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SLUDGE FACTORY
Wether their reaction was good , bad or nothing at all it's the fact they have from the start failed to state exactly the situation that people saw .....a police van following two kids on a scooter .....that has caused confusion , mistrust and given some the excuse to get involved in confrontation
Let's imagine some people on here were in Ely and saw the scooter being followed by a police van
The crash occurs and on social media people start saying what they saw .....kids being followed by a van
The police come out and say there wasn't a chase etc ......
To a lot of people that's going to feel that they are being challenged on what they saw
Chase , pursuit , trailed , shadowed
You say potato , I say potato etc etc
It really doesn't matter
The police failed to make sure everyone knew that the boys were being followed but when they crashed the police had withdrawn
This is all down to this simple matter . This missed opportunity has lit the fuse .