Most papers illustrated their stories with photos of young people committing the crime of standing around doing nothing. The Sun accompanied its story with a picture of a young man leaning against a wall with face obscured by a hooded top. While he was doing little more than mooching, no doubt he was plotting some nefarious deed from the depths of his hood.
The Daily Mail couldn't even find a picture of some real young people so wheeled out a shot "posed by models" showing two boys in hooded tops, one smoking a cigarette. And The Guardian illustrated its story with a photo of two boys in shadow, one leaning on a railing, one on a bike and both wearing - you've guessed it - hooded tops.
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