Meanwhile, .new Conservative Party leader David Cameron, desperate to cultivate a trendy image among voters, says that teenagers who hide under hooded tops are trying to "blend in" rather than appear threatening. In a speech he described them as "a response to a problem, not a problem itself". And he argues that while teenage criminals must be punished, they should also be shown "a lot more love".
Hooded tops have come to be viewed by some as a symbol of social disorder. Last year the Bluewater shopping centre in Kent banned people wearing hooded tops, and said youths were using the hoods to shield their faces from CCTV cameras while committing crimes.
"We - the people in suits - often see hoodies as aggressive, the uniform of a rebel army of young gangsters
Archbishop Sentamu said: ‘Ninety-nine per cent of those who wear hoodies are law-abiding citizens.” A political exile from his native Uganda, he has never been scared to break with tradition. At his inauguration as Archbishop of York he invited bare-chested dancers and played African drums.Sentamu has also criticised police for their racially-biased ‘stop and search’ tactics which have targeted Black people, including himself.
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