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It's not a simple race or ethnic situation.
It started with poor, then quickly became age/background.
It's a mix of black, white, poor and not so poor. The common factor is age. Youngest arrested so far 11 years old, doesn't look like many of the looters are over 25.
They're using this as an opportunity to get high on violence and destruction and to steal things. Gangs on motor bikes road to a Sony warehouse, robbed what they could carry and set fire to the building.
So far the police response has been very weak. Not arriving early enough or at all. Fire crews unable to get to fires and the police can't protect them.
They're upping the numbers of police for 6,000 to 16,000. Which makes me wonder. What if the kids don't come out tonight and just wait for the numbers to go back to normal?
The real problem is where will it spring up tonight. Last night it was not only London, also Bristol, Birmingham and Liverpool. So what if tonight it's Manchester, Luton and Sheffield????
They need to take a very firm hand, rubber bullets are available and water cannon should be brought in, I believe they still have them in N. Ireland. Unless they were got rid of them.
Then solve the long term problems of kids with a lack of discipline.
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