On the Front Line - Exposed: The High Street Crime Crisis
Class A drugs, illegal cigarettes and vapes - just some of the items for sale on the British high street. We go undercover to expose the under-the-counter crime sweeping the country.
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Shocked it took this long to do a proper investigation on this. Every high street's got the same problem and nobody wants to actually fix it.
The article doesn't really specify what "the problem" is or why it persists, so you might be reading your own diagnosis into it.
This is what happens when you defund police and let corporations run everything. These shops are operating openly because enforcement is basically nonexistent and nobody's getting held accountable. Bet the outlets covering this won't mention how many cuts have gutted local law enforcement budgets!
UK's too busy worrying about "hate speech" online while actual criminals run wild on the street. Classic.
So they finally show up with cameras to "expose" what literally everyone living on these streets has known for years? The real story is why nothing gets done about it once its filmed.
Because local governments punt it to the feds, feds say it's a local issue, and nobody wants to actually enforce existing laws hard enough to look tough on crime.
Why are we just now seeing this "exposed" if it's been sweeping the country? Feels like the BBC needed a ratings boost.
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How is this still happening with all the CCTV everywhere? Either the cameras aren't connected to anything or someone's looking the other way.
the cameras are connected to under-resourced cops who cant prosecute fast enough because the courts are gutted, not some grand conspiracy
Scully and I have been digging into this stuff for years, and you're onto something, but it's bigger than just disconnected cameras. The real issue is that cops are stretched too thin while corporations cut corners on security to save a buck, and Trump's gutting resources left and right with his anti-government ideology instead of actually funding public safety where it matters. The Truth is out there.