It may be something to do with Christmas, it may not and although I have nothing to write about, I just want to publish something today. Just a distraction for working, that's what my subconsciousness tells me.
Wow a muse has just come up in the form of a phone call; I just got a call from a close friend who had just almost been stabbed. He was returning from uni, reasonably 11 o'clock on a Saturday night is late but nonetheless he comes from a safe area therefore something like this would never happen but he knows how to deal with muggings etc as he's constantly in London. But when a drunken hooligan was harassing him on the train and then when he got off the train, he pulled out a knife on him and threatened to kill him; it turned out to be a little too much to handle.
He called me and I could hear his voice shaking and I knew something had gone seriously wrong, he was absolutely petrified. We told me what had happened briefly and seemed to be over it pretty soon but none the less admitting his fear and being shaken up it such a big deal for him because he is never normally shaken by any nearby criminal activity.
The bottom line for me though was that he called me. Not the police. It just seems ridiculous that there is so little trust in the services these days, people would rather call a friend than a police officer. He wouldn't even call after to warn them or this dangerous, potentially fatal, man roaming through the streets of Canterbury because he knew they would do nothing about it. They would note it all down in official records however never send a true officer to check and protect the public. Why is there such a lack of trust in public services? Why do people feel they are better off committing crime themselves as a defence than calling the police?
This is where my legal mind takes me back to all the principles and Acts that have been passed to protect the public; to enable them to feel safe without having to carry weapons or commit criminal acts or take special measures to feel safe in their every day lives. The Public Act was updated back in the 1990's especially for this and every year there are new restrictions for personal use of weapons The Dangerous Weapons Act 2004 being the most significant. Young people are most at risk, they want to feel safe but truly they don't. A prime example of this is what happened to Kayle and another example is that I live in the safest neighbourhood in the whole of England yet I'm scared of walking home from college in the dark and never go anywhere on my own unless it's the middle of the day. It just seems absurd to me that the police are so helpless right now and things are only bound to get worse; the public cuts are affecting the police sector by several billion pounds. There are so many victims every day just due to recklessness with weapons and the public are scared, yes SCARED to contact their only hope. There are going to be fewer police forces with a higher crime rate as people will see nothing better but to turn to crime to protect themselves. This is not leading towards a brighter future after the next 10 daunting, despite what the Conservatives have been promising.This is leading towards a downfall of this country because our labour government of Brownites has been putting off repaying our debt and now it is too late. Despite us 'tightening our belts' as David Cameron has repeated in his speeches over and over these past months.
The rising crime rates, especially of antisocial behaviour and weapon related crime and robbery, have been increasing, devaluing the huge downfall in rape, murder, manslaughter; both voluntary and involuntary. Nobody sees how much of an achievement this is for the UK, the statistics of graver crimes are decreasing yet our country is still slipping further and further into an economic depression. How will Mr Cameron & Mr Clegg solve this hurdle of their beloved country?
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