{"id":10587,"date":"2011-08-09T09:34:18","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T13:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=10587"},"modified":"2011-08-09T13:32:24","modified_gmt":"2011-08-09T17:32:24","slug":"to-every-action-theres-a-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2011\/08\/09\/to-every-action-theres-a-reaction\/","title":{"rendered":"To every action, there’s a reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"

The rioters in Toronto and Vancouver were frequently caught on camera, and the photos were posted on the various photoblogging sites. Many people were identified this way, and some of them were charged as a result. Londoners are responding in the same way, with sites like http:\/\/catchalooter.tumblr.com\/<\/a> where photos are being posted from the last few nights’ mayhem.<\/p>\n

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Every action does have a reaction, though, as rioters and even “innocent bystanders” are becoming more likely to attack anyone with a camera. This means a much greater risk for would-be citizen journalists (and professional journalists), as the police generally try to surround and contain mobs (when they don’t just evacuate altogether, of course). If someone in the mob decides that you’re “the enemy”, you won’t have much support — don’t risk your life just to get a “good shot”.<\/p>\n

Update<\/b>: Speaking of police unwillingness to protect civilians<\/a>, there’s this account:<\/p>\n

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Cypran Asota, who has run the Boots opticians for 25 years, told the London Evening Standard<\/em> how he watched as the shop was destroyed.<\/p>\n

He said police stood by yards away, adding: ‘White boys ripped off the shutters, then a group of around eight or nine children went in and stole the day\u2019s takings.<\/p>\n

‘I ran back over the road to plead with them, this is my livelihood and I have to protect it, but they kept coming back in. They must have got away with \u00a315,000 worth of frames. My insurance doesn\u2019t cover acts of terrorism.<\/p>\n

‘All the time the police were about 15 yards away, just watching. They didn\u2019t do anything to stop it. They looked more scared of those kids than I was.’<\/p>\n

Shopkeeper Shiva Kadih, 39, told the Standard<\/em> he had ‘nothing left’ as witnesses said they prevented an attempt to burn down the shop as police watched nearby.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The rioters in Toronto and Vancouver were frequently caught on camera, and the photos were posted on the various photoblogging sites. Many people were identified this way, and some of them were charged as a result. Londoners are responding in the same way, with sites like http:\/\/catchalooter.tumblr.com\/ where photos are being posted from the last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9,28],"tags":[204,350,29,98,742],"class_list":["post-10587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-britain","category-law","category-media","tag-blogging","tag-london","tag-photography","tag-police","tag-rioting"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-2KL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10587"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10615,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10587\/revisions\/10615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}