"Spokesman" for Hackney rioters: "They have to sell drugs. They have to carry knives...They don't want to work for the system" #SaysItAll
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Which is why we should legalise (most) drugs and take the illicit business away. We'd then stand a chance stamping on what's left...
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If you genuinely want to help young people caught up in crime and violence, making excuses for that criminally isn't a good way to start.
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Being a Govt who ignore (a) the socio-economic reasons got crime, (b) the ACTUAL damage bring done by the drugs trade, (c) the UTTER >
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>futility of prohibition & (d) the damage being done to the capacity of the police to proactively deal with ANYTHING properly by your >
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'They don't want to work for the system' couldn't be clearer. The statement very much was justification.
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Not my statement and who was this spokesperson? Were they democratically elected to represent anyone. Justifying their own criminality?
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Just some unnamed random - didn't catch if he was named or had any claimed role... Pretty sure he wasn't elected!
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I remember gang diversion, we had jobs waiting for them, didn't even need to be interviewed. Not interest, couldn't give them away.
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Why would they???
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Positive discrimination for them in public sector jobs including police - problem is many didnt get education - community & family failing
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