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Does this represent a sui generis rise of violence or is this the result of substitution of weapons to commit crimes (like mugging, say) that were already happe
by zkms 9y ago
Does this represent a sui generis rise of violence or is this the result of substitution of weapons to commit crimes (like mugging, say) that were already happening?
- evgen 9y agoThe latter. After a "scourge" of knife crime that reached the level of almost one death a week (mostly gang-related) the city cracked down on knife crimes and arrests for possession of same. This is the substitution that carries with it a slight bit of anti-immigrant dog whistle given some previous high-profile cases of acid attacks being used in "honour" crimes against women.
- krona 9y agoCarrying a knife in a public area is generally illegal, whereas a bottle of something that looks like water in a casual inspection isn't sufficient grounds for concern. Also, the use of police stop and search powers have fallen dramatically in the past year because of a concern over ethic bias in the statistics. An offensive weapon is any article made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person, or intended by the person having it with him for such use by him or by some other person.