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London Mayor Sadiq Khan is cracking down on the carrying of knives in response to a spate of stabbings that pushed the city's murder rate past New York's for the "first time in modern history."
Khan deployed an additional 300 Metropolitan Police officers over the weekend to work exclusively against knife crime, urging them to be more "confident" in their authority to stop anyone suspected of carrying a weapon.
"What you will see over the course of the next few weeks and months — is what we have seen over the last few weeks and months — which is stop-and-search based on suspicion of carrying an offensive weapon going up, more arrests as a consequence of this intelligence-led stop-and-search going up and hopefully our city becoming safer," the mayor said Saturday, according to The Telegraph.
Khan also issued a warning to would-be knife carriers, saying they should think twice before bringing one out in public — whatever the reason.
"No excuses: there is never a reason to carry a knife," Khan said on Twitter. "Anyone who does will be caught, and they will feel the full force of the law."
Source: http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/08/london-murder-rate-knives/
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday April 09 2018, @06:36AM (1 child)
I appreciate that you lot want to be all civilized and British and I'm not by any means trying to tell you lot how to run your shat but you do remember how it worked out for you last time the Crown disarmed all the peasants of everything except for their tools, right?
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 4, Touché) by Dr Spin on Monday April 09 2018, @06:44AM
You do remember how it worked out for you last time the Crown disarmed all the peasants of everything except for their tools, right?
No, I don't. Tell me more!
Warning: Opening your mouth may invalidate your brain!