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Why does it seem like teenagers killing people is way more commonplace in the UK now?
from TinyLittlePuni@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world on 06 Mar 05:08
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Just one example of many and another off the top of my head

I do remember while there were some cases of teens killing people in the 2000’s, they were few and far between, now it’s like you got to watch out for teens rather than adults and there’s a very potent hazard of being killed by a pack.

What happened? it doesn’t seem to be affecting one area of the UK either but most places of the UK at once. what’s going on with British teens?

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rumschlumpel@feddit.org on 06 Mar 05:13 next collapse

Is this based on real, reliable statistics or just newspaper headlines?

FiniteBanjo@feddit.online on 06 Mar 05:18 next collapse

People above a certain age in the UK know how to keep calm and carry on.

Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world on 06 Mar 05:32 next collapse

Crime “seeming more common place” is media fear mongering 99.9999% of the time

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world on 06 Mar 05:33 next collapse

Because it is

What happened? it doesn’t seem to be affecting one area of the UK either but most places of the UK at once. what’s going on with British teens?

Correct but it affects london disproportionately and I’m probably not allowed to explain why

TinyLittlePuni@lemmy.world on 06 Mar 05:35 collapse

If you’re going to bring race into it, the cases off the top of my head, including in the cases i linked involved white people…

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world on 06 Mar 07:10 next collapse

Seems like you are just a troll. 👍

_Nico198X_@piefed.europe.pub on 06 Mar 09:12 collapse

You got caught and now you’re projecting

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world on 06 Mar 10:38 collapse

Caught what? You can’t just call people racist for no reason and lob downvotes at them.

Puni’s post history shows a pattern of trolling and time-wasting behaviour, therefore it seems to me they are just a troll.

_Nico198X_@piefed.europe.pub on 06 Mar 10:43 collapse

You use typical racist dog whistles to give yourself plausible deniability when you get caught because you know rational people reject your backwards ideas.

Just own it, man. Just say you’re a racist or that you hate Arabs or Muslims or whatever it is you blame everything on. At least you’d be honest.

devolution@lemmy.world on 06 Mar 11:50 collapse

crickets Racists are cowards.

_Nico198X_@piefed.europe.pub on 06 Mar 13:09 collapse

It’s so incredibly tedious.

starlinguk@lemmy.world on 06 Mar 07:51 collapse

Race is the reason, though. As in: crime has been going down for years, but if we pretend it’s going up and it’s caused by black people, they’ll vote for us (Reform, AfD, CDU, Republicans, PVV, etc).

Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk on 06 Mar 05:41 next collapse

I was in the police from early 2004 until end of 2016.

Things were significantly and statistically worse back then, including violence. The kids especially were fucking feral.

I worked in a predominantly rural area and in 2004/2005 our station was firebombed twice, police officers were regularly assaulted and we would have to attend incidents as a three because we needed someone to look after the vehicle whilst dealing with a job.

It wasn’t a friday night if we weren’t having bottles chucked at us from alleyways, and youth drunkeness and antisocial behaviour was rife.

Between 2008 and 2010 i had to deal with four kids who’d stabbed another kid in school, as well as bullying that had gotten so bad it had driven a girl to suicide.

This red vs blue thing in the news isnt a new thing. After school patrols were essential in one area because otherwise they would meet up and try and fight one another.

Over the years we managed to get a grip on it. Council evicted a lot of the troublesome families and we locked up the rest. By the time I left, the job was almost boring.

JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca on 06 Mar 05:46 next collapse

Username checks out 😅

trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world on 06 Mar 06:42 next collapse

The ones that were evicted now live in OP’s neighborhood

Walk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zone on 06 Mar 19:52 collapse

I worked in a predominantly rural area and in 2004/2005 our station was firebombed twice, police officers were regularly assaulted and we would have to attend incidents as a three because we needed someone to look after the vehicle whilst dealing with a job.

It wasn’t a friday night if we weren’t having bottles chucked at us from alleyways, and youth drunkeness and antisocial behaviour was rife.

Waow (basedbasedbasedbasedbased)

vividspecter@aussie.zone on 06 Mar 06:03 next collapse

Availability heuristic. Media reports are sensationalist and easily brought to mind, consequently it is perceived as more frequently occurring than in reality.

jimmy90@lemmy.world on 06 Mar 07:39 next collapse

do you watch gbnews and read the daily mail?

are you in a social media bubble of your own creation?

“seeming” might be different to reality. find out

angelmountain@lemy.nl on 06 Mar 10:17 next collapse

Newspapers/websites just want to make money and people tend to read articles that frighten them and/or make them angry. Be careful with what you read/watch and verify with actual statistics.

I put myself on a news-diet a few months back and it massively improved my life. Instead of worrying about the world burning and feeling unable to do anything about it, I have much more energy to actually do things I like and/or find important and am also much more able to invest in deep relationships with friends. I cannot recommend it enough.

Important news will get to you anyway, there is no need to check news outlets every 5 minutes.

ThunderQueen@lemmy.world on 06 Mar 17:28 collapse

This graph is specific to the US but probably still relevant.