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
As far as people who saw the van driving around after the youngsters ......they were chasing them

You can call it following if you like

So the police saying they were not and no police were involved ......well what conclusion do you think people who saw the van would think ?

If that was me and the police came on the radio and said .....no police were involved ....I would think hold on a minute .....they are fibbing here

That's how these things start . We know the lads shouldn't have been riding around .....but that's sorted ......its how the police dealt with all this that matters and they could be argued to have made a right balls up and helped fan the flames of disorder

You and most of us wouldn't have set cars on fire but that's not the issue