That would be like saying a knife used in a killing is responsible for the death of a victim not the murderer. But people are frightened and desperate; needing to blame someone, or something.
Mindful that the social sites, like Facebook and Twitter, are submitted to vigorous vigilance by the police, the youth today opts for communicating through the chat service of Blackberry to assemble street meetings, to incite participation in vandalism. Scotland Yard was alerted by one of the messages going around the last few days in Britain: 'We're going to ransack some shops. Come get some free goodies.' sent through by Blackberry's service which, unlike the SMS, is instant and free. Statistics show that 1 in every 3 youths in Britain has one of these phones. In addition, unlike Facebook and Twitter, the messages are coded and only works after reaching the receptor who has interchanged previously each other's Pin number. The police therefore, has much difficulty tracing the circuit that had followed the calling for vandalism.
Research in Motion, the company that manufactures the Blackberry, has announced that they have been in contact with the authorities, offering 'assistance' to do all they can to identify the trouble makers.
Britain is today the country with the most security video cameras in the world, installed all over public places in cities even in some countryside. For every 14 people there's a closed circuit television. So far with 4.2 million units in total, after the attacks of the metro on the 7th July 2005. These, however, didn't serve as deterrent from the violent riots occurred in the last few nights, including one mortal victim. All theatres and most pubs and night spots in and around London are closed, and people hide in their, in theory, more secured home grounds.
What more can the police do? What can anyone do? What's more, why??
Tags: blackberry, londonriot
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