Go to Article
Excerpt from Sky News
UK riots: Respect for police needs to be restored after ‘brazen abuse and contempt’ by rioters, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says
The home secretary has said respect for the police needs to be restored after the “brazen abuse and contempt” shown by rioters.
Yvette Cooper said there is “lots of rebuilding to be done” after a fortnight of rioting following the Southport stabbings on 29 July.
“Respect for the police, respect for the law, and respect for each other is where we must start,” she wrote in The Daily Telegraph.
She said too often people feel “crime has no consequences” and that “has to change” as she promised to restore confidence in policing and the criminal justice system.
Hundreds of people involved in the riots have been arrested and dozens have already been sentenced after the government pushed for them to be put through the justice system speedily.
