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Originally Posted by Osem
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.
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I don't think these people had any intention of making any point. I think some of them saw a chance to exploit the situation of some rioting to loot and act violently. Some otherwise law-abiding people probably got swept up with the crowd and took leave of their senses as well.
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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.
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Everyone does this to an extent. Just as people wrongly presumed the Police where in the wrong there were many who had no sympathy for John Charles de Menezes being killed. First he was a terrorist, then he ran away from the police and jumped a barrier and more and more dubious information that sought to place the blame on him. So we shouldn't be surprised when people take assurances from the police with a pinch of salt. The vindication of the police shouldn't be accompanied by sarcasm as if the initial doubt was unwarranted.