[In woke land...] 'Young people are dying on our streets': David Lammy condemns lack of action over tacking knife crime

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/david-lammy/condemns-the-home-
secretary-for-portraying-knife-crime-as-a-race-issue/

In a passionate monologue David Lammy asked listeners if we as a society
have "stopped caring" about knife crime because "so often, the complexion
of these people is not white?"

After David Lammy calculated a staggering 100 deaths to have taken place
as a result of knife crime this year, he told listeners: “One, we’re going
to need to take this seriously and two, we’re going to need to get to the
source of the problem, and I’ve always believed the source that’s driving
violence is drugs and county lines.

He elaborated: “Not all violence is as a result of that, but it breeds the
culture of violence.”

David then asked: “So what is the Home Secretary doing about organised
crime, because very few of these young people have the means to bring
cocaine from Colombia."

“That’s organised by men in suits - what’s she doing about that, is she
investing in border control? Is she investing in the intelligence that the
National Crime Agency needs? Is she arresting and ensuring we’re arresting
the big drug lords driving county lines across our country?”

He stated: “I’ve heard nothing from her on that issue.”

Looking to the past David said: “The Serious Violence Taskforce was set
up- it lasted about two years. Priti Patel, former Home Secretary, got rid
of it.

“They knew you had to support parents, they knew that most of these crimes
are in about 30 of the most deprived areas in the country and if you just
focused all of your resources on those 30 areas, you could make a big
difference to these numbers.”

Emphasising his anger at the lack of action to resolve knife crime, David
continued: “Young people are dying on our streets, but we’re not even
having the conversation anymore. These names barely make the news. It
would appear that the Home Secretary does not consider this a national
priority.

“Suella Braverman mentions this in her quote she mentions that too often
it’s young black males… have we stopped caring because so often the
complexion of these people is not white?”

A Home Office spokesperson said: “We continue to do everything in our
power to tackle knife crime. Since 2019, we have removed over 100,000
knives and offensive weapons from our streets through stop and search,
surrender initiatives and other targeted police action.

“We are also providing police forces with additional resources to tackle
crime and, since 2019, have invested £170 million into the development of
Violence Reduction Units in the 20 areas worst affected by serious
violence. This is alongside a further £170 million to fund additional,
targeted police patrols in the streets and neighbourhoods most affected.”


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