I agree. The officer showed a lack of restraint. The fallout from that was a riot in Rochdale by the local South Asian community. The knock-on effect from that is coppers in Stoke standing by their police van whilst a group of men armed with pipes, machetes and hammers run past them.
Law and order has fully broken down in the country now. Riots in Leeds by Romani people due to social services taking neglected kids from parents, riots in Rochdale in response to overzealous policing and riots in major towns and cities across the whole country in response to a heinous attack on little girls. These things don’t exist in vacuum and the ugly scenes we saw today have been bubbling away for years.
The thing is, most of the rioters and looters don’t care about these issues. They just want an excuse to smash **** out of shops and people they don’t like and half-inch ****.
It all suits certain agendas and distracts for the real problems we should be angry about. Such as the massive and growing wealth inequality.
But I don't want to stray into politics.
Will Starmer be announcing a crackdown on rugby thugs?