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This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament

Rejected petition Getting Tough With Rioters

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To instruct the police and allow them sufficient powers to control rioters. This will then bring the riots to an end as quickly as possible to minimise the destruction and inconvenience to normal people, communities and the emergency services.

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