Knife Crime

[fatiain]

On the other hand my father remembers the problems with knives in the 60's and 70's...

His comment on Peaky Blinders "yeah they used to do that", he grew up in Newcastle in the 50's in an area that was not the best, and IIRC the razors in hats thing was copied by some of the mods/rockers gangs in the 60's as well.

My dad got involved in a fight in Plymouth in the middle 50's (iirc) the other chap pulled out a straight razor and tried to slash my dad's face. There's a very thin, very small scar on the end of dad's nose where he got clipped. Fortunately, there were 2 Royal Marines watching from over the street, Dad was in the Royal Navy at the time, they gave "razor boy" a proper shoeing.

 

[Tunney]

I don't understand why people are moaning about knife crime. This country voted for the austerity. If higher crime is the democratic will of the people then so be it.

 

[Edrof]

In the end, government doesn't really understand the problem, any new laws or legislation doesn't protect anyone. Criminals don't care about such things in the end.

Exactly, it's just so they can say "we've taken action" to the media. It's like all the recent changes to our firearms laws which have only hurt law-abiding owners and actually made it easier for criminals to obtain illegal guns.

 

[Nasher]

Most knife incidents do seem to be carried out by a certain demographic but it's taboo to mention it because you'll be a nazi and people with dreadlocks will shut down Heathrow airport to make a point.

They know the people who are doing it. The statistics are right there.

But they just can't say it because it's not "P.C". They just skirt around the issue to please the SJWs and that's why it isn't getting solved.

 

[explicit4u]

https://www.theguardian.com/law/201...ight-times-more-likely-to-target-black-people

They do target a demographic

 

[Dis86]

https://www.theguardian.com/law/201...ight-times-more-likely-to-target-black-people

They do target a demographic

"Labour MP says ‘we are going backwards’ as racial disparity grows despite drop in overall use of stop and search by police"

and the SJW's complain...

"We cannot continue to have different policing for different communities – it is inherently unfair – and so these figures suggesting that we are actually going backwards are deeply alarming."

No, they're sensible. One community commits more crime per capita than any other...

 

[explicit4u]

No, they're sensible. One community commits more crime per capita than any other...

Not disputing that, but if Police are targeting a race then of course the figures are going to show they commit more crimes.

Like the article mentions, if they applied the same level of policing to universities, clubs, and festivals those figures might not be so black and white ( ).

 

[Dis86]

Not disputing that, but if Police are targeting a race then of course the figures are going to show they commit more crimes.

Like the article mentions, if they applied the same level of policing to universities, clubs, and festivals those figures might not be so black and white ( ).

The police focus was a reaction to the fact that they commit more crimes. If they weren't the resources wouldn't be committed in the first instance then they'd also find that they simply weren't getting arrests so wouldn't bother.

 

[englishpremier]

Doesn’t “self-defence” have to be proportionate / reasonable in the eyes of another to be allowed under the law? For example, you confront a burglar at your home, he runs off but you chase him down the street and beat his brains out with a quarter staff is not reasonable.

So what were the full circumstances of the first case the OP mentions?

If you are in a fight, then it is for your life. You could easily be pushed or slip or similar and die hitting your head on the kerb. So you should pretty much be able to do anything to survive.

Obviously in your example, that's completely different. If someone has run off, then you no longer need to defend to anything.