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?

  • Corporal_Punishment@feddit.ukEnglish
    40·
    1 day ago

    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.

    • Walk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      1·
      10 hours ago

      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)

  • angelmountain@lemy.nlNederlands
    11·
    20 hours ago

    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.

  • jimmy90@lemmy.world
    17·
    22 hours ago

    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

  • FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world
    124·
    1 day ago

    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

    • Puni@lemmy.worldOP
      141·
      1 day ago

      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…

      • starlinguk@lemmy.world
        131·
        22 hours ago

        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).

          • FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world
            19·
            19 hours ago

            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.pubEnglish
              10·
              19 hours ago

              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.