This is a video that found its way onto my newsfeed on Facebook this evening. It's quite long, but takes in some perspectives from people who were actually there and not just relying on the BBC for details. Well worth a watch.
This is not my film so I claim no credit for it. But would like to thank those that put the effort in to making it.
The whole country is waiting for so many answers. The thing is nobody knows what the questions are exactly. And nobody knows who has the answers.
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This is why you leave it to the police! It's terrible that people have now been killed over all of this but seriously I'll hold back a certain amount of sympathy ... In a year's time when everything has moved on and rioters/looters are behind bars, will it have made a difference if they stood up or not?? No! Possessions aren't more important than life. Three more on the idiot list. Tragic they died.
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I certainly don't think standing up to people who clearly have no moral compass is either safe nor heroic. Just read they were part of a massive group. No offence but police have clearly said to people stay awsy to stay safe. There are also idiots across the country standing and watching the looting happen.
Everybody agrees that looting and violence has no place in this society. That's why we have a justice system and a policing force in which we are all stakeholders. Obviously people want to make a stand for justice and unity but there are ways to do it.
It's idiotic the things that people do to gain material possessions they don't have. It's also idiotic what people will do to protect possessions that they do have.
What's really important and worth risking your freedom or even your life for?
That's what looters and defenders need to ask. I'm sure the families of all those taken from them by the justice system or tragically by death, will have some idea.
