They have been accused of a sluggish response to last nights riots, standing back and watching looters destroy shops and taking a softly-softly approach.
But today, when the Metropolitan Police had a chance to identify scores – if not hundreds – of thugs and looters, they released just 12 grainy CCTV photographs of people ‘we will be speaking to’.
As scenes of wanton violence and looting shocked the world, viewers should at least have been comforted by the fact that so many of the rioters had failed to conceal their identity and would swiftly be reported to officers
In addition to the dozen pictures released by the Met, Mail Online has printed a further 30 images below.
A youth joins the group wearing a blue Nike hooded top and red face scarf. Right, a male in a grey Nike hooded top with red draw strings and the number ’87′ on his back
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