I heard the news stories yesterday about the sad death of Peter Woodhams, murdered by the hands of yet another street gang!
Now I read that “A senior Scotland Yard officer has apologised to the family for any hurt caused by the earlier inquiry” – referencing the stabbing that Peter had suffered at the hands of the same gang in January this year!
Perhaps apologies is not what is needed at this time, but a step up in Policing methods to bring all of the gang members who participated in this tragic incident to justice, now! The ‘Metropolitan Police London Gang Squad’ know who all the gang members are, all they (the police) need to do, is to go out and get them.
I wonder how many more incidents like this one are going to happen before the government suddenly realise that one of the things that we elect them for, is to look after us in a number of different ways, such as health care, defense of the nation and crime prevention.
Why, as we go forward through this first decade of the new century, do we still have have discussions about the number of police on the streets, the lightness of sentences for what seem to be major offences and an obsession with performance figures when people like Peter are still attacked and murdered on our streets.
Aplogises won’t bring him back, but serious action now, may prevent this sort of thing happening again, and again, and again!
Tags: Metropolitan Police, Gun Crime, Gangs
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