Gun and Knife Crime on the Internet Today

“Youtube is, in the end, a mirror for society; if people don’t like what they see, changing the mirror

isn’t the answer to the problem”

• Three Scottish teenagers from Glasgow’s Xcross gang put a video on Youtube in which they gloated over the killing of a 21-year-old father.

• They threaten another man with the same punishment

• Caught by the police, the three stars of the disturbing internet movie pleaded guilty to culpable homicide last week

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12280889

Bebo profiles picture teenagers holding guns and knives

Teenage gun and knife crime is being glamourised on Bebo, the social networking website, despite the violent deaths of 19 young people in London this year.

Shakilus Townsend poses with a knife and a gun in pictures friends posted on an internet networking site created to 'honour' the 'fallen soldier'

A friend of Shakilus who paid tribute to him on the networking site Bebo issued a warning to the girl who lured him to his death. The 16-year-old makes what is thought to be a gang sign In a terrifying reflection of how knife and gun crime has gripped Britain young communities, he also advises that you should always carry a weapon with you, writing: RIDE WIV A WEAPON, NEVA FIST FIGHT

Wielding a knife and posing with a gun, the murdered teenager 'led to his death by a honeytrap'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkYAnLtAm40

Children as young as 12 are using an arsenal of deadly weapons by joining some of Liverpool's most dangerous gangs, an investigation has revealed.

Tripod-mounted machine guns, 9mm pistols, pump-action shotguns and revolvers are among weapons being used by teenagers vying to dominate the city's toughest estate

Many gang members video their weapons on mobile phones, mix the footage into short films and post them on the internet with music from rappers such as Biggie Smalls, the American singer who was shot dead in 1997.