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How the criminal justice system deals with a riot

Those involved in a riot - at any level - should not be surprised that their offences are dealt with more harshly than those acts would be dealt with in isolation

By me

Substack: https://emptycity.substack.com/p/how-the-criminal-justice-system-deals

Non-Substack:
https://davidallengreen.com/2024/08/how-the-criminal-justice-system-deals-with-a-riot/

How the criminal justice system deals with a riot

Those involved in a riot - at any level - should not be surprised that their offences are dealt with more harshly than those acts would be dealt with in isolation

The Empty City - a law and polity blog
Aug 5, 2024 at 9:57amWeb
Show threadMatthewAug 5, 2024

@davidallengreen
"Indeed, the disturbances of the last few days seemed worse than riots. They appeared to be more like concerted pogroms. They looked as if they were politically directed and coordinated.

In essence: what happened may have been more akin to terrorism - deliberate political violence."

Very well said

Show threadSellaTheChemistAug 5, 2024
@davidallengreen It will be interesting to see what sentences are given especially in relation to the recent Just Stop Oil case.
Show threadDerick RethansAug 5, 2024
@sellathechemist @davidallengreen As some have already been convicted and sentenced, I believe, I wonder where I can find out this information too.
Show threadSellaTheChemistAug 7, 2024
@derickr @davidallengreen Looks like we have our answer. Two months for causing criminal damage. But, hey, he wasn't "conspiring". https://mastodon.online/@Geri/112919419079445049
Geri ™️ (@[email protected])

James Nelson is thought to be the first person to be jailed for their part in the #UKRiots. Smashing 2 police cars, he was convicted of causing criminal damage in Bolton & given a 2-month prison sentence. Last week, Roger Hallam, Daniel Shaw, Louise Lancaster, Lucia Whittaker De Abreu and Cressida Gethin, from #JustStopOil, who hadn't caused any criminal damage whatsoever, were found guilty of conspiring to cause a public nuisance recieved 4 year prision sentences (Hallam 5) Justice?

Mastodon
Show threadSellaTheChemistAug 7, 2024
@derickr @davidallengreen And a bit more here. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9900dmxzd8o
Bolton: First person jailed after clashes over Southport attack

James Nelson, 19, is handed a two-month jail term after pleading guilty to causing criminal damage.

BBC News
Show threadRon HeywoodAug 5, 2024
@davidallengreen
I admire the ability to be so oblivious that an ex soldier interviewed on the news states that (paraphrased) He will carry on regardless in the fight to stop radicalized extremists, even if that means being labelled a radical extremist!
Show threadideogramAug 6, 2024
@davidallengreen
I thought calling the riots pogroms was probably accurate and the most disturbing aspect of the unrest.