Cronulla riots?

Question

(i know this happened quite a while ago but could some people please answer these questions)

1. Who do you think caused the outbreak of violence? (just opinions please)

2. Do you believe that this could have been avoided by communication between the two parties?

3. Was it fair that some got jailed and others didn't?

4. Was enough afterwards, to prevent this happening again?

Thanks for answering!

4. Was enough afterwards (done), to prevent this happening again?

4. Was enough afterwards (done), to prevent this happening again?

-gramatical error-

4. Was enough (done) afterwards , to prevent this happening again?

(sorry, can i please have just opinions)

Answer 1

2005 Cronulla riots
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The 2005 Cronulla riots were a series of ethnically motivated mob confrontations which originated in and around the beachfront suburb of Cronulla in Southern Sydney, a coastal region within the Metropolitan Area of Sydney, Australia's largest city. The violence soon spread to other regions around Greater Sydney.

On Sunday, December 11, 2005, approximately 5000 people had gathered in an ad-hoc protest to "reclaim the beach" from recently-reported incidents of assaults and intimidatory behaviour by groups of non-locals, most of whom were identified in the earlier media reports as Middle Eastern youths from the suburbs of Western Sydney. The crowd had assembled following a widely-reported series of earlier confrontations, and an assault on three volunteer lifesavers (lifeguards) which had taken place the previous weekend. This was widely seen as the "tipping point" after years of intimidation, mostly directed at white female beach goers, with sentiments such as "I can't go to the beach, normally, and wear what I'd usually wear. Because when I do, I feel as though I'm getting targeted"[1] being common. In the week leading up to the major incident of the 11th, these confrontations and the subsequent circulation of anonymous calls to gather at the beach — spread via SMS text messaging and other means — were the subject of much publicity and media commentary.

The crowd initially assembled without incident, but violence broke out after a large segment of the mostly Anglo-Celtic crowd chased a man of Middle Eastern appearance into a hotel. The ensuing melee soon became widespread; in the course of it a number of police, ambulance officers and individual members of the public perceived to be Middle Easterners were assaulted. Many have cited alcohol as the pre-eminent reason for the unprecedented violence.[2]

The following nights saw incidents of retaliatory violence and vandalism by people of Middle Eastern descent in Cronulla and other suburbs throughout Southern Sydney, large gatherings of protestors around Western Sydney, and an unprecedented police lock-down of Sydney beaches and surrounding areas, from Wollongong to Newcastle.

Answer 2

1. Bogans and Yobs
2. I don't believe they can communicate beyond grunts.
3. I am glad they caught as many of the idiots that they could.
4. What could you possibly do to get through to thicko's like that?