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Originally Posted by Damien
Their actions were not to riot, these were a different group of people. The initial protest wasn't meant to spark a riot and was probably incorrectly spurred by this case which people tied into a greater issue of their distrust of the police.
Now we have the evidence people should know this guy does seem to have been a danger and the police do seem to have reacted as they should. However when you remember the John Charles de Menezes it's going to make people suspicious of the police version of events. Really everyone should reserve judgement until all the facts are known but when do we ever do that here?  |
I wasn't referring to the rioters, the vast majority of whom seem to have been out stealing and smashing up the property of innocent people rather than getting a coherent point across to the police. I was referring to the people who only ever see what they want to see and when it suits their agenda or own prejudices. Those of the so called 'community spokespeople' who claim foul play everywhere on the part of the police before they know the facts and even when the facts are known and disprove their blinkered views.
As for what we do here. Well we
discuss events in a forum and make judgements based on the details we have at the time. There's nothing wrong with that because, for the most part, we're willing to amend those judgements if events subsequently prove us wrong. Pity more people on the streets of places like Tottenham don't try it.