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''25 gunmen march through moss side''

Part2 said:
I work in Moss Side, have done for 12 years, never had a problem here.

Even as a 17 year old I walked through what was the frontline at all times of day and night, often on my own and not once had anything out of order happen. Some fella occasionally mithers me for 40p outside the chippy which is a drag but he doesn't mind being turned down.
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Yeah, sorry bout that- I usually have enough for chips, but I like to get a bit of gravy too!
 
shit only just saw this Kidda ... and we're not too far from you in withington... how's things atm chuck? :eek:
 
hey mate, im closer to you two than you think. i live pretty much on the border with withington ;)

things are still a bit strange, there seems to be a real attempt to keep things as silent as possible, loads of people weve spoken to didnt know it had happened, including a project working with kids in that area that the gunmen actually pretty much walked past. bizarre.

some of the kids ive talked to seem to be pretty scared that this can happen, they expressed that they dont feel safe and fell pretty abandoned by everyone. which is a perfect breeding ground for these gangs to get the kids on board. There was another shooting outside a well known youth centre that works with young people involved in guns and gang crime, as usual, no ones saying owt.

theres been a few raids over the past couple of weeks which seem to have stirred things a little.

There does seem to have been a increase in coke around here atm though which a lot of the teletubby gangsters have wasted no time in snorting. we had to stop about 10 of them smashing up their own (and mine) local last night because they'd had a bit too much and got jemima big spuds mentalitys.

on a positive tip though; Moss Side Manifesto for peace written by some young people. It wont stop it but its a start. Would be nice if the organisers could roll it out a bit more.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1021778_manifesto_for_peace
 
Kidda said:
...There was another shooting outside a well known youth centre that works with young people involved in guns and gang crime, as usual, no ones saying owt...
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Hey kidda, can you PM me with the name of that centre? Just wondering if it's the one near me, Cheers
 
Maybe it was an official protest march. If there's 25 of them they could probably get union recognition. National Association of Gun Criminals or something.
 
ffs it the idiots think they can do it they need to be smacked down hard if the police can't put the numbers on the street use the army :mad:
but get a grip
 
This is what happens when all your resources are prioritised for London and the south, the rest of the country is left to rot.

Serves them right for not having enough money to move to London, the capital of the world!!
 
I live just inside Moss Side on the Rusholme end and it doesn't seem too bad. There were some shots a few weeks back and I always try to get between the road and my little one when there is a bang but nothing too much to worry about. I did see a couple of young lads fighting one afternnon and walked over to try and intervene and stop the fight until I realised their mothers were egging them on. Quite a scene, one mum screaming at her son lieing on the ground "Get Up, Get up , Punch him!" and the crying boy pulling himself up to throw a half hearted punch at the other lad who had tears of snot streaming from his nose.
Not a pretty site. The worst fright was when I stepped on a strip light that someone had left out next to their wheelie bin. A load bang that felt like a gun shot.
Other than that its fine. Having said that I did make a diversion when some kids were letting off rockets along Claremonet Road.
 
Good article!

If you don't give the young the opportunity to make something of themselves then they will turn to crime as an 'easy' option.

Also, the article made a good point about the age expectancy for gang members! 20!
 
This is axactly why I moved away from my home town of Salford in the mid nineties.
Shows of strength are not an uncommon thing, during the take over of Manchesters Door security there was forty lads from Salford decked out in the obligatory black tracksuits and balaclavas reaping havoc around the city centres clubs.

It is a real tragedy what is happening to the place where I was born and bred, the old bill simply dont have the resources to deal with it and local communities are too scared to give names to the police, I wont ever live in Manc again.
 
there was a third shooting last night (erm i havent been to bed yet so that would be wed night) on the same street.

dont think its been widely reported though i havent check to be honest.

that makes 3 shootings in the same street in withington in a week :confused::eek:
 
pinkychukkles said:
Mentioning Salford, a rather depressing article in today's Grauniad about someone who bought a house in a deprived area, to get forced out:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/race/story/0,,2235241,00.html
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Much of salford is like nowadays, the young 'uns think that they are 'all that' cos of what they see the older gangsters getting up too, a lot of them think they are a part of it, they think Salford is some sort of special place where you can act how the fuck you want regardless of other people.
 
Manchester's always been rough. In the four years I lived there I was mugged twice, punched in the face for not giving some twat my last cigarette, and had my nose slashed open by some cunt in Hulme. Nine years in London and no problems. Shame to see it's only getting worse.
 
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