My take on the police the rioters and the judiciary!

In a sentence, our Police are heroes, the rioters are zeros and the courts in some cases need to get real.

In my opinion, we have the best police. They can command respect, maintain order and fully understand the culture of the communities they serve without violence or the use of a fire arm. For someone who lived in Africa where a policeman have the right to slap a member of the public first then asks questions later, and in the US where officers draws their gun at the same time they announce themselves –I never once felt intimidated or in danger around the British Police.

Judging by last weeks riots control, the speed by which they identified offenders and murderers and brought them to justice – it must be said; the police have done an outstanding job and deserve our gratitude and appreciation. But going forward they could do more if they are freed from box ticking and form filling targets, if their hands are untied from political correctness, health and safety and of course if the public and the politicians stopped using them as a grand standing punching bag. We have one of the best police forces respected the world over, we should let them know it and allow them be the best they can.

Looking closely at the riots, it is very clear they were not started by the same peaceful law obeying citizens who marched outside Tottenham Police Station looking for answers form the police. Those who, looted, burned and caused public unrest were hoodlums; un- invested, disconnected and had no interest or cared what happens to anyone beside themselves. But the liberals amongst us will have you believe they are victims of our society, fatalities of bankers’ bounces, politicians misbehaving and the responsibility of everything and everyone but their own families – and because of that we need to understand them and get where they’re coming from as if these thugs even care what anyone thinks of them.

We saw the TV interviews with the looters – not their defenders and those using every iota of oxygen to explain why – but the offenders themselves and they were very clear why they did it. Because they can!

As for the judges who sat all night to pass sentences they deserve our gratitude however and particularly in this occasion, some need to leave their liberal compassion at the door. Because this is an opportunity for them to send a clear and firm message, a chance to set a precedent that on this shores we are tolerant but mean business.

Hearing that an illegal immigrant was given a lighter sentence so he isn’t deported sends the wrong signal. I don’t have the full details and I’m not a legal know it all – but going by what has been reported – in this instance we needed more than ever before to not say we regard the wellbeing of the few at the expense of the many – that’s unfair and all together sends the wrong message!