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Originally Posted by cashman
of course there were gangs in the 60s, but was not aware we were talking about organised crime "Krays" and the like, the gangs of teds n the like used to have punch ups, the differance is = with other teds,not kids,n pensioners n the like,something that even evil gits like the Krays would not allow in Bethnal Green,
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Which was sort of my point - the big gang leaders wouldn't allow anyone to step out of line, so they policed the minor thugs and young idiots.
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Originally Posted by cashman
i dont think policing violence will reduce it,you have got to attack the root cause. i would disagree that people fight back more now than way back, in fact i would think Less, cos stabbing,shooting etc could be the end result.
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The police got to the route cause and took away the gang leaders and you've got a free for all.