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In the UK, reacting violently to any kind of attack is very likely to result in you being prosecuted for assault. If anyone is wondering why anti-social behaviour and minor criminality is now so common here it is not that decent people don't want to do anything about it, it is because the Police are often perceived to be on the same side of the assailants.

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I've downvoted this, since without any statistics to back it up, it's merely repetition of a common, unsubstantiated right-wing meme.

A search along the lines of "arrested assault robber" shows many cases reported in the Daily Mail, Sun, Mirror etc where the opposite happened, but only a single case where the bystander was arrested -- in that case, because the robber died [1].

Anti-social behaviour and minor criminality is the result of decades of underinvestement in education, regions outside London, austerity and an unbalanced economy [2].

[1] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/16/have-a-go-hero-ar...

[2] https://www.theguardian.com/society :-)

Thanks. The statement is indeed totally without merit. I’m surprised about the number of ill-informed comments on this issue.

Anti-social behaviour and minor criminality is the result of decades of underinvestement in education, regions outside London, austerity and an unbalanced economy [2].

Ill informed leftist ideology trumps unsubstantiated right-wing meme thanks to a random Guardian link.

I love how "austerity" is the catch all cause of all social problems, despite social welfare spending as a share of GDP massively increasing in the UK over the last 50 years.

They are. It's easier to get a good person to be honest about what they did and why than a criminal. Police are also just as criminal, the thin blue line needs to end.

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