Liberation, a publication close to the Socialist Party, carried an editorial November 16 with the headline 'Police State?' It expressed the fears within sections of the ruling elite that such measures will not succeed in containing the rebellion: 'Indeed, the minister of the interior has to be very blind to think that emergency legislation can be an effective remedy for the rage which has set the suburbs alight.

சோசலிஸ்ட் கட்சிக்கு நெருக்கமான Liberation என்னும் ஏடு நவம்பர் 16ம் தேதி, "போலீஸ் அரசு?" என்ற தலைப்பில் ஒரு தலையங்கத்தை எழுதியுள்ளது.
