Nearly £250,000 raised for Liverpool library damaged by rioters

> Police said when firefighters arrived at the library, the rioters attempted to stop them from getting to the fire to put it out. They “threw a missile at the fire engine and broke the rear window of the cab”, police said in a statement.

I wonder how many of these rioters actually read. For leisure.

That’s a really shit act since libraries are one of the few free third spaces we have. There will be kids that need them for getting out of chaotic houses for a few hours so they can study.

That being said, I am against jailing the two fuckups concerned unless they have any prior criminal record which makes it seem likely that they will reoffend. It looks like it was just a crazy act in the moment. I think the threat has subsided and we don’t need disproportionate sentencing beyond what criminals would usually receive.