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Cops outnumbered, and tactics will be informed by the murder of PC Keith Blakelock, pulled down & hacked to death by a mob, when he got isolated. Looks like they are trying to keep the mob away from the Narrow Way, which is where most of the shops are.

Just hope they don't smash up too much of Mare Street. Millions pounds of public funds recently spent doing it up.

That was my point to a certain extent. I mean, I'm sure they could get the police officers there (they may be there already. I've been to enough protests to know that cops can appear at any time from anywhere). But the cops are not interested in engaging this mob in the same way they are with other groups of people. Obviously for pragmatic reasons, but it makes you question the actions taken in some of our more recent interactions between groups of police officers and protesters.

I also hope Mare St, like the rest of London, is okay.