Quote Originally Posted by blue matt View Post
Do you think that would have appeased the mob ? ?

I can only see one thing, 2 lads have died, they were " joy riding " ( is that a term they still use ) on a Fairly high powered E Bike ( reminding me of the early 90's when I used to frequent Ely, always young kids hammering around on Scramblers then ) someone says " the Feds were chasing them " , Mob assembles and have a laugh launchingbricks at the police / setting fire to cars / etc etc

not sure what th police could have said that would have changed the mindless destruction
I think if the community were being told that the police had been following the boys .....which is what people who saw that would have confirmed ......the chatter on social media and on the estate would have been less anti police than it clearly became

It's up to the police to explain why things happened as they did

I think blind acceptance of the police and their tactics is unbelievably odd given the history of South Wales Police

We all know most coppers are professional people but you only have to remember previous cock ups or are people walking around with their heads in the clouds ?