England riots

I don't know, theres a point where it becomes ok to retaliate with force, and I think this is way past that point. When they can do this

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to our police officers who don't seem to have any proper weapons to defend themselves with when they selflessly go out to try and protect innocents and their property from these thugs, I stop caring about them and just want them dealt with. If they called in the army to deal with them, I'd probably support the move.

I actually agree with you, i think that the extent to which this has gone is far beyond a reasonable protest or even social upheaval. Once looting became the main objective, the whole thing lost its legitimacy as a display of public disapproval. However, I think society today isnt going to jive with too aggressive of a response. People find any reason they can to blame police and government for any and everything, whethere its merited or not. If the army comes in and someone gets killed or seriously injured, things will get worse. Basically, all im saying is that yes, these riots need to be quelled, and force is probably necessary, but if that force isnt calculated and restrained, the situation is only going to snowball.