Why I carried a knife: ‘The only way is to defend yourself. My life was under attack’ | Knife crime
WWhen I was 16, my friends and I used to hang out at the Estate Youth Club. We didn't come from bad backgrounds, we were good kids. We rapped about the lifestyle on the road, and the youth workers were like, “You're trying to be something you're not.” He was right. Most of our parents […]
Idris Elba argues against mandatory prison sentences for carrying a knife | Knife crime
Idris Elba has spoken out against mandatory prison sentences for knife possession, as the nation deepens the debate over how to deal with an “epidemic” of street violence. The actor and campaigner said there was no “one size fits all” approach to banning weapons and warned against criminalizing young people caught up in cycles of […]
Video shows fast food worker shove Tulsa woman climbing into drive-thru to allegedly try to rob Burger King with knife
Police in Oklahoma are trying to identify a woman who was caught on video attempting to rob a Burger King with a sheathed knife while her dog sat next to her. The incident occurred on Oct. 10 at 11:13 p.m., according to a date stamp on the video, which was shot at a Tulsa fast […]
Off-duty Arkansas officer kills shoplifting suspect who attacked him with a knife, police say
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Police in Arkansas say an off-duty police officer working security at a Walmart on New Year's Eve shot and killed a shoplifting suspect who attacked him with a knife. Arkansas State Police chase ends with arrest of suspect in connection with murder of co-worker in Maine Little Rock Police Officer […]