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We never hear about the victims man We never hear about the victims and what has done to them mentally physically what it's done to everybody around them You know I'm saying and I think it's important that we know So the next time you outside messing with people who are have are not involved Now you got something to think about these PD's these what do we what shall I call them? civilians Leave civilians alone. They got nothing to do with nothing. Let's get into this man. This is from Channel 4 news Wakes the house wakes to the clicks and clacks of long-term care That's Lisa This is where it's like a massive responsibility because it's getting dosage and everything right No, we don't There's no time to ease into the day Gonna do meds, okay James Basko Smith is one of a handful of people in London who has survived a deadly Injury just called on Tuesday the 23rd of February Yo Last year we don't call them at least in Chicago. We don't call them civilians. We call them neutrons Like neutral neutrons. That's what we call James left his mum on the doorstep for a few minutes. He was test-riding a new bike In that time he was run over then stabbed repeatedly An innocent victim caught between two rival gangs Suddenly a young boy into gymnastics and his DJ decks was having his chest opened by medics on the street Feeding to take his two attackers. They had to crack his chest in the middle of the street. No way Been sentenced to life in prison The judge said to quaint Lewis and Leon Rashid had been searching for a target to murder The attack triggered by a drill music video and online provocation between the gangs James was in court today, but he gave his impact statement through a video message. I did not deserve this He told the court. I just want to know why they did this to me His attackers watched from the dock There's somebody outside that door with him 24 cents. I didn't a lot of you. They did those bogus I'm talking they were above and beyond the call of gangsterism at some point like Every time that's gonna catch up with you. I Don't condone it man. Like I said man leave leave innocent people alone Why are you gonna attack an innocent person when there's real ops out here that you could be? You know, I'm saying like I don't understand I first met the family on the helipad of college hospital exactly one week after the stabbing I had a face time from him With him on the floor like telling me mom. I've been stabbed Yes, we have got justice It still doesn't change the position James is in it doesn't change the Lifestyle that we're now having to live This is James's journey And the story of his family and friends they too are the victims of violence James, what do you think about when you think of the future? Five knives were found on the road where James was attacked His liver was lacerated and his lung was punctured. He lost a significant amount of blood which led to brain damage So at the early stages, um, I was wondering like how did this happen, but you lost a significant amount of blood Okay, we had family counselling and when this first happened and it was a huge help But the help wasn't accessible Lisa's sister happened to know a counsellor and Moving to a specially adapted house was a struggle up to this point. We still kind of feel like We've been hard done by because it's everything that we want to do We're having to fight for it. Oh gosh, we have that's messed up Before and after is cremesli want to do We're having to fight for it. Oh gosh. We had such a rough move with housing It was very much just like well, we can't help you and We're trying to we was trying to explain to them But if we was a member of a gang and we had to flee our current area The council or whoever it was would pick us up and move us out as true I heard about that for their for their safety because they had What's the thing called where they give you that paper where they said somebody's after you Barra quite easily But instead for us It was because we weren't a gang member There weren't no right channels that the council had to follow in order to get us to move One but four five. Yeah, and yet life had to move quickly for everyone There's Maddie who's eager to help her cousin James But grapples with the realities of violence in the community. She's five Currently medicines in therapy because of the impact a few months after this happened. It was at home getting ready for church and Maddie said Mum, there's people outside. They're screaming and shouting and there was an incident and she said they're going to come and kill me I don't want to go. I don't want to go outside We sent freedom of information requests the 29 Major trauma units in the uk asking for figures on the numbers of 16 to 25 year olds left with life changing injuries from a weapon We found the data on life changing injuries difficult to access and it's acknowledged that when numbers are being tracked There's no uniformity within the system So for example at what age do you stop being a young person that changes from one organization to the next? So it's little wonder that families are struggling to access mental health support or say housing support When the system doesn't measure What it needs? I know in Chicago. We had Victims crime unit So if you're a victim of a crime they made everything very very easy and accessible for you To provide We very seldom focus on the actual survivors when you're a survivor from this type of extreme trauma You survive with consequences Duncan Bue was James's surgeon I think there was better visibility in life changing injuries I think it could make a real impact in terms of services to be able to wrap around patients to provide a continuum of support I'm not just focused on those early dates when they first present with trauma When we look at the patients that we saw during the covid period We had about a 40% reduction in trauma victims coming through the hospital during that period But then we're now back up to pre pandemic levels James's teenage sanctuary can also feel lonely at times How often do you speak to your friends? Do they ring? Not as often as you would like, okay I know James has had a couple of close friends, which you know They've dropped out of college the younger ones. I think We definitely need to look out for them a lot more and you know work with them See as we can put in place because I think What's going on y'all? There are times when a gloom descends on the family triggered by money worries or flashbacks But Lisa says over he's fresh though No, he put that shit on though, isn't he? They're the lucky ones Because this support and encouragement is without price We're chatterjee there with James's story now It's estimated that more than 200 000 children in England between the ages of 11 and 17 are vulnerable to serious violence Today a report from the commission on young lives says a combination of covid The rising cost of living and a possible return to austerity is a gift to those who exploit children It says the crisis of teenage violence requires some immediate changes Including monthly cobra style government meetings a new sure start program for teenagers And the extension of free school meals to all families receiving universal credit Well, Anne Longfield who chairs the commissioners with me and I'm also joined by Amani Simpson Who works alongside her and runs a social enterprise aviad inspires to empower young people and he also Survived a stabbing attack. Thank you to both of you for coming in For anyone who needs to understand the impact of the violence you're talking about today It is written in a terrible way through James's story. It is completely. He told the court I did not deserve this. It is hard to live like this. There are other James's there are children Who are killed? What needs to be done? How serious is that? Yeah, this is devastating to those individuals their families their communities And it's something that we it's in front of us in in in plain view But no one's looking in my view. There are of course interventions. There are people doing fantastic work There are great local organizations They're living hand-to-mouth often with short-term money without getting that support And nationally we do do some things to alleviate some of this, but it's all sticking past the stuff We need to really commit to get to the bottom I don't really like this part of the any show man because they be talking they be talking they be talking and nothing be happening really I'll be tired of hearing talking, you know, I'm saying do get something done You know, we're never going to stop violence, but like at the end of it There's victims that need to be helped and everything else needs to be in place and it needs to be smooth But why is that an issue? You know why it's an issue probably somewhere along that line It's a money issue somewhere somebody's greedy Somebody can't doesn't want to put that much money in like come on, bro I didn't try to be hearing this I'm gonna listen to it some of these social problems and really help prevent this happening Which is why we're putting forward these plans today, which will help make that happen But the report suggests that there did y'all hear me? Was I muted? No, I wasn't muted. Okay. No, I wasn't muted There are children who are known to the authorities who are known to be vulnerable And yet they're being ignored. I mean Imani. What's your experience? First and foremost, I think it's heartbreaking that video My heart goes out to James and his family as a survivor of knife crime who Has been able to turn my life around and live a particular standard of life. It breaks my heart to watch that And yeah, you're right There's lots of young people that are known to the system and And unfortunately still getting groomed and that's why we put these recommendations forward because we don't want that to continue fundamentally There's so many different Services and a lot of the time they're not speaking to each other They're not Wrapping around this young person and their family and we need to make sure that you know systemic changes are put in place that are sustainable And often not not not offering practical support I mean we heard of cases where you know, there was a young person We may be 20 or even 30 professionals around them But still they weren't getting that practical help and there would be the meetings going on about their welfare But at the same time they were suffering at risk of awful consequences It's as if no one understands who is responsible for actually protecting these children and keeping them safe from harm And that's part of what we need to resolve I mean reading your report going to any court case involving children and young people who have been involved in violence Or who've carried out violence You're very often here both victim and perpetrator are both known to have had problems at school Maybe to have been excluded at school People know they are struggling and yet nothing is done until there is a terrible tragedy. Where is it going wrong? Well, I think that the will needs to be there to resolve this I don't think there is an acknowledgement of the magnitude of this and the impact of this which is why I think we need to That's a fact the will does need to be there A lot of people don't this stuff don't affect them like a lot of people that are in charge Doesn't affect them doesn't affect anybody around them Don't know what it's really like outside They put up silver spoon. I don't want to say silver spoon, but like Their parents were there to protect them and shield them for a lot food a lot of stuff They weren't born into a lot of things, you know what I'm saying? They'll never know So it's like There's that fridge again. This is a threat to our country. These are 200 000 young people with lives ahead of them Are we going to stand by and let them come to the most dreadful kind of experiences that we're seeing? So it has to be that level of intervention from the top from government It needs better use of money and the engine of government behind it with that will to make a difference David Cameron did a bit of this with child sexual exploitation It now needs to be the same with this and also just to add to that as well a lot of the projects that we're hearing about Are not always sustainable They get funding for a couple of years and you start to kind of build a relationship with the young person Then they pull it out from underneath the the legs of the family and the young people. That's unacceptable, you know Talk about it. Talk about it Talk about it. And you know when when these projects probably be put out during running years during election time During time where you know you the the neighborhood is needed, you know what I'm saying reports like this come out and ours is You know obviously One of a few that have come up before to say this is what needs to happen When are we going to stop kind of I mean as a young man you you became involved for a little while in county lines You ended up I was actually groomed into which is exactly what the report is talking about Children who are vulnerable. I was in a in a secure child home secure home and Kind of my relationship my family had broken down and someone saw that vulnerability and took advantage and his actual words to me Were you know, do you want to make some money and obviously, you know anyone in here? We say do you know make some money they're going to say yes I didn't realize what I was getting into and you know I'm I'm blessed that I had a support system when I was ready to kind of take another path that I could lean on But I feel devastated for the young people that don't have that and yes There's mentoring services and things like that But you know, there's there's so much more that needs to happen on a systemic level for these young people And it's critical, isn't it when Amani says, you know someone says Tim do you want to make some money? People scoff at the idea sometimes that poverty is part of the problem Or that the cost of living crisis might be exacerbating this but what did you find? But it's very real You know the lure of that but also now kids knowing that their families have very little sometimes nothing They feel that responsibility themselves for bringing money into the household. So we need to fight back I mean one of the things we're saying is actually have an army of youth practitioners To be the ones that are on the lookout for these kids as well to be able to support them But again with all of these things it takes will and it's political choice and also ghost otf. That's a fact man That's a fact when you grow up around all of this stuff. You do know what's going on even if even if you were a kid I don't I don't like the word grooming either. It's another word that need to be came up with but I get what they say, but like So at the moment sorry to cut across you but at the moment, you know, this raft of recommendations costs money I mean, do you do you hear the government saying at this particular point? Yes, we'll make these kids a priority No No, not in any way But I would say we're spending billions at the moment when things go wrong This is about seven spending it better in a different way to not only prevent crisis But also to help these young people succeed as citizens in this country Yeah And one of the key things from the report that we we've highlighted is that actually using the proceeds of crime That are sitting in dormants accounts and you know being able to use that as a way to kind of fuel this army of of of Rome using the proceeds of crime That are sitting in dormant accounts allegedly sitting Not being used already Models for young people to me that feels like a no-brainer It doesn't take too much to arrange that right in the sense of Kind of accessing that and putting the right things in place and obviously allowing like a An administration of national charities to get around this initiative Because to me, you know when I speak about my own personal experience It was a youth work or it was a a teacher or a mentor that looked like me that understood my perspective that gave me hope He he spoke to me, you know, I've got a teacher that said to me look I don't care what you've done prior to walking into my classroom from this moment forward I'm only going to talk about your future and try and help you to get there And we need more of that for young people No, no cap talk about it, man I went to a high school that did not understand me one One one bit they couldn't even walk a Mile in a teenager's shoe So it was really hard for me But you know Is what it is man. 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