This article asks whether enough was done to stop looting, arson and violence during the current disturbances. It discusses various options open to government including
- Water Cannons
- Rubber Bullets
- Curfew
- Deploying The Army
- Abandoning Police Procedure
However, for every suggestion Dr Peter Shirlow, a human geographer and public order expert warns about the risk of “sending out a message that we have lost control and inflaming tensions ” or that the police would “risk losing the moral high ground”.
I would suggest that we have already lost control, that tensions could hardly get any more inflamed. And as for the moral high ground, what the hell is that.
The police are damned if they do and damned if they don’t.
As usual the great British reserve and resistance to the deployment of the military on home turf is ham-stringing our police forces.
Its time for some decisive actions, time to put the power back into the hands of the police. Lets stop shilly shallying around.
BBC News – England riots: What could the police do to stop the disorder?.
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