tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post1826297893240876161..comments2023-11-29T13:13:23.022+00:00Comments on newgate news: The mean streets of rural OxfordshireMacheathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-45359691309102098032012-01-03T10:14:36.151+00:002012-01-03T10:14:36.151+00:00Several good points; even if the CCTV cameras are ...Several good points; even if the CCTV cameras are working, the ubiquitous hoodie provides enough elemnt of doubt to keep a defence barrister happy.<br /><br />As for witnesses, you may be right, Able; I can't imagine the man - or woman - on the street has much confidence in the ability of the police to protect him and his family.<br /><br />These young men have grown up with the assumption that they can do exactly as they like and no-one - except perhaps a rival gang - has the power to stop them.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-58184526940606951162012-01-02T21:56:46.621+00:002012-01-02T21:56:46.621+00:00So "four or five black men", possibly th...So "four or five black men", possibly the type to engage in an 'entrepreneurial enterprise' of some type, who settled a 'business disagreement' in 'the usual fashion'?<br /><br />Witnesses? I don't think so, not in 'modern' Britain. They'll all either be too scared to speak for fear of the gentlemen involved, or of the police/courts assuming they were guilty for being involved/customers/racist white people.<br /><br />CCTV? do they ever put a tape in the recorder, or admit to having one, when it's inconvenient?<br /><br />Am I a cynic? Oh Yes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-69342539463109526112012-01-01T19:32:33.784+00:002012-01-01T19:32:33.784+00:00"...and, with 30,000 shoppers visiting the re...<i>"...and, with 30,000 shoppers visiting the retail park that day, there was almost certainly a substantial queue of potential witnesses."</i><br /><br />And, I'd expect, a plethora of CCTV cameras?JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com