Last night saw the deaths of another two young men in London. An eighteen year-old man was stabbed to death in the back streets of Kentish Town at around 8.30 pm; and a twenty year-old man met his end, again by stab wounds, around a mile away at 10.10 pm.
Since the beginning of 2018 some fifteen young men have been killed by knives in London. These figures are alarming. The cult of the knife is becoming a major problem nationally, but in the Capital this is an especially growing problem.
While these deaths are troubling for Londoners what can we do to stop these appalling crimes? How can we reassure the parents and families of young men that their sons are safe to go out in London? How many more mothers are going to have their sons torn from them? How many more families will be forced into grieving for their lost brothers, sons, grandsons and nephews?
Is the answer to knife crime a more vigilant police force? Yet we know that there are fewer police working on the front-line. Will these limited forces fall back on more stop-and-search? A form of policing mistrusted by many black people who see stop-and-search as a green card for police harassment of young black men. Is the solution to be found in harsher sentencing of those convicted of knife crimes?
Knife crime is a problem. Something has to be done to stop pointless killing and wounded by this culture. How do we stop young men carrying knives?
Since the beginning of 2018 some fifteen young men have been killed by knives in London. These figures are alarming. The cult of the knife is becoming a major problem nationally, but in the Capital this is an especially growing problem.
While these deaths are troubling for Londoners what can we do to stop these appalling crimes? How can we reassure the parents and families of young men that their sons are safe to go out in London? How many more mothers are going to have their sons torn from them? How many more families will be forced into grieving for their lost brothers, sons, grandsons and nephews?
Is the answer to knife crime a more vigilant police force? Yet we know that there are fewer police working on the front-line. Will these limited forces fall back on more stop-and-search? A form of policing mistrusted by many black people who see stop-and-search as a green card for police harassment of young black men. Is the solution to be found in harsher sentencing of those convicted of knife crimes?
Knife crime is a problem. Something has to be done to stop pointless killing and wounded by this culture. How do we stop young men carrying knives?
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