In addition, my UK ex-paratrooper buddy reports the following:
“ In that photo only one of those is a policeman the other one is a “Support officer”. Who has no power of arrest, no right to detain, no investigatory powers. We call them plastic policeman because they’re the half of the price of a proper policeman and you don’t even have to train them.
Bear in mind as well, we know how bad the police force is here so nine times out of 10 people don’t bother reporting crime unless they have insurance when they require a crime number to make a claim. Less than 1% of rapes actually get a conviction. Shoplifting the police don’t even respond, and the shops don’t even bother reporting it anymore.
The social contract between government and the people no longer exists here.”
Europe is gone.
Stolen items may not sell for much, but in all western countries I believe the main motive for burglary (and car break-ins) is to obtain items for cheap re-sale to feed a drug habit. Only a few high-end thieves are making a big profit from their activities. I also believe the number of thefts can be divided by 50 to 100 to obtain the number of thieves active. On the basis of once or twice a week to feed the drug habit, these petty crooks are active quite often, there are nowhere near as many individuals as there are incidents.
What’s happening in London is the exact same thing we see happening in America.
A gang of more than 30 young delinquents storms and overwhelms a store, robs everything, and just walks away. We see videos like this every day in America. That doesn’t mean America is “gone,” as you say. It means new policies need to be put in place and laws need to be enforced. Trump is doing his best to fix a broken America, but that can’t be done in a year. Europe is tightening the consequences for delinquents as well.