Most of the real rioters walked free from court with only token sentences. So how come a couple of people whose only offence was talk got such big sentences?
Jordan Blackshaw, 20, and Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan, 22, were each jailed for four years at Chester Crown Court on Tuesday after setting up Facebook pages encouraging riots in their neighbourhood.
Blackshaw set up an event called "Smashdown" in Northwich but no one apart from the police, who were monitoring the page, turned up at the rendezvous outside McDonald's.
Sutcliffe-Keenan set up a page called Warrington Riots. When he woke up the following morning with a hangover, he removed the page and apologised, saying it had been a joke. No rioting broke out as a result of his message.
The pair are clearly just a couple of witless Norman No Mates. But do their misdemeanours really merit such disproportionate sentences?
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Why so hard on the soft targets and so soft on the hard targets?
The question answers itself.
Other news has said there were prison sentences for "merely" stealing cookies, etc. (as a deterrent for such outragious behavior as looting local stores and supermarkets).
Weakness, timidity, and appeasement are nothing new for the Brits. In fact, it's what lead to this display of anarchy. And, because that Brit mentallity will not change, the anarchy will happen again.
Neville Chamberlain must be shaking his head and saying, "haven't you fools learned anything from me..."?
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