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Did you notice the looters wearing a hoodie and a scarf? They are not identifiable by CCTV by doing that. No fear of being caught what so ever.

I guess the only incidents CCTVs are useful are the £spur of the moment" crimes.

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Most of the looters only pulled scarves over their faces when they got close to the scene of the crime, if you look at the images they police have released a lot of them are from other places in the city and from on public transport where they've identified groups based upon the clothes they were wearing before they covered their faces.

Examples: http://www.flickr.com/photos/metropolitanpolice

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