Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Duk masu fafutukar gyara da masu adawa da gyara sun zargi juna da tashin hankali. Masu goyon bayan gyare-gyare sun yi zargin 'yan majalisar Tory na Bristol na son tayar da zaune tsaye don bata sunan motsi yayin da Tories suka zargi gwamnatin Whig da hana sojojin daga hukumomin birni. An yi iƙirarin cewa wani ɓangare na waje ne ya jagoranci rikice-rikicen; an yi zargin cewa Faransa tana da hannu (masu juyin juya hali a can sun kifar da Charles X a watan Yulin 1830
) da na 'yan kungiyar Birmingham Political Union da ke tafiya zuwa birnin, amma ba a tabbatar da hakan ba. Masu fafutukar gyara, suna ɗokin guje wa duk wata alaƙa ta siyasa da tarzoma, sun yi iƙirarin cewa 'yan tarzoma duk matasa ne, marasa aikin yi da "mata masu halin watsi" daga yankunan St Philips da Lawford's Gate na birni. Duk da haka bayanan kotu sun nuna cewa 'yan zanga-zangar sun kasance maza ne masu shekaru 20 zuwa 40 daga yankunan Haikali da St James. Daya daga cikin wadanda aka yanke wa hukuncin tashin hankali ba shi da aiki, alal misali.