VICE: There Is a Way to Tackle London's Knife Crime Problem

Wait, what knife crime problem? I have heard absolutely nothing about this.

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For London’s emergency services, the end of one year and the beginning of another did not bring about renewal and change. Instead, there was a depressing continuity. In one 15-hour period, rolling from New Year’s Eve into New Year’s Day, four young men died in unrelated knife attacks across the city.

Less than two days later, a 20-year-old man was hospitalised after being chased through the west London suburb of Harrow and stabbed more than ten times.

Knife crime remains a problem on the streets of London. There were 80 people stabbed to death in the capital during 2017, one killing with a knife every four-and-a-half days. Thousands more were victims of non-fatal blade crimes. And as more funerals take place throughout the early weeks of January, there is little optimism the epidemic is over.

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my favorite part

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Mayor Sadiq Khan, who recently launched the "London Needs You Alive" campaign, has promised to "stamp out this scourge" in 2018.

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Lest we forget, most cops in London and elsewhere also do not have guns, and have been known to run away from blade-wielding jihadists and others. The cops were relieved of their firearms years ago because some people "didn't feel safe."

Because they're stupid. Say it with me folks.

They'd rather FEEL safe than BE safe.

one more time, for the bumper sticker

They'd rather FEEL safe than BE safe.