Of course if it was, it was demanding payback from the Muslim community in general, not any specific guilty individuals.

But imagine that it turns out that this was due to some health condition, and the Imam didn't step into to stop it. That's how cycles of violence really start to spin. No matter what, who knows what images of spontaneous recrimination against the driver might have started?

Vigilante justice is the last thing London needs right now - that Imam may have prevented South Central style rioting for all we know.

The UK could really use a break.