More knife crime in Southend on sea

Police Dispersal Orders are issued all the time, all over England, I’m not sure about elsewhere.
The police did not ‘just look on’.
Is there some sort of hysteria affecting certain members of GN so they can’t fact check before posting?
Thank you GG13.

I do however think that granny gravy could sound a bit less like a headmistress when correcting me.
Will go to the back of the class 😂

Granny gravy put my mind at rest a bit, my daughter was obviously a bit too close to it all to give a more matter of fact account.
Tbh Southend has suffered this for several summers, indeed there have been fatalities due to stabbings. Is too close to east London so there is an overspill of such criminality.
When we lived there was not like this and in fact my daughter and husband are planning to move.

Grandmabatty

I think you are being unfair to Grannygravy who is attempting to give facts and steer clear from overwrought comments. No-one is doubting the awfulness of the situation, certainly not Grannygravy.

No overwrought comments? Seems to be able to, quite rightly, condemn the behaviour in Southport perfectly adequately.

Nicenanny3

England is a tinderbox.

So stop fanning the flames. No its not.

England is a tinderbox.

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GB news report

I think you are being unfair to Grannygravy who is attempting to give facts and steer clear from overwrought comments. No-one is doubting the awfulness of the situation, certainly not Grannygravy.

GrannyGravy13 - are you actually trying to play this down?? Youths running around the streets wielding machetes trying to kill each other while (I think they were) Police just looking on? Is this what we’ve descended into, a country where this barely gets a mention? Where’s the condemnation of this?

Thanx for the update
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Statement from Essex Police

There were six youths with machetes, as evidenced by CCTV at the seafront end of the High Street along with CCTV cameras from the amusement arcades opposite Adventure Island.

Police have not said where any of those involved come from.

Southend is not in lockdown it is subject to a Police Dispersal Order which means that if large groups of any people are found to be congregating they can be ordered to disperse and move on.

PDO’s are issued regularly round here, there was one the other week to stop travellers from holding a pony and trap meet
(Wasn’t successful as they held the meet in my road)