Police arrest 1,200 in London knife crackdown

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Guys, I hope this is not a repost, I spend about 10 minutes looking through the site (I can't search) and did not see this posted anywhere.

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKL0245823820080702?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews


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Reuters said:
LONDON (Reuters) - Police have arrested 1,214 people in London during a six-week crackdown on knife crime, Scotland Yard said on Wednesday.

Officers found 528 knives after conducting nearly 27,000 searches during Operation Blunt 2, launched after Boris Johnson was elected London Mayor in May pledging to tackle knife crime in the capital.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair announced the figures alongside Johnson at a briefing at the Mayor's offices in City Hall.

The figures were released as police continued to search for the killers of 16-year-old Ben Kinsella, stabbed to death in Islington, north London, on Sunday.

Kinsella was the 17th teenager murdered in the capital this year. Six teenagers have been arrested over his death and three remain in custody.

On Tuesday night, a woman in her late 20s became London's latest stabbing victim, following the knife murder of a 34-year-old man on Monday.

Both incidents took place in Southwark, south London.

"The dreadful murder of Ben Kinsella shows that the problem of knife crime is still with us," said Blair.

"I know the communities of London understand that this is something they and the police have to solve together and I promise that the Met is in this for the long haul and will do everything in its power to stop these murders continuing."

On Tuesday, hundreds of people, many wearing T-shirts emblazoned with pictures of Kinsella and holding placards, took part in a protest led by the victim's family and friends through north London to the place where he was stabbed.

"Everybody is shocked by the level of violence we are seeing, particularly towards young people in London and we must all work as hard as we can together to reverse this dreadful trend," said Johnson.
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One is left to wonder if all of those 1214 people were arrested solely because they had a knife on them, or if they were stopped and searched for some reason, a knife was found and then it turned out they were wanted on some other offense.

I also wonder if there happened to be a rash of crime involving cricket bats or rubber mallets would the city want to ban them also?
 
"knife crime"

Them criminal knives just can't help themselves from running out and stabbing someone.
 
sleeper3 said:
Guys, I hope this is not a repost, I spend about 10 minutes looking through the site (I can't search) and did not see this posted anywhere.

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKL0245823820080702?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews


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Several of the knives in the above photo are chef's knives. How does one EDC a large blade like that? It would be like a gun owner trying to carry a 10-pound scoped sniper rifle concealed! I believe that the photo was staged for PR purposes.
 
Well thank God those EVIL weapons are off the streets. There can't be many more left out there- as soon as the police round up the remaining few- the killings will stop. Once all of the knives are off of the streets, everyone will be much more civil, considerate and understanding of one another. London will once again be the city of gumdrops, rainbows and smiles.

Certainly, once the knives are gone, English youths won't be willing or able to hurt one another:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millwall_brick

I suppose the ultimate solution to this line of thinking is to remove everyone's arms. But then they would probably just kick and bite each other.
 
Banning guns didn't stop crime. Banning knives isn't stopping crime. When will these idiots admit that banning an object does not prevent certain kinds of human behavior. Lazy, disingenuous blowhards who want to appear "tough on crime" but take the lazy cowardly way out. Being hard on criminals causes too many objections from the "root cause" bleeding hearts. But banning a scary object doesn't create that problem, does it?

If I were to propose a law that bans forks because they cause overeating and obesity, which leads to disease and death, these same jerks would laugh and call that ridiculous. Well .... :jerkit:
 
Tom

Greetings from the UK

The answer to the EDC question is ... down the back of the trousers :eek: (or pants as I believe they are known on your side of the pond).

Seen it happen on the streets - fortunately nothing that couldn't be cured by Doctor ASP :D

Richie

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Okay, now determined criminals in London will just go to shanks (shivs). Nothing will stop a determined criminal from doing what he intends to do. I liken it to how they overcome anti-theft devices. If they really want to steal it, they will find a way. Take away their knives, they'll just make or use something else to stab with. This is a hilarious half-witted approach by people who need to do some more homework.:jerkit:
 
Most knives actually used in crimes ( at least in my LEO years in NYC) were most often common kitchen knives. Cardboard makes a great disposable sheath when taped together. Thank God the idots usally left you a nice print on the tape they used to make the cardboard sheath they ditched a block away.....
 
PV29 said:
If I were to propose a law that bans forks because they cause overeating and obesity, which leads to disease and death, these same jerks would laugh and call that ridiculous. Well .... :jerkit:
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I don't think they would call that ridiculous at all. There are already calls for banning certain dietary items, like the crusade against "trans fats". Again, banning the object instead of the attendant behavior.

There is no limit to the pandering a cheap politician will do. :D
 
Esav Benyamin said:
I don't think they would call that ridiculous at all. There are already calls for banning certain dietary items, like the crusade against "trans fats". Again, banning the object instead of the attendant behavior.

There is no limit to the pandering a cheap politician will do. :D
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Started by my favorite nanny-politician, Emperor Bloomberg! Ya know, now that you reminded me of this, I can see a new law coming our way: The Heart Disease Prevention Fork Ban of 2008. Soon they'll ban bottle openers to prevent drunk driving.
 
PV29 said:
Started by my favorite nanny-politician, Emperor Bloomberg! Ya know, now that you reminded me of this, I can see a new law coming our way: The Heart Disease Prevention Fork Ban of 2008. Soon they'll ban bottle openers to prevent drunk driving.
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Don't be ridiculous. The Heart Disease Prevention Fork Ban of 2008 is just scapegoating innocent forks and hard-working fork-makers, fork-sellers and others involved in the forking industry. We've got to outlaw the real root cause of society's problems. You think about picking up that fork and then think about digging into that bucket of poutine. You think about picking up a knife and think about goin'-a-stabbin'.

People, we have got to band together and outlaw this insidious threat called "thinking". Our wise and noble brothers across the pond have already begun. Trust the politicians, it's not like they have any selfish agendas.


Seriously, forget the 27,000 searches, what I don't understand is that they arrested 1,214 people but found 528 knives? That's 0.44 knives per arrest?
 
It would be easier if the Brits would just ban criminals and it would have about the same impact on crime as banning knives.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
They certainly haven't been doing any of that "thinking" themselves! :grumpy:
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I can assure you that they've done a LOT of thinking and they know what they are doing. It's just the general public that don't.

The Laws are not designed to protect the general public. Once you understand that, things start to fall in place.;)

"Complete and utter disarmament of the general public"

Have a nice day.
 
popedandy said:
It would be easier if the Brits would just ban criminals and it would have about the same impact on crime as banning knives.
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Really, they should just ban anything that's not already banned and criminalize anything that's not already considered criminal. That way everyone can share the same feeling of being outlaws. Think of the national pride and sense of togetherness that would engender.

Kumbaya. :)
 
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