The 2024 UK Riots were represented in a variety of ways by different sources, for example.
Wikipedia has a very loaded interpretation of events, with a misinformation section being featured on the article surrounding the Southport Stabbing.This immediately prefaces the scenario as having some element of falsity to it, one which would apply to the reaction from the people affected by the event, it by association makes out that anyone who believes this event to be more than an isolated incident independent from any current social movement are wrong, the Wikipedia account also labels the notion that Axel Rudakubana is an immigrant and a Muslim as being far-right conspiracy and misinformation. The term far-right in modern times has been frequently used as a boogeyman threat, often attributed to social causes which are more right wing than center-left, for example the BBC and Keir Starmer who have both equated anti-immigration sentiment with the far-right. News sources such as LBC and the Daily Mirror, claimed Axel was a quiet choir boy from a Christian church in Wales, most likely to prevent Axel from being used as another example of immigrants committing crime, especially Muslim, which the news sources believed fuels EDL sympathisers and extremism, which in turn harms people from BAME backgrounds. Soon after, information was revealed that Axel Rudakubana was a second generation immigrant to Rwandan parents and was found in possession of an Al-Qaeda manual. Many news sites were also criticised for their usage of childhood photos of Axel, with many believing it to be used to garner sympathy for the killer. The initial reluctancy to reveal information related to the case was also criticised especially seeing as the given defense that he was 17 became invalid only a few weeks after the killing. Their is also a theory that information regarding the case has been purposely withheld, as if all the information released back during the riots, it would have given further justification for the riots.
Axel also hasn't been declared a terrorist either, with the police citing a lack of motivation to being established to be the reasoning.
Their is debate surrounding the provocation of the initial riot at the Southport vigil,
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