends what's being done to you. Words don't work for the insane or evil, not that I know much about this particular event.

[@NubianPrince85]

while N.I. have condemed this they passively aggressively endorsed this behaviour....you reap what you sow.....

[@tiaraireland9415]

London and Bristol ‘rioters’ should take note on how it’s done.

[@leesaunders1930]

lmao yea because they are really getting it done aren't they. 🙄😒

[@dandare2586]

They put that chav mobile out of its misery :)

[@melikebuttz4265]

Y'alls police cars look crazy and your police look crazy and you look like champions out in the street running it.

[@Samsam-rq7op]

Here is the worst police ,

[@johnjgb6178]

I haven’t seen anything more Irish than this.

[@irishsiri100]

This is not Ireland, this is the UK.

[@diarmuidquigley9651]

@@irishsiri100 definitely Ireland no border in sight

[@guff9567]

Cars? Boring. Set people alight.

[@culturecanvas777]

I think they did, but not released by the media. What was the 50 police injured from? I think those police were burned. 50 police cannot be injured by just scuffles with a handful of teenagers.

[@guff9567]

@@culturecanvas777 Everyone needs burns. 5th degree ones (crispy charcoal corpses)

[@angloaust1575]

There was a scene from the film Is Paris burning When french resistance fighters In Paris threw a petrol bomb at a German armoured car in 1944 Just before liberation Nothing new under the sun

[@johnmoore5971]

All seat Leon's should get the same treatment

[@robertmarks2379]

You can hear the stones hitting the shields lol

[@Fabian-cv9yl]

They are kids

[@gillianmatton7141]

Sickening behaviour, every one of those cretins in the video deserve time in prison

[@BlackieFoxxless]

Then there's not much left of Northern Ireland and its people

[@wuhanbiruSux]

I was only there to help a friend, you can't arrest me for that officer 🇬🇧

[@morrisondavenpower]

Welcome to Ireland Tangerine🇮🇪

[@Roller_Ghoster]

@@morrisondavenpower plastic paddy time.

[@grapevinez6026]

Welcome to the Brexit

[@culturecanvas777]

Boris version. May's would have prevented this. Buyers remorse!!!! 😔

[@rodneypauley4077]

Police have learned the hard way in the past if you go in heavy handed things get much worse, police seem to be doing a good job thus far, as for the funeral political figures attended they should have known better it seems they are are exempt from the law the rest of us have to live by

[@rodneypauley4077]

@Gary Fletcher don’t know

[@rodneypauley4077]

@Gary Fletcher hope you have another joke coming

[@rodneypauley4077]

@Gary Fletcher 😂 😂 😂

[@rodneypauley4077]

@Gary Fletcher like that one ☝️

[@donalddjtrump1134]

This guy climbed up to break the lights ffs

[@melikebuttz4265]

I swear to you I love to watch people go nuts. Right or wrong I love to watch people go freaking nuts. I hate Donald John I hate conservatives but when insurrection over ran the capital I felt nothing I felt nothing I felt absolutely nothing. Do you realize how many times I wanted to run through the capital and break crap.

[@seanbreen5122]

Bit stupid lighting peoples car up who probably work hard to have them lak

[@full__tilt]

We need an electronic border on the Irish Sea!

[@maxmaidiac2237]

ZOMBIE APOCOLYPSE GROWS AND GROWS AND GROWS.

[@paulhotson5820]

Kids

[@culturecanvas777]

Indoctrinated.

[@paulhotson5820]

@@culturecanvas777 For sure 👍

[@maxbritain1380]

Happy Brexit.

[@bluevaseconspiracy7294]

*Talk about STAGED FOR THE CAMERAS!!!!!*

[@janelleburke-maris4525]

Sorry, I do not stoop to ad hominem attacks. Perhaps you would benefit from a little study of American history. I suppose this suggestion will prompt whines of elitism? Leave the shadows of ignorance, if you have the courage, and seek the truth. It IS out there, ya know.

[@Rickyrick9911]

np: zombies by cranberries

[@jreid4180]

The sun lmfao

[@astolafisto5660]

Hapo ingekuwa police ya kenya wange tumia bullets

[@recikkrecik1886]

Are these BLM guys?

[@lucawolf9436]

@@Johnnie808 That's a good one lol

[@birrysund3779]

Northern Ireland today tomorrow United Kingdom

[@jonathanhadley2555]

Birry Sund Anarchy runs riot in the U.K!

[@birrysund3779]

@@jonathanhadley2555 what caused the riots now in Northern Ireland. Religion, or Politics covid-19 Lockdown, or EU mass immigration band to the UK, Northern Ireland fault lies within the immigration not Anarchy ?

[@birrysund3779]

@@jonathanhadley2555 The British let the Irish run the politics in Northern Ireland and this is the result you can't get along with each other

[@birrysund3779]

@@jonathanhadley2555 nothing to do with Anarchy my friend, yes lawlessness Bible prophecy

[@jonathanhadley2555]

Birry Sund I think that religion & politics are ingrained in N.I:-(

[@hinezy3724]

Why Complain about wearing masks when you cover your face 🤔

[@jonathanhadley2555]

Hinezy Masks works both ways

[@hinezy3724]

@@jonathanhadley2555 yeah, complain that you can't breathe but go round acting like gangsters 🤭

[@stevenfowler4722]

Look I hate violence but the way everything is I now in this crap world I understand this situation

[@2guitars608]

This is Hongkong style.

[@koki10190]

trust me ive seen worse in georgia (country)

[@willywonka5394]

None of the big boys have come out yet.

[@culturecanvas777]

Abkhazian conflict?

[@coronavirus4026]

Just Surrender

[@colinwilliams4338]

No surrender more like

[@brokennative114]

I like when Irish was doing this it was turned into some kind of poem now the British are doing it back where all ment to be outraged lol .

[@jamesandrews1130]

Just out of curiosity. Did anyone make up a reason for this.

[@evakot10]

❤❤❤👍

[@birrysund3779]

I've seen all these before in the 1970s 80s and 90s blame Sinn Fein 😁😂🤣 covid-19 is a myth

[@jonathanhadley2555]

Birry Sund No blame the P.S.N.I & the Tory government for selling N.I down the swaney....

[@nayaanymore2842]

Yoooo I was there Wearing a Blond Jacket fufufufufufufufuufufufufufufufufufu

[@j1209-m6w]

Saving rubber bullet s for Catholic s

[@zerohax6076]

Would be nice to see them in jail dropping soap

[@lowrispooner2279]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👌

[@xXMINIJARVISXx]

😂😂

[@anthony2605]

It's the same old theme, since nineteen-sixteen In your head, in your head they're still fighting....

[@ianbrighouse3056]

Covid protest

[@UnitedRoad1987]

🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@lucawolf9436]

I have the answer a ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT. No more nationalities and religions just one people and one religion (Buddhism is an excellent choice) . Bring in a Chinese style social credit system. Make currency cashless so you can strip assets from criminals. Microchip everybody so you know where everybody is at all times. You are welcome.

[@ronancummins7229]

That sounds very empire of you young man.

[@ryancaldwell4139]

Welcome to priest ValleN Awakening ✌️👽. 🔥✝️🖤

[@culturecanvas777]

But this isn't New York. 🤔 Then again, Thai protesters did use Hunger Games salute.

[@commercio3564]

Pathetic. I hope our Royals don't get drawn into this again.

[@janelleburke-maris4525]

The ROYALS? You are worried about the freaking monarchy? Be real. Like I'm sympathetic to the Trumps. NOT.

[@commercio3564]

@@janelleburke-maris4525 The Royals AKA the Royal Marines. 😉