I doubt the Authorities are eager to let Robinson be murdered on their watch. The authorities are cowardly so they'll give in. The question, I think, is to whom will they give in - who are they more fearful of? The muslim constituency or the working class?
They might very well let him be murdered in prison. But they are not in a hurry to have that happen. They were already too rash nabbing him on the street for nothing. So I think they realize at this point they need to be more careful going forward with Tommy.
I would agree, if i didn't have that niggling feeling that it is actually all orchestrated to create the conflict.
They may be psychopathic, but they are not stupid - the initial arrest was ordered from above as a strategic move, and nothing to do with 'contempt of court'.
The kangaroo court, the 'd' notice on media- all adds up to it being more than a 'screw up' and more of a controlled event to pursue an an agenda..
It is orchestrated sloppily in my opinion. I don't think they are all that bright. They haven't needed to be when their guiding light is ideology and the population has embraced it bent over for sixty years. It's my guess they'll lose the reins on their whole agenda eventually unless they pull a hard break soon.