The less intelligent or badly behaved probably bring the rest down to their level with ease compared to other areas and years gone. With many having little to no discipline at home or father figure and there’s more likelihood of rebellion or unruly mob behaviour that starts off being an irritating pain in the & rse after school or in school and continues through teenage years into this life destroying rubbish.

Lack of opportunities. I agree. what complete bollox. There aren’t many places that’ll turn you down just because of the colour of your skin these days. Maybe other things included but not race alone.

COYP

Had a look on the BBS to see what their more liberal view was. Surprised to see just one reply to the OP. Maybe they can’t bring themselves to discuss the real reasons and causes of this illness, just like the politicians they share so much in common with. Turn the other cheek. You don’t have to face up to reality or oppose your beliefs.

COYP

Seconded.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

If you’ve seen any of the masked gang members (I refuse to call them gangsters or gangstas) say on tv they’d rather earn £400 a day selling drugs outside than take home £1,400 a month or whatever it is then you have the answer as to why they will try anything to grab onto this lifestyle, even if it’s dangerous. These are the ones they should be rounding up and splitting up in prisons. Send them to prisons in different parts of the country. Take that violence away and there won’t be the fear trickling down and people carrying knives for protection.

It is not because of the lack of police or just because there’s fewer community centres that this has blown up. It’s the lack of community involvement and the relaxed penal system. They know that nobody will inform the police where they live and that they’re selling rocks of crack under their window by the garages and that any punishment will be so easy and a badge of honour that they’re conditioned into thinking it’s par for the course.

Lots of resources should be thrown st this because it’s so bad now and will only get worse but you can’t make accusations on the rest of society because one segment of a demographic has youths stabbing each other and nobody around them does anything. Take stop and search. They don’t like it, yet it’s in everyone’ interests, maybe even their kids when they have them. But they won’t think like that because the bag of herb or powder or pills in their pocket is of immediate importance.

I’m getting tired of people not being responsible for themselves and in this case when you have individuals carrying knives in fear it’s the responsibility of these communities to start being responsible.

Edited by Rudi Hedman (06 Mar 2019 12.01pm)

COYP

You keep saying this but do you actually know how an increase in police numbers would impact on crime?

I don't see how even doubling the amount on police on the streets would tackle the fundamental issues that have caused the surge in knife crime. Do you think these kinds of people will stop because of a few more police?

It's too late. We let all these immigrants come here and have their fatherless feral children while people like you told us we were all racists for saying it was a dumb idea.
Now you want to complain about police numbers to combat the results of a policy that people like you supported.

Simple question for you Pussy which requires a simple yes or no answer.

Do you accept that the majority of knife crime is committed by the black community.

Yes or no?

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