Home secretary’s warning to rioters: ‘You are a total disgrace and will pay the price’

Home secretary's warning to rioters: 'You are a total disgrace and there will be reckoning'Source: Sky News

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00:00Well, we saw disgraceful scenes of criminal violence and thuggery

00:05in some of our towns and cities.

00:08It's a total disgrace and there has to be a reckoning.

00:12Those individuals who are involved in the disorder

00:15need to know that they will pay a price.

00:18There have already been hundreds of arrests

00:20and we have made very clear to the police

00:23they have our full support in pursuing the full range

00:27of prosecutions and penalties,

00:29including serious prison sentences,

00:32long-term tagging, travel bans and more.

00:36I think these people do not speak for Britain,

00:39for communities across Britain.

00:41People who speak for Britain are the people who've been out

00:43in our communities clearing up the damage that's been done

00:47across the communities and I think it's a disgrace what we've seen.

00:51When you say there'll be a reckoning for those involved,

00:54I think there's been over 400 arrests thus far.

00:57Are you expecting or hoping that anybody that even showed up

01:00on the fringes of one of these gatherings will ultimately be arrested

01:03or talking about those that are perpetrating the worst acts

01:08within the groups?

01:09Well, I've made clear to the police they have my full support

01:12in going after the full range of offenders,

01:16from those who turned up at the last minute and joined in the looting

01:20to some of the most serious offenders who were pursuing

01:23really dangerous arson, really dangerous damage

01:27and criminal violence, because we simply cannot stand for this.

01:31So we should be clear, there will be people who were thinking

01:34they were going on their summer holidays this week and instead

01:37they will face a knock on the door from the police,

01:39they will face arrest and a prison cell, a police cell,

01:43while they wait for trial in order to make sure that they do pay

01:46the price for what they have done.