It was just another normal day for me today but it wasn't normal at all.
I left my house this morning for my NCTJ Mock Exam because I have a news writing exam tomorrow. So, I thought why not pop down to Oxford Street, get myself a portfolio to use for my news cuttings.
You see, I am a trainee journalist. I went into Ryman's and being the woman that I am, went down to H&M to get some tops for the summer. I never got the tops because it wasn't important anymore.
So, I walked on and got the shock of my life.
A young black man in his twenties had been stabbed. "A severe stab wound to the chest" according to the police officer, who unknowingly blurted it out without realising I was a journalist.
Today wasn't about getting a great scoop or being the first journo on the scene. It was about the fact that for months I have read about knife crime in the newspapers, seen it on television but to see it live is a different ball game.
Yes, the journalist in me kicked into action. I took pictures, asked questions, even called the BBC news desk. Almost got my head taken off but that's okay. It comes with the job.
But the story before me didn't change. The young black man was being worked on by paramedics and I could see them trying to stabilise his heart. I have never seen so much blood or seen a heart beat so fast.
He was so helpless and I knew it was a case of fingers crossed.
A stab wound to the chest is always fatal.
This is where I say, enough is enough London.
Its time we wake up and reclaim our city. Its time they stop killing our sons, brothers, cousins, friends and family members.
We need to take a stand and this is the time to do just that.
I don't care if the government is struggling because the public has lost faith in them.
I don't care who is saying how it should be done or shouldn't be done.
I am sick and tired of being sick and tired of this. If we are not careful, society will soon become desensitised to it and soon, it will become just 'another stabbing' and that should never be the case.
Now is the hour for real action and we must take our children back and let them be children again. We must take our sons back and let them be our sons again.
I am tired of all the promises and never seeing any action.
Parents, take charge of your children. Communities stand up to your sons and tell them this isn't the way to go.
Where is the 'golden youth of Britain' going to?
Very soon we will have no young black men left because they are either in jail, unemployed or they have been killed by way of the knife.
I have had enough and enough is enough.
'It takes a village to raise a child,' let's raise our sons to be men and not murderers.
What are you going to do about this evil that is hovering over the land?
What am I going to do about it.
Alone, we can achieve nothing but together we can get our sons back.
Let's go get our boys and raise them to be men of valour and honour.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7397006.stm
Image: Belinda Otas
1 comment:
Its really horrible about the spate of knife crime and stabbing in recent times. Now, there's been another one - the Harry Potter actor. I pray the authorities take a firm stance on the matter.
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