Barricade set alight in Derry riot

I suppose living in Belfast Sarah it's only natural to feel unsafe walking the streets. I walked the streets of Derry on the same night as you and felt totally safe

Message for Sarah from Belfast.Your city is hardly the friendliest place on these islands.Full of people who like to think they are better than everyone else.Visitors like you we can survive without.

Was in Londonderry last night (21/7/12) and have never felt so unsafe in my life , the place has a real sinister feel about it , rude people , louts hanging about street corners looking for trouble or an easy target to mug and not a police officer in sight , i thought this place would of had a massive security force presence considering the amount of republican violence that goes on daily ,i feel safer in Belfast , how this place is going to be celebrated as a city of culture defies belief , if me and my friends are planning a night out in a different area i think i would choose Syria over Londonderry.

theres been a lot of republican rioting for the past few weeks now and hardly an arrest...if this was loyalists rioting every night the politicans and media would be over drive with special reports etc

i live in the area, and witnessed the riot lastnite, it was nomore than a few waines throwing stones and burning a few bins. lets get real, they were shootin in ardoyne lastweek., so anyone that doesnt live in derry should not throw stones in glass houses, NIC. at the end of the day the cops landed with a small army to remove the wood to begin with, then drove up and down the road morealess taunting the youth for hours, before they finally burnt the bins and started the "riot" , and to be fair the cops arrested a 40 year old man whom i saw myself do nothing while passing except stand in the wrong place with a few beer to enjoy the madness that was happening, and as for concerned resident about the bonfire...be careful what you ask for, because instead of a bad night anti-socially on the 15th august, you now have riots happening that could continue to, the 15th of august. maybe, just maybe its time the older generation listen to the youth in derry, and give them something else as an alternative at the very least. its taken a week for a councillor to even make a remark about this ,this was building up in derry for a week before they removed the pile of wood for the bonfire. its a disgrace not one politician even showed their face to consult with the youth their views on the bonfire / alternatives etc.