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Originally Posted by Pierre
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People are burning down libraries, and trying to burn down hotels with people still in them.
You respond to that with the police and force. It isn't the time for a heart-to-heart with the country.
I think you're also discounting the fact that people just like the thrill of the riot. It was the same in 2011 when people tried to claim it was austerity causing people to riot.
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Originally Posted by jfman
Smash a cop in the face at Manchester Airport get released on bail. Push a wheelie bin at a cop in Sunderland get remanded.
Two tier policing is now a self fulfilling prophecy.
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The decisions here will be like 2011 where people got different sentences than they would otherwise to try and stamp out public disorder. People got sent to prison for looting then whereas if they had stolen the same item in a different context they would likely not even see the inside of a court room.