Children joined last summer’s riots driven by the "adrenaline of the moment," rather than far-right ideology or social media misinformation, the Children's Commissioner for England has said.
'Adrenaline of the moment' drove children to take part in summer riots, says commissioner Camille Chorley | Tuesday 28 January 2025 09:16 GMT.
Highlighting one case of a boy studying electrical engineering at college, she told BBC Breakfast today (28 January): “They were just in the area.
Dame Rachel de Souza shared her insights from interviews with 147 young people in prisons and hospitals, where she directly asked why they had participated in the unrest.
They certainly hadn’t seen anything online.
