Reply to: Where's my official London murder thread?

[Old Greg]

Reading the book is easier than going out on the streets and doing your own research.

I wasn't planning to do that either.

[Zigenare]

Thanks, but I find it all a bit too depressing for leisure reading.

Reading the book is easier than going out on the streets and doing your own research.

[Old Greg]

"Gangland" by Tony Thompson is an interesting book that highlights the effects of younger gang members becoming more violent, more quickly.

Thanks, but I find it all a bit too depressing for leisure reading.

[Zigenare]

They are a pretty incompetent bunch and this shows up in their handling of this issue There are both structural and cultural problems IMO.

"Gangland" by Tony Thompson is an interesting book that highlights the effects of younger gang members becoming more violent, more quickly.

[Old Greg]

What're your thoughts regarding Irish Plod and their handling of organised crime in and around Dublin?

They are a pretty incompetent bunch and this shows up in their handling of this issue There are both structural and cultural problems IMO.

[original PM]

Jayden Moodie: Family deny reports of murdered teen's gang links

So yes it is terrible a young life has been snuffed out.

What was a 14 year old doing riding a moped?

Where was he going?

Did his parents know?

'Council leader Clare Coghill said: "The police cannot tackle the violence on our streets alone."
She added: "To stay silent is to support murderers."'

Do you think anyone from the community will come forward? No me neither.

[Zigenare]

Because the UK's international image needs just that kind of boost at the moment.

What're your thoughts regarding Irish Plod and their handling of organised crime in and around Dublin?

[scooterscot]

This lad might have 14 but your general middle class mother thinking about Tarquin at school with his iPhone and the like just doesn't have a clue. This 14 year old will be bordering on feral and will have done or be involved in things we can't even comprehend, let alone do every day. He'll be more street wise than many adults. I do think the age becomes a bit of a red herring in situations like this.

The real sad root of the problem for me is how did kids get in to this situation in the first place. Once there are in, this type of thing becomes a standard risk.

Further evidence if needed, class is not a choice.

[scooterscot]

admittedly poor little sod at 14 but it does smell gang related as usual.

Jayden Moodie: Family deny reports of murdered teen's gang links

[scooterscot]

London murders are not a lot for a population that size. Father Brown has to solve a murder every week in the little village of Kembleford.

Defendants of the heinous crimes forever hide behind this statistic to justify all is okay. Yet in Hong Kong with a larger population over a small territory they manage to avoid random individuals butchering each other in broad daylight. Same can be said of Singapore. How is that?

[Old Greg]

unfortunately its time to grab the bull by the balls and do some proper policing.

move the army in and stop & search everyone.

Because the UK's international image needs just that kind of boost at the moment.

[vetran]

unfortunately its time to grab the bull by the balls and do some proper policing.

move the army in and stop & search everyone.

[PhiltheGreek]

Ah feckity bollox. I'm just going to shut up.

Promise?

[northernladuk]

No 'they' was my thought. 'their are in' doesn't make sense.

Anyway remember that Grammer shares the letter E with Cheers, a show that made actor Kelsey Grammer famous

Ah feckity bollox. I'm just going to shut up.

[Gibbon]

To be fair that's bad proof reading, not grammer. I did originally put 'Once there this type of thing becomes a standard risk.' but added some more words in and didn't swap it to 'they'. You were thinking of their, there, they're?

No 'they' was my thought. 'their are in' doesn't make sense.

Anyway remember that Grammer shares the letter E with Cheers, a show that made actor Kelsey Grammer famous