“I dont understand the attack on the Police from some readers. This incident was reported in the advertiser less than 2 weeks after it happened - how is that a slow response? They had to get CCTV, make enquiries, speak to victims and witnesses etc. I wish people would back the police rather than slate them. I know there are not enough of them but that is not their fault, it is down to the government. I was at West Croydon tonight and saw British Transport Police find a scary looking knife on a person they were searching. I for one am glad they are there doing what they do.”

“Dey say dat its a culture ting....init!

GET REAL AND GET EM BEHIND BARS WITH NO BASIC NECESSITIES!!”

“Undermanned said "The police are there to fight crime..." - sure, in theory, anyway. My overwhelming impression is that they're a demoralised force more often than not simply going through the motions until they take early retirement and collect their copper-bottomed (excuse the pun) pensions. The problem is the only easy target for keeping up their quotas is Mr.Law-Abiding citizen who parks with one wheel too close or too far from the kerb, or some such rubbish. They know that they can't begin to make a dent in violent street-crime or criminal behaviour on public transport and the like in this area until immigration and deportation rules are revised and put into action, and the criminal justice system finds its backbone.
All else is futile.”

“Undermanned - you state that the police are there to fight crime - not doing a very good job of it are they! I think prehaps that The Chief Constable may well have orderd them to hold back until after the dregs have left the scean as each time they arrest anyone and there is a scuffle Plod goes on sick leave for a week or so and the CC gets lonely with nobody to issue the latest namby pamby guidelines issued by people that see half of what is happening in Croydon would change their do gooder minds. If of course they happend to get caught up in a fracas I would bet they would then listen to what ordinary decent people are saying i.e. ENOUGH”

“Idiot is obviously as stupid as he looks.”

“You'll get yours you brain dead scumbag!!!
We will read about you in the obituary column..hopefully”

“Arfur and Hack,

The press are free to report on any incident they see fit... If they bother to go looking for the stories.
As for this taking ages to come to public attention 12 days is pretty impressive due to the ridiculous amount of forms that have to be signed off to get pictures of suspects out into the public domain.. and would the media be interested in this story without a picture? NO..!

Also the vast majority of crimes on CCTV are solved without the help of the public as suspects are usually identified by police officers, schools, probation officers etc... Why would any officer give themselves the serious grief of going to papers when the former method solves most crimes...?

If you want to blame anyone here blame the reporters for expecting stories to be handed to them on a plate... The police are there to fight crime and reporters are there to report on it...
Not the other way round...”

“bet ya a pound to a penny he lives on this estate”

“Grass this little scum bag up and all those that carry weapons, deal drugs and cause havoc in Croydon and London!

Loads of people will know who this moron is.

South Londoners silence protects these little scum bags!

Don't stay silent email, phone or even send a postcard with his name to the police.”

“Note for BTP and thug alike: Possessing CS gas, let alone using it (unless you're a copper with an excuse) is an offence under the Chemical Weapons Act and carries a maximum life sentence.”