London's Burning

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Originally Posted by Bill

I am still wondering what the folks doing the rioting and looting were thinking, what kinds of stories they were telling themseves in their heads.

During the riots, one radio station interviewed a few kids as they ran off and asked them that question. The replies I can remember were "It's a laugh", "I got a couple of free things", "I want to do this every night" and, probably the most telling reply "We are telling the police that we can do what we want, and they can't stop us".

Originally Posted by Bill

did they not know they would be on cameras and likely be tracked down afterwards?

In answer to this question, one typical reply was "What are they going to do about it? It is my first offence. They will give me an ASBO or community service" (an ASBO is little more than being told not to do it again, and it being publicly recorded that you were warned).