Knife crime in london

lastexitlondon
lastexitlondon Posts: 14,958
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Last night I received  a text from my best friend. It said my wife was out jogging near my house and she found a young man bleeding out . Nobody was around she thought  it was a pile of clothes but noticed an arm. It was 7pm and dark. She phoned an ambulance and performed CPR covered  in a strangers blood all over her face hands and clothes. She says he had stab wounds and money hangimg out of his pocket but no shoes on!Sadly the young man died in her arms.
We live in a village . Outskirts of London. It has happened  in our neighbour city. But not here before. It has filled me to the core I have a son the same age . And the trauma my friends wife has just suffered  is making my heart hurt.  What are we doing to eachother as humans. 


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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Fucked up.
    This world is becoming scary.

    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Are there any no go zones in London?
    Never been there before. Would like to know incase I ever visit.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,958
    No really it's a culture rather than a place. I've seen south and North London have areas that are gang related. But the kids of a certain age are now carrying knives for "protection" and invariably  this causes a rise in carrying then using in a fight. I mean this is a village so anything "could " happen but  it's so shocking to me as I always felt safe here and my kids . But it has shook me. Especially  as this 22 year old is not a kid and was laying alone on a side street by a school. Not a dodgy area but a normal street . I am SO upset for my friends wife a lovely kind lady. She must be a mess. Trying to save a life that s slipping away in your hands. I just want to cry. Won't  someone save our world. It's fuckin gone 


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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    So sorry to hear.
    What's a life worth ay? A few dollars stolen. It's messed up.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,958
    I will find out more today as I guess it will be the talk of the village. But either way it's disgraceful  somebody  has lost a son .


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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,669
    Really sorry to hear about this.  Anymore, in many places it's a bad idea to go out alone, especially at night.  Even here in this small town of Placerville I was attacked that one time.  I never go out alone at night if I can help it.  Damn crazy world.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Same here in my city. Night time is scary.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,669
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    Same here in my city. Night time is scary.
    Bummer!  Sorry to hear that.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Annafalk
    Annafalk Sweden Posts: 4,004
    I'm so sorry to hear this, feels like London has had a increase in knife and acid attacks also.
    It's so horrible, what's going on ? We've had increased gang violence over here too. 

  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    edited November 2018
    Saw on the news the other day that the police in London can now use their cars to knock thieves off their moped if they are fleeing the police.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,958
    That moped crime is crazy atm


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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    So sorry to hear.
    What's a life worth ay? A few dollars stolen. It's messed up.

    It doesn't sound like a robbery- the money was hanging out of his pockets.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,561
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    So sorry to hear.
    What's a life worth ay? A few dollars stolen. It's messed up.

    It doesn't sound like a robbery- the money was hanging out of his pockets.
    Could have gotten frightend and bailed when it turned into a homocide.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    lastexitlondon said:
    No really it's a culture rather than a place. I've seen south and North London have areas that are gang related. But the kids of a certain age are now carrying knives for "protection" and invariably  this causes a rise in carrying then using in a fight. I mean this is a village so anything "could " happen but  it's so shocking to me as I always felt safe here and my kids . But it has shook me. Especially  as this 22 year old is not a kid and was laying alone on a side street by a school. Not a dodgy area but a normal street . I am SO upset for my friends wife a lovely kind lady. She must be a mess. Trying to save a life that s slipping away in your hands. I just want to cry. Won't  someone save our world. It's fuckin gone 

    The US gun culture experiences the same problem: if people aren't packing... they aren't using. No immediate access allows people to cool down and think rationally.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,958
    It seems it maybe drug related.  Hearsay atm


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  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    lastexitlondon said:
    No really it's a culture rather than a place. I've seen south and North London have areas that are gang related. But the kids of a certain age are now carrying knives for "protection" and invariably  this causes a rise in carrying then using in a fight. I mean this is a village so anything "could " happen but  it's so shocking to me as I always felt safe here and my kids . But it has shook me. Especially  as this 22 year old is not a kid and was laying alone on a side street by a school. Not a dodgy area but a normal street . I am SO upset for my friends wife a lovely kind lady. She must be a mess. Trying to save a life that s slipping away in your hands. I just want to cry. Won't  someone save our world. It's fuckin gone 

    The US gun culture experiences the same problem: if people aren't packing... they aren't using. No immediate access allows people to cool down and think rationally.
    The only logical step now is for London to run background checks and psych evaluations on all knife buyers...maybe even ban them completely.  Why does anyone really need a knife anyways, they were only created to kill and butter bread.  /s
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,958
    The problem is everyone has them in the draw at home so anyone can just rake one out with them. Most are like kitchen knives impossible to ban. I guess youths are taking one from  home  or something. They need a long sentence for anyone carrying. Like 15 years or something. And stop and search. They do that but it's become a race issue 


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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    lastexitlondon said:
    It seems it maybe drug related.  Hearsay atm
    So much of street crime is. 
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,958
    True . Very true. Without the illegal drug problem there is no problem. The kids here are fucked 


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  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    lastexitlondon said:
    The problem is everyone has them in the draw at home so anyone can just rake one out with them. Most are like kitchen knives impossible to ban. I guess youths are taking one from  home  or something. They need a long sentence for anyone carrying. Like 15 years or something. And stop and search. They do that but it's become a race issue 
    I think they should pass a law that anyone not storing them behind lock and key be cited and banned from ever buying one again.  If one life is saved... /s

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