By Steve Hackman
Britain is in the course of an explosion of gang crime. younger males armed with weapons and knives are locked in lethal 'postcode' feuds. The kill, maim and rob, and carry whole groups of their grip.
When scholar Steve Hackman used to be imprisoned for drug-dealing, he came across himself surrounded be this new breed of gangbanger. He seized the chance to delve into their risky international and discover the reality approximately their lives. With first-hand examine and interviews, he chronicles the present new release of violent crews, from significant conurbations equivalent to London, Manchester and Glasgow, to smaller cities and towns comparable to Halifax, Lancaster and Preston.
With bills of the lawless exploits of mobs corresponding to the hearth city workforce, the Fallowfield guy Dem, the Demolition workforce, the Burger Bar Boys and the terrifying Shielders, younger weapons is a surprising trip into the stark fact of gang lifestyles this day.
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His friend asked who he planned to look for. ‘Anybody,’ he replied. Seething with anger, Shahid stated that he would ‘chop them up and take their eyes out’. He didn’t care who he hurt, as long as they were white. The men who had attacked him were white, as were his enemies, the Young Shields Mad Squad. Therefore, he felt justified in killing the first white male he came across. Kriss Donald was walking with a friend near his home in Pollokshields when he was abducted at random. The Shielders attacked him with a hammer and screwdriver and dragged him into their stolen Mercedes.
Most are still involved in ‘the game’, despite protestations that they have given it up. What this book is not is an attempt at a comprehensive history of the problem, nor is it an exploration of the various solutions that have been tried or mooted. Rather it is a series of personal accounts, and telling snapshots, direct from the streets. While gang culture has been documented in places like Croxteth and Norris Green, there are regions where it has received almost no media attention. So I have written this book as a guide to the various firms that exist throughout the UK – some in places where you would expect to find them, others in more obscure locations.
Police records stated that he was ‘fearful’ of giving evidence and that he had been ‘expressing concerns about attending court through fear of being branded a grass’. ’ He was unsympathetic to the grave danger that Liversidge had placed himself in by even considering naming his attackers. Isiah Nelson and Esmond Thompson were found guilty of attempted murder and sentenced to twenty-two years’ imprisonment. Both men had a lengthy catalogue of previous offences, including a joint armed robbery in which £6,000 was stolen from Brightside Post Office.