UK Top Anti Gang Worker "Raided" By Police.

If you're in the business of working hard, to save the lives of our young people in the anti violence sector, and you work in partnership with police and local authorities, you really need to watch this explosive interview with one of Britain's leading 'anti gang' practitioners Gwenton Dennis Sloley 

The Mayor of London really needs to pay attention. As a former Policing Director of Policing for London I can tell him that Londons Black communities trust and confidence in police in London is at the lowest levels ever recorded in Londons history, according to figures recorded by their Met in their annual confidence survey. 

While everyones focused on Brexit, the acute unemployment, poverty , ill health, overcrowding and police harassment, have become grievously exacerbated by a decade of austerity. 

Poverty drives violence and poor communities, trapped by criminals to the right and highly aggressive, institutionally racist police force on the left, tell me what is a community to do ? 

When all black people are considered criminals by the police, they critically undermine the fight against crime. 

This case is just one of many. How is it, when we want to work with the police to address the wretched level of violence, this happens ? And it nit the first time either. 

Why would the Met. target one of the most credible, anti violence youth workers in the UK, workers who put their lives and reputations on the line to save lives ? 

The message Brexit Britain is sending is clear, any black person in the public eye or in high profile positions, is a legitimate target for racist lies, deceit and false innuendo. 

This constant undermining of black leadership is now routine, From Gwenton to Diane Abbott, from Raheem Sterling to Jahmelia, wherever we rise there is a backlash against black talent. 

The fight against violence in London is in a mess, relations are the worst Ive seen in decades, confrontations with the police are on the rise, and no one has any clue or effective response to this crisis. 

Civil disturbances sparked by a aggressive and illegal Stop and Search will be the spark. The harassment of Gwenton is further evidence of the parlous state of relations and a indication of the depth of institutional racism in the Met. 

Currently the state of relations are as bad as this pre 1986 and 2011, and nobody with the ability to do something about it gives a damn. 

When it blows as it will, the consequences will be tragic and catastrophic.Gwenton speaks out in the interview.  

How does the UK’s top anti gang worker ends up being racially targeted by the very he’s trained and working with. ? 

Find out in this explosive interview;

"I was warned they're were going to come after me, I was told I'm getting too big for my boots, because I was challenging statutory services to account for their failings to provide early intervention and services, that cost young peoples lives." 

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Recruiting for Code 7's Lambeth School Patrols

Lambeth struggles with increasing rates of youth violence. Last summer a series of after school fights took place that were serious and could have resulted in serious injury or worse. Possession of a knives by school children is rising as young children try and protect themselves from attack.

In response local charity Code Seven, held three community consultation meetings and as a result of community demand, Lambeth School Patrols was born.

We believe in self help and and are now ready to recruit people to its school patrols. We will offer training and a support package to volunteers. Please help us help ourselves and lets show London that black people are capable of taking action against violence.

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Black Organisations Letter to London Mayoral Candidates on Youth Violence.

Press Release

April 20^th 2016

For immediate release

Open Letter on Youth Violence in London to All Mayoral Candidates.

Youth violence in London is rising and too many young Londoners are living their lives in fear of violent crime. The safety of your young and their right to equitable access to the privileges and freedoms offered to their more fortunate peers is now the number one political concern of black Londoners.

The recent murders of Myron Yardie and Lewis Elwin has left a community traumatised, angry and anxious. Such crime disproportionately affects London's African and Caribbean Communities. Research shows that such crime is symptomatic of the extraordinarily high rates of unemployment, poverty and socio-economic exclusion in the capital and across the country as a whole. We are deeply concerned about the disproportionately high numbers that are excluded from school without appropriate support who then become part of the schools to prisons pipeline or worse end up murdered on the streets of London in greater numbers than any other single ethnic group. 

Operation Black Vote, National Black Police Association (NBPO), Blaksox

(Social Action Movement), The Association of Black Police Officers (ABPO), and Voyage (key community based service provider) in partnership with many leading black organisations and community groups are now urgently considering what both they and the next Mayor of London can do, in partnership, to address and stem these rising rates of violence. 

Last year witnessed a massive spike in the numbers of teenage black men murdered in London. By 2015 years end this figure had risen to 19. What is less publicised and debated by politicians is that in addition to these horrific figures, there are countless numbers of walking wounded, those who survived violent attack, but remain emotionally and psychologically traumatised and living in fear.

It has come as no surprise to our police, nurses, community workers, teachers and others that live and work in some of the most economically disadvantaged communities in London that we now find ourselves in this position. 

Bernard Hogan-Howe Commissioner of Police for London amongst many others, warned about this growing violence trend and advised that it was simply not possible to 'police our way of out' of this issue. Our concern is that as a result of increased rates of inequality, poverty and unemployment, we are revisiting the shockingly high levels of youth violence that were first seen in London when Boris Johnson became Mayor in 2008.

We contend that in the last 8 years very little has fundamentally changed. In fact, post the 2011 riots some would say the socioeconomic issues that were identified as “the drivers” that sparked the subsequent violence and civil unrest, have actually become much more acute. 

Black Londoners and Londoners as a whole, urgently need to know what the next Mayor of London intends to do to address these critically important issues that continue to blight the image of London as a safe city and good place to live and raise a family. We will also be seeking meaningful answers from decision makers across the most affected London boroughs in addition to those regional and national services who have been commissioned to address and tackle these issues, but have not had a meaningful foot-print in our communities.

Note to editors and other interested parties:

For further information please contact:

ashlee.bpa@outlook.com

Info@blaksox.com

Viv Ahmun: 07985 395 166

Ashlee Gomes 07887 635 375