The conservative newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung offers solid advice:
Time to get tough?
“Certainly talk will once again turn to the high unemployment rate among young people, their social exclusion and lack of opportunity. These are the catch phrases always used to explain — if not justify — cases in which young people act out their violent tendencies and refuse to recognize authority. The British government will also likely be named the main culprit because of its austerity measures.
Yes, miserable social conditions can be miserable, but they are no justification for lawlessness. The police must not give the streets over to the rioters. The politicians, who are responsible for the police, should at least consider whether the ‘softly-softly’ approach of the British police is appropriate — or an invitation to brutal street criminality.”
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