I don't think he is saying the looters should not have been charged.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Thu 18 Dec 2014, 13:56,
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I just think he picked a bad example
by saying "the odd bottle of water and stray pair of trainers" he's willfully glossing over situation that was far, far worse. As Fray said up there, people died in those riots, homes were destroyed and a lot of innocent people suffered. Whether you agree with his politics or not, it's just wrong of him to write that.
If someone said that the Hillsborough disaster was "just a bit of argy bargy" then they'd be ripped to shreds.
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h3donist tryin' to play me out as if my name is Sega.., Thu 18 Dec 2014, 14:21,
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Except he HAS said that.
He flat out stated at the time that it "Would be wrong to stifle their (the looters') individuality, and their creative approach to venting their frustrations by jailing them."
That was Brand, about a week after the riots.
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stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Thu 18 Dec 2014, 15:12,
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Where are you getting that quote from?
Not saying he doesn't say some daft shit, but I can't find any reference to that one.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Thu 18 Dec 2014, 15:36,
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