Observations on the riots in England.

-- Someone was bound to be caught flatfooted (so to speak) by the advances in communications technology. It happened to be England.  It was quite evident that they were unprepared for mobs that sent out messages to each other to decoy and out maneuver the  police. For that matter they didn't look prepared for any kind of riot at all. Even a small one.

-- It's been quite a few years since we've had significant rioting in the US and the more recent examples have been contained not spreading all over the city where they are happening.   Of course we also have not yet disarmed our police.  I'm sure this plays a role.

-- England should bring in Richie Daley - the recently retired mayor of Chicago. He's not doing anything right now and he would certainly be able to give them the low-down on stopping these things before they start.  I've been in downtown Chicago during a minor demonstration by some whacko group or other. You couldn't go 2 feet without walking smack into a group of cops. Cops everywhere.  With neon glow vests to mark them out and I'm sure there were unseen cops hanging around too.

-- If there is any police chief of a major metro area in the US who has not got a plan in place for dealing with modern technology in mob rioting - that person should be fired immediately.

-- For everyone's sake, I hope they have finally gotten things under control.  It's quite awful to watch the thugs running rampant in those videos and the police being backed down the street. 

BTW - that Theresa May character should be long gone.  But that's just my opinion - I suppose if she keeps busy enough to avoid meeting anyone, they'll just forget she's there until the next riot.
 

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