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People will be making guesses and inferences – I think in that world, putting more facts out is the only way to deal with it,
he added
Because if you have a look at social media already, within minutes of the incident being posted, there was speculation, and there was some nefarious groups who were trying to stir up some speculation around who was responsible for it,
he said on TuesdayWe have to operate on a basis of transparency and openness,
he saidWe have arrested a 53-year-old man from West Derby and he remains in police custody where he continues to be interviewed.
A Merseyside Police spokesperson said
An extensive investigation into the precise circumstances of the incident are ongoing, and we continue to ask people not to speculate on the circumstances surrounding the incident and refrain from sharing distressing content online.
Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims, of Merseyside Police, told reporters yesterday.jpg)
In general, I think we have to be realistic and more often... put more personal details in public, earlier.
Asked if moving in the direction of declaring a suspect's ethnicity sooner is the way to go, Sir Mark addedTrying to avoid truths when half the truth is in the public domain is going to be quite difficult, going forward.
He addedThe public deserve to know the full facts as quickly as possible.
After expressing his sympathy for the injured he addedIt is believed the driver of the Ford Galaxy car involved in this incident was able to follow an ambulance onto Water Street after the road block was temporarily lifted so that the ambulance crew could attend to a member of the public who was having a heart attack."
Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims said
I'm in work, the police need to give the name out because I'm getting accused. Family members and friends are ringing and asking me, but it could get a whole lot worse, the police need to do something."
However, ... Mr Cunningham, who is not the suspect held by police, told the BBCMr Cunningham is 54 and from Huyton, so hopefully this will help inform" people he is not the man held in custody
They addedThere was no intelligence to suggest an incident of this nature would take place."
She addedI think as we go forward in the future, we would always want to be more transparent in terms of the data we release. Sometimes the nature of the investigation, the nature of the case, makes that difficult. But in principle, of course, transparency is good.”
Sir Mark said
Similarly, the more commonplace the publication of certain categories of information, the more conspicuous would be its absence in a particular case,
it addedThey’ve just got to say it. And then it stops all the speculation,
Hooper, 60, an electrical engineer, told NBC News
It was a good thing that they announced it straight away,
he said Tuesday as he stood among a crowd gathered on the edges of scene of Monday's incident, which had been cordoned offYou have to do that as well.”
Hall said if a suspect in a high-profile case was a Muslim asylum seeker
What will a force do if they arrest someone in similar circumstances who is recently arrived on a small boat or who has a clearly Muslim name? They will now be under huge pressure to name them,
the source saidYou could imagine a situation where the far right will say, ‘Oh, you haven’t named the ethnicity of this person and that’s because they are a person of colour’,
he saidIt doesn’t take rocket science to predict what will happen: the far right will twist this and say, ‘right, you’ve named him because it’s a white person. Why aren’t you naming the next person?’ And it will present some difficulties and challenges to the police
he said