No One is Exempt from Riot Prosecution in the UK

Forces have been united across the country, determined to send a clear message to those involved in the physical destruction of our streets, sustained violence against officers and spread of online hate.

“I am pleased we have now made more than 1000 arrests and almost 600 charges. We expect these figures to continue rising in the coming weeks as investigations continue and our communities begin to recover.

“While the situation seems to have stabilised over the last few days, I know it will leave an imprint on our communities and on our officers for years to come and I’d like to thank them once again for their continued support.”

Chief Constable BJ Harrington, the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) lead for public order

 

This week our prosecutors have continued to work round-the-clock to authorise charges speedily and secure convictions for those involved in the ugly disorder and violence we have seen – and as of yesterday evening the Crown Prosecution Service had charged 389* people.

“We expect this number to grow as we continue to authorise more charges – and it is likely that we will see some of the most serious offences coming through the system in due course.

“Our close joint working with police forces across the country has allowed us to respond quickly to violent unrest to maintain public order and see swift justice served – and we will continue to make sure that those causing disruption in our communities, and inciting violence and hate online, face the consequences of their actions.”

Kris Venkatasami, Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS South East and National Protest Lead

National Police Chiefs' Council, U.K.

 

 Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer has made it abundantly clear that anyone and everyone, regardless of who they are, what their status is, how old or how young they are, will be punished for their role in participating in the recent riots occasioned by ordinary Brits speaking and acting their minds with the influx of economic migrants to Britain, and the economic and social burden their presence represents. And their resentment of a government that has failed to take firm, meaningful action to dam the flow of foreign internationals. 

Prosecutors warned a 13-year-old girl wearing a cream jumper holding her mother's hand as she pleaded guilty to taking part in the recent riots in Britain, that she could face a custodial sentence for kicking and punching the door of a hotel for asylum seekers in Aldershot on July 31. She was among a notable number of schoolchildren and elderly who were arrested throughout a week of disorder across England. Riots in which participants targeted hotels housing asylum seekers, looted shops and libraries and injured scores of police.

Passersby and curiosity-seekers, themselves not part of the rioters were also arrested, informed they were at the wrong spot at the wrong time and their presence was a provocation, since they lent themselves by being there, to the general disorder. They too will be liable to answer to the law, and the law will reciprocate by judging them and issuing a penalty in recognition of their participation, however unplanned and slight.

Far-right agitators are being blamed from the prime minister down through the chain of command, for the eruption of violent protests, named as provocateurs for fuelling the disturbances. Supporters of the former English Defence League in particular, founded in 2009 as an 'Islamophobic' group is being accused of adding fuel to the fire of racism and public malcontent. 

Police in Northern Ireland laid the blame on protests there, naming pro-U.K. loyalist paramilitaries for their role in stoking agitation in Belfast. The ensuing violence heightened official concerns at the phenomena of the sudden appearance of mobilized crowds across the nation. Swift justice against those involved was the vow of PM Keir Starmer, branding these citizens of discontent with government action/inaction to their complaints as "thugs".

Authorities appear to have overlooked issues of some depth that blight deprived, disaffected communities. An 11-year-old boy charged with offences including possession of petrol bombs in Belfast, and two 12-year-old boys convicted of violence against police in Manchester. Some 50 youths under age 18, according to police numbers, have been charged. While in Liverpool a 69-year-old man has been accused of vandalism. 19-year-old Kieron Gatenby's family was distraught when he was sentenced to 16 months of detention for throwing an egg during riots in Hartlepool.

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What sparked the riots was a dreadful mass stabbing in Southport in north-east England where three girls were killed while they were involved in a Taylor Swift-themed dance event. People assumed the stabbing was carried out by a Muslim migrant leading them to attack a mosque, although the suspect was identified as having been born in Wales to Rwandan parents.

Local resident in Southport, Patrick 22, spoke to the AFP noting it was "idiotic" for the rioters to target a mosque. On the other hand, he averred, widespread and deep-rooted anger toward the establishment was responsible for the attacks on police. Riots took place in seven of Britain's ten most deprived neighbourhoods. Many of the places affected happen to hold higher than average numbers of asylum seekers.

These are poor neighbourhoods, where the residents are badly in need of government assistance. That assistance has been waylaid by government deciding to accommodate asylum seekers funded involuntarily by taxpayers, giving precedence over the perceived needs of migrants as opposed to the needs of the country's underprivileged population. Little wonder there is resentment and that those target populations burdened with a larger than average share of migrants -- seeing funding released for their needs while their own go unaddressed.

Leading to the situation where across the country about 1,024 people have been arrested, with 575 criminally charged. Rioters were charged with affray -- assaulting police officers and racially aggravated violence. A 22-year-old tossed a vacuum cleaner through a house window and faces a 26-month jail sentence, while another man has a three-year term in prison for grasping the baton of a police officer.

Police in Liverpool were able to create a buffer zone between groups of protesters  PA