[Official] Riots in streets across the UK, after 3 children die in Southport stabbing

There doesn't appear to be any verified link between this and the EDL. Seems like an attempt to smear rightfully angry citizens as a mindless hate mob.

There doesn't appear to be any verified link between this and the EDL. Seems like an attempt to smear rightfully angry citizens as a mindless hate mob.

I can only assume you're just trying to wind people up now with such naked bias, the 'rightfully angry citizens' stoning the police trying to keep order? aye right, disgraceful to be a supporter of this behaviour.

There hasn't been any legal route to address issues to problems in the community. So where do you suggest they should direct their anger? Write a strongly worded letter to their local MP?

The government have been complicit in these kinds of attacks and by allowing the media to lie and hide the identity of certain criminals who don't fit the narrative.

I don't support these riots but they shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.

Could you explain why these citizens should be "rightfully angry" (your words) against the police force in Southport in connection with this event?

There doesn't appear to be any verified link between this and the EDL. Seems like an attempt to smear rightfully angry citizens as a mindless hate mob.

They are upholding and representing the same establishment that have a hand in these awful crimes. It isn't specifically about the Southport police force.

Yeah, clearly the EDL (or similar) can't have been involved. 🙄

A mob of violent, stupid, white English people, motivated my deliberate misinformation on right-wing SM, chanting nationalist slogans against perceived "dangerous brown foreigners" who are completely unconnected to events?
Yeah, clearly the EDL (or similar) can't have been involved. 🙄

Could you explain why these citizens should be "rightfully angry" (your words) against the police force in Southport in connection with this event?

They failed to prevent 3 children from being killed. There are steps that could and should have been taken. I mean are you telling me the accused just picked up a knife one day and decided to go on a spree?
Crimes like this is why they need to bring back hanging.

What specific steps could have been taken to prevent this crime?

For starters more police in the streets. Secondly harsher sentencs for knife crimes. Thirdly, greater stop and search powers for police. And if it turns out the perpetrator was known to the police, closer monitoring for them. This is off of the top of my head without even thinking that much.
There are lots of things we could do but we as a country do **** all then complain when this keeps happening. It's like America with their gun problem. We just shrug it off and go next. It's a joke.

Aside from the police having some existing intelligence and not acting on it, none of these suggestions would have prevented this event.

I disagree

Do explain how likely a random stop and search would have picked this guy up. Or how a harsher sentence would have discouraged him.

If he'd have been stopped and searched then they would have caught him with the knife before he got to the school.

The probably of him being randomly stopped and searched on a residential street at 11 in the morning is so low that is not a realistic preventative strategy.
You really are desperately clutching at straws here.

The more pertinent issue here is was the assailant under investigation prior to the killings? If so, why wasn't he stopped before.