Jdsk wrote:This issue is grossly overblown in the politically-motivated media.
Sadly all too common. Same with the disorder here last night, the way the media covers it, most people living elsewhere seem to think half the city was full of riots while it was actually constrained to a couple of streets adjacent to the central police station and about 100m in diameter.
As for the 10 years thing, more daft culture war rubbish in my view. The existing criminal damage sentences are proportionate in my view, no reason for them to be higher, and certainly not higher than many crimes involving serious physical and mental harms to actual people.
If the government was really all that concerned about being tough on such matters, perhaps they should be asking themselves why it's taking a whole year for the colston suspects to go from being charged to being at a hearing that will actually determine their case?