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Re: Riots
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Originally Posted by martyh
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Amazing how different media report things from the same person, isn't it?
The Torygraph reports the "fear the police" and "serious punishment" parts, whilst the BBC gives both sides of his statement.
From the BBC
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Mr Bratton, who also previously headed Los Angeles police, told US broadcaster ABC that while arrest was appropriate for the most violent, the issue was one for society as a whole.
"You can't arrest your way out of the problem," he said.
"Arrest is certainly appropriate for the most violent, the incorrigible, but so much of it can be addressed in other ways and it's not just a police issue, it is in fact a societal issue.
"It's not easy, it's hard work, but it can be done and in many respects you have to argue that it must be done because you just can't continue the way you've been going...
..."Our success in Los Angeles in reducing gang violence significantly was a co-ordination of very assertive tough police tactics but also a lot of community outreach, a lot of creative, innovative programmes such as a significant use of gang interventionists."
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I agree with the points he has made in both interviews.
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