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We drop a bodyguard today at some point Link to all of that is down in the description below, but this is talk TV investigates They look like button for me, man This is the Molly boys how London's most feared gang run drugs guns and violence across the Capitol Talk to me Our top story today a 15 year old girl has been stabbed to death in the rush hour in South London and two teenagers have been Sentenced to life in prison that leads crown court for the murder of a 15 year old boy The 21 year old man who was stabbed to death at the Notty Hill carnival has been named today by his manager as rapper To coyote Nimbard they are weapons that kill that can't be bought in shops So why is it so easy to buy zombie knives online? They're finding knives just like this But because there is no writing on the knives the police can do nothing as the politicians keep talking Teenagers and others keep dying That is because there's no writing on it reality What would your day look like when you come out to go to the shop young people can't even go to the shop I've got some young people. They've got to get to a cab to just go to the corner shop They cannot walk anymore. They cannot get in a tube. They cannot get on a bus Hey, that's how Chicago was the last neighborhood. I lived in boy. I was not walking nowhere That 30 had to be on me Block 1730 beam had to be on me. I'm not playing with them I'm not glorifying it at all, but like I need my safety in my life I value it and these other people in that neighborhood did not value life at all And it was nothing that I could say or do about it. Oh, yes I am a Christian man, but like at the same time I'm using wisdom. I'm walking with it. I don't care I'm walking with God and I'm walking with this 30 They go hand-in-hand you play with me I'm gonna be wise about it and send you up there. Don't play. No problems. You know what by themselves Allegedly because they will get killed on site by another child These are zombie knives. There's the chances of survival is very very slim These are people that are not emotionally disciplined to be killing people for what reason so fat And crime is plaguing London and it's on the rise with an increase of over 1500 knife crime incidents this year compared to the last and the Marley boys sometimes labelled as London's most violent and Organized gang are often at the forefront of headlines the gang which operates in East London has been accused and this is a very informative platform and a very informative 13 minutes, but y'all know what y'all did today equals when y'all drop this on the Do the roof They demand now and you right here. You this you should be like on a runway or something Anyway continue of grooming and exploiting young children Controlling drug trade in the area and using violent weapons such as zombie knives and some of their actions make the hit series stop Boy looking zombie knives We'll got on the machete. We can't afford new shoes And some of their actions make the hit series stop boy looked in But who are they really and why are they gaining notoriety at such a fast pace 16 of the 80 homicides in the capital so far this year have been teenagers last year 99 young people under 25 were murdered with a knife or sharp object in the 12 months to March 2022 13 of those were aged under 16 One of the most prominent and reportedly business-driven gangs in London is the Marley boys based in Walthamstow and Layton According to Trident, they're responsible for seven murders in three years or less that we know of News outlets tend to paint them as a small group of young people who have fled war-torn Somalia and settled in the UK But through investigating further we have found that the group is ethnically diverse There are over 200 people of a wide range of ages associated with the group Was This is Valentin road in London's Walthamstow It's been both the most dangerous street and some say it's run by the molly boys The notorious gang have been associated with crimes from murder to arson and sex attacks The latest alleged ringleader who is humza or huck is currently serving life behind bars for double murder Earlier this year received a second jail term for at least 36 years for a fatal stabbing Both killings were in revenge over a fatal attack on a fellow molly boy gang member Elijah Donnelly But the group itself are still at large and have become a prominent feature in the uk drill music operating under the name the molly strike But while the music seems to glorify a violent lifestyle Or the ones that the main ones at least right to realize fatal crime a lot of members say that characterization And many of them want to get out but can't and all they members period Three quarters of ours in london with the highest levels of violent offending are also in the top 10 most deprived Those same areas also have higher proportions of children under 20 living in poverty than the london average Ricardo and jesse are in a volunteer run media project in a waltham forest gang territory The project was started by a man who knows everything about gangs He's written a book about them. In fact, it's his own story He was a notorious gangster divine as an entrepreneur and writer who runs a knife crime charity kiss for life He grew up in walthamstow and became a player in the gang violence there He even went to school with some of the molly boys He spoke to us about why so many people who are young are becoming involved in conflict I was about 13 when I originally got involved in A downward spiral or a dark the gang life if you'd put it in that way What sort of led me down that road are many different factors a lack of self-discipline In terms of my own personal accountability for that, but in terms of a bigger picture 13 it was the influences around me That sort of led me down that road. I was born in uk moved to Ghana when I was two I came back when I was seven and when I came the environment was completely um a different environment in terms of You know trying to create a self self belief We was in an environment where a lot of young people You could just be bullied or you can be picked on just by Being a certain like not being in an in-crowd or something like that And then when you realize that you're fed and people Sort of do as you say you realize you can then capitalize off that and Go into things that can make you money and doing that you realize you're now sparing into a very aggressive Violent road so I wanted cars. I wanted jewelry. I wanted All these things because I believed it's going to make me feel valued and when I realized after going through that journey and having all these things I still did not feel like I was a valuable person to society because I would go into certain environments Some of my friends I would go to school colleges universities and I think that the minute I realized my self value Everything around me. Just like I was like I was like I was like I was like Everything around me just like it just because it's just like being in a toxic relationship and you wake up one day and said enough Is enough Imagine 13 year old kid you live in an area like Tottenham Yeah, and you you go to a school. That's quite close to woodgreen and woodgreen has a lot of conflicts with Tottenham So just the fact that you're going to school and you're from that area automatically Then with your bumper seed as an enemy just by default being able to protect yourself and say I'm going to get a knife That's how I be in Chicago, man. When you a certain color you'll be an enemy by default like certain certain, you know Certain hispanic games and they they they they into it with african-american games when you see that color like you automatically on go Or when a lot of the schools got shut down in Chicago Then this side of the town school had to go to a different school that had these members over there And they had to cut through this town Like that. It's dangerous going to school 7 a.m. In the morning. I'm trying to get to school. It's dangerous out here As much as it sounds very crazy cannot be the the most baddest idea Now people carrying knives it now puts you in a position where you can easily become the perpetrator I've seen in a lot of the work I do in colleges in the u.s. All across england With my organization kiss for life. We realized there's a lot of people that ended up in issues that they became the ones Stabbing or killing someone but essentially they saw themselves as A victim and having to carry a knife was a way to protect themselves Just carrying a knife to protect yourself because of the environment you're in even though you didn't want to You felt it was the right choice to do now you're in a position where You've ended up stabbing up someone because you're angry. You know what I mean and it happens Yeah, that's how it be in chicago. A lot of people were carrying pipes just because they have to Not because they want to but like it's so dangerous in certain areas. You've got to But the difference in america is Well, you can get self-defense If everything looked right Actually every single day It's a recipe for disaster and then back to the selling drugs for example at the molly boys and everything else If you're in america and chicago specifically if I have any Firearm that I'm not supposed to have And somebody comes out to me and initiates something and I fire on them without a self-defense I'm not going to go to jail for him I'm going to get I'm going to beat that But I'm going to go to jail for having a pipe though. That's the only charge I'm going to have I don't authorize use of a fire Which is what five years probably get out of two Two and a half three We take those I'm alive Environment where you know financially that's the mindset everyone around you is struggling and you have no money And people are able to give you A job or a platform where you could be earning 500 pound at the age of 13 to 16 Again, it doesn't seem like the most craziest idea A lot of these young people are going through traumatic situations. They are just literally mentally Disturbed and challenged just from the upbringing coming up. It's far Easier for a lot of young people to end up in the environment They didn't even want to be in now the average young person carries a knife that goes from their their knee To their waist like this big. These are zombie knives. There's the chances of survival Minimum it's very very slim Like what is this they found this on somebody? It's a ninja set of And you hit somebody with this like what like what is it? These are huge They're killing killing tools that you can't have a rumbo knife for any other reason than to kill someone Colin James started gangs unite cic with the hopes of reducing gang violence in the area His initiative street fathers looks to provide people on the streets with the father A place to stay if they're in need offering options to people who perhaps feel trapped I find a lot of young people when they come out of prison There is nothing for them And these young people don't really want to learn a trade now. So they Tend to drift in and out. I said we never call them gangs We call them man them. We call them firms. We call them crews Where I grew up I grew up in an estate. There's probably 120 children in there So we was never labeled us as a gang. We named us of crews or firms It's the government that gave the children the label gangs All we had was our name and our reputation And I would have done anything to keep that See, I think prevention is the most important aspect of working with young people, especially in youth crime The government deals with intervention and they Give kids young kids something to do. Let them see that there's something else out there Fun intervention, but intervention is too late Channel channel that anger and aggression and that someone's already been hurt. Someone's already become a victim See inherently inherently is a strong word. I don't think anyone is naturally violent There is probably a few probably five percent of the The world population is probably that way I think experiences and it's all circumstantial See see most people the reason why I believe most people go on the road is economical They believe it's for money and everybody goes out there and thinks it's an easy way of making money But as we was talking about earlier on Is societal everybody wants to find their place in life Especially young people we all do we all want to find out who our friends are what pair groups do we belong to Some strive for higher pair groups And to get into those higher prayer groups now you've got to do certain things and you've got to be a certain way And you've got to be Either that man or that pacific female to get in those pacific circles now You know people think that young people are being groomed and they always use this word groom groom groom Facts, right? It's just naive what you've got to say about this. How do I always use this word groom groom groom? It's just naive and vulnerable young people that want to do these things Because they want to fit in they want to impress they want to be a part Do you feel like well from stares become unsafe as some people say could agree I'm moving so it is it's just like any other area Every area is safe until young people are there It's unsafe and it's only dangerous for young people But when a 14 year old boy like Jayden gets killed It's nothing We got killed in a mistaken identity Um, we got on a motorbike which belonged to somebody else And someone else must have done something on the motorbike and been known to him And some people was looking for someone on that motorbike. They saw him. He's got crash on me on They drove up to him knocked him off the motorbike and stabbed him nine times Well, if I had my if it was down to me Once you get caught with a gun on knife I've put you in the army since you want to be a murderer and since you want to use weapons I think that they they need to be more harsher with the kind of penalties that they're given for carrying those type of knives I call them weapons of mass destruction Because that's what they cause I said once you go in a gang or you go on the road or you Choose to do certain things you take your whole family with you anyway And the way that it deals with now if I can't get you I'm gonna I'm gonna get your sister I'm gonna get your brother. I'm gonna get your mom. And this is how I think once you decide to go on the road And get ups and everybody's gonna take your whole family with you and they just don't understand that Professor Andrew Whitaker of london satbank university who wrote a report focusing on gang conflicts in the area said Since 2010 more than 4500 youth work jobs have been cut in 760 youth centers Since 2010 more than 4500 youth work jobs have been cut in 760 youth centers have closed So does our government need to do more for young people? And could we ever see our streets without gang violence? I'm muted my bad the answer like I said to the questions Her question yes And her question no I mean y'all y'all cut all those youth jobs y'all not really giving nobody no choice So when they're out here broke can't get a job, but we trying and then it's like oh man, let me There's an opportunity my mom is hungry. I'm hungry. We about to lose our house. Let me do something Tell a little like common man