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| Professor Green: Knife crime not just a black issue | Professor Green: Knife crime not just a black issue |
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| Professor Green has said black youths as a whole are being "criminalised" over recent stabbings - and that in some places "knife crime is white". | Professor Green has said black youths as a whole are being "criminalised" over recent stabbings - and that in some places "knife crime is white". |
| The rapper claimed the media had an "agenda" to "bring back racially-profiled stop and search" - but he does not think the practice works. | The rapper claimed the media had an "agenda" to "bring back racially-profiled stop and search" - but he does not think the practice works. |
| Green, who was stabbed in 2009, blamed poverty for the growing problem. | Green, who was stabbed in 2009, blamed poverty for the growing problem. |
| His comments come as a senior police officer said current rules on stop and search are too restrictive. | His comments come as a senior police officer said current rules on stop and search are too restrictive. |
| Professor Green spoke out on Instagram after being asked about knife crime on Monday's Good Morning Britain. | Professor Green spoke out on Instagram after being asked about knife crime on Monday's Good Morning Britain. |
| He wrote: "There had been a lot of reference to a statistic that it's largely black youths stabbing each other - what was left out was that this is only true of certain areas, as anyone with a brain can work out, in more densely white populated areas, the face of knife crime is white. | He wrote: "There had been a lot of reference to a statistic that it's largely black youths stabbing each other - what was left out was that this is only true of certain areas, as anyone with a brain can work out, in more densely white populated areas, the face of knife crime is white. |
| "That's never represented in the media. The fact that the face of knife crime they project nationally is black youths, as I said this morning implies institutional racism and criminalises a whole race, fitting their agenda to bring back racially-profiled stop and search." | "That's never represented in the media. The fact that the face of knife crime they project nationally is black youths, as I said this morning implies institutional racism and criminalises a whole race, fitting their agenda to bring back racially-profiled stop and search." |
| He said all stop and search achieved was to cause "more division, friction and lack of trust" of police. | He said all stop and search achieved was to cause "more division, friction and lack of trust" of police. |
| While speaking on GMB, he added that while he was stabbed, he does not see himself as a victim. | While speaking on GMB, he added that while he was stabbed, he does not see himself as a victim. |
| In London alone, there have been 119 homicides this year - including 69 fatal stabbings. Four of those happened in a five-day period this month. | In London alone, there have been 119 homicides this year - including 69 fatal stabbings. Four of those happened in a five-day period this month. |
| Professor Green said knife crime had been "a growing problem for years with many different contributing factors", with "poverty at the top of the list". | |
| "Years of neglect" have caused the current crisis, with social deprivation, lack of paternal role models, inequality in education and cuts to services all to blame, he added. | "Years of neglect" have caused the current crisis, with social deprivation, lack of paternal role models, inequality in education and cuts to services all to blame, he added. |
| He said he agreed with Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's comment that it might take a generation to solve the problem of knife crime. | He said he agreed with Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's comment that it might take a generation to solve the problem of knife crime. |
| "Stop and search isn't going to be a quick fix," he added. | "Stop and search isn't going to be a quick fix," he added. |
| "Children should never get to the point of carrying a knife - but society needs to move on a hell of a lot before that will happen." | "Children should never get to the point of carrying a knife - but society needs to move on a hell of a lot before that will happen." |
| Meanwhile, Adrian Hanstock - the National Police Chiefs' Council lead on stop and search - has suggested lowering the threshold for stops to take place. | Meanwhile, Adrian Hanstock - the National Police Chiefs' Council lead on stop and search - has suggested lowering the threshold for stops to take place. |
| He told the Guardian the test could be where an officer is concerned that someone is at risk or poses a risk to others. | He told the Guardian the test could be where an officer is concerned that someone is at risk or poses a risk to others. |
| Home Secretary Sajid Javid is expected to outline plans in the coming weeks to make stop and search more efficient and reduce the bureaucracy around it. | Home Secretary Sajid Javid is expected to outline plans in the coming weeks to make stop and search more efficient and reduce the bureaucracy around it. |
| According to Home Office figures, there were 298,949 stop and searches carried out in England and Wales in the 2016-17 financial year. There were four for every 1,000 white people - compared with 29 for every 1,000 black people. | |
| The most recent census, in 2011, showed 86% of the population was white, with black ethnic groups making up 3.3%. |