Of course, one of the real underlying causes is the behaviour of the Metropolitan Police and ACPO over the last several years.
They've repeatedly proven that they will abuse every power they think they have - even when it's a power they don't have, and that they are pathological liars whenever there is a chance of getting caught out.
In other words, they simply can't be trusted.
These riots happened because one group finally lost their rag, sparked by the police killing a suspect and lying about it. Again. Once that group went crazy, people noticed that the police did sod all about it. Therefore some thought they were safe to go on a rampage themselves, the rest had to run away.
So what can we learn? ACPO needs to be disbanded. They are responsible for most of the excessive powers and excessive use of powers.
The police need to be more visible and spend far less time hiding in their offices and cars. Their numbers also need to be reduced so that local people can recognise the people in the uniforms.
- It's easy to throw a brick at an anonymous guy in a uniform and face-covering helmet, but much harder if it's someone you know, even vaguely. (Look at the enemies in FPS games - they're designed like that for a reason.)
Right now, nobody wants to talk to the police - that needs to change.
Any policeman found to have lied about an incident should be instantly fired for gross misconduct and bringing the service into disrepute. - No matter how high up in the organisation! Right now this kind of incompetence seems to be getting promoted instead of reprimanded.
After an incident where anyone is injured or killed (police or public), the police must not be allowed to confer. Right now they are allowed to chat about it for hours or days to come up with a good story. They probably even believe that story by the time they get interviewed.
What we must not do is to make the divide between police and public wider. Bringing over a US 'supercop' to advise will just make the next set of riots more violent.
They've completely forgotten how policing works - a police force can only work when the people consent to be policed.
Sir Robert Peel is spinning in his grave.
The other cause is the culture of "rights without responsibilities" that has grown up over the last decade or so, encouraged by Labour. - Especially all those "Take it - it's yours" adverts... They've never seen poor, they simply don't know what it is.
Or maybe it's the fault of the RIAA, MPAA and FACT. They've been saying that downloading a song or a film is the same as theft for years. It would appear that the message finally got though!
Of course, one of the real underlying causes is the behaviour of the Metropolitan Police and ACPO over the last several years.
They've repeatedly proven that they will abuse every power they think they have - even when it's a power they don't have, and that they are pathological liars whenever there is a chance of getting caught out.
In other words, they simply can't be trusted.
These riots happened because one group finally lost their rag, sparked by the police killing a suspect and lying about it. Again.
Once that group went crazy, people noticed that the police did sod all about it. Therefore some thought they were safe to go on a rampage themselves, the rest had to run away.
So what can we learn?
ACPO needs to be disbanded. They are responsible for most of the excessive powers and excessive use of powers.
The police need to be more visible and spend far less time hiding in their offices and cars.
Their numbers also need to be reduced so that local people can recognise the people in the uniforms.
- It's easy to throw a brick at an anonymous guy in a uniform and face-covering helmet, but much harder if it's someone you know, even vaguely.
(Look at the enemies in FPS games - they're designed like that for a reason.)
Right now, nobody wants to talk to the police - that needs to change.
Any policeman found to have lied about an incident should be instantly fired for gross misconduct and bringing the service into disrepute.
- No matter how high up in the organisation!
Right now this kind of incompetence seems to be getting promoted instead of reprimanded.
After an incident where anyone is injured or killed (police or public), the police must not be allowed to confer. Right now they are allowed to chat about it for hours or days to come up with a good story.
They probably even believe that story by the time they get interviewed.
What we must not do is to make the divide between police and public wider.
Bringing over a US 'supercop' to advise will just make the next set of riots more violent.
They've completely forgotten how policing works - a police force can only work when the people consent to be policed.
Sir Robert Peel is spinning in his grave.
The other cause is the culture of "rights without responsibilities" that has grown up over the last decade or so, encouraged by Labour.
- Especially all those "Take it - it's yours" adverts...
They've never seen poor, they simply don't know what it is.
Or maybe it's the fault of the RIAA, MPAA and FACT.
They've been saying that downloading a song or a film is the same as theft for years. It would appear that the message finally got though!
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