Monday morning it was all over the news - a teenager got himself killed here in Beckenham, thankfully the other far side of Beckenham. I feel badly for his mother, his family - you can't not feel bad for them.
The article from the Beeb here sets out the story. Naturally, the victim, eventhough he was in a gang and they actively took part in gang-related violence in the area, has suddenly become a saint. He was a lovely loving boy. He wouldn't do anyone harm. Blah blah blah.
My god - they act like hooligans - we've seen enough of the way they act, the way they break car windows, the way they taunt the elderly people in the area and frighten them so much that they don't want to leave their homes. They honest to god think they own the world, they fear no one, not the cops, not their parents. They live by their own "standards" and see being in a gang as cool - mainly because it's been glorified by shows like Prison Break, music video's - these kids have NO IDEA what they are doing. Because society prefers to look the other way, with the nanny culture in this country, no one is prepared to take a stance. Thanks to these so called pissy gangs, people are moving out of the area, because the police can't do anything - the kids aren't scared of them because what's the worst that's going to happen? Community sentence? A few months in juvie? Nothing to be scared of. In fact, it just gives them more street cred. Woot.
Back to the sweet talking of the innocent lovely dead boy. Why doesn't anyone ever stand up and say "You know, this guy was a shit. He behaved abysmally and he was never really liked. He fell in with the wrong crowd, got into trouble and was a genuine nuisance to society?" Is it because newspapers sell sympathy more than the truth?
Anyway - now there is going to be retribution. Yay. More bloodshed on our streets. I can't wait.
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