St Louis: At least 120 children shot in a year in one of the US' most violent cities | ITV News
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- Driving into St Louis from the airport north of the city is a sobering journey. For miles, the urban deprivation that has blighted so much of the "Mound City" is starkly visible. Once grand 19th century homes are left to decay, many now completely derelict.
A potent mix of gangs, guns and drugs has slowly taken its toll. But so have demographics that have seen a 60% population fall since the 1950s.
The city government says of the 129,000 total properties in St Louis, approximately 25,000 are considered vacant and abandoned.
The gun crime figures are even more startling.
US Correspondent Dan Rivers reports.
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Maybe start with removing the mayor.
She doesnt want to fight crime or aid police.
Born and raised in STL got hooked on the drugs there and got out and moved to Florida to get sober I just went back last week after being gone for awhile. Still miss my city and where I’m from.
I grew up in South St. Louis within city limits, great childhood there. Used to go downtown to the Landing, Strassenfest, Hill Day, Bevo Day, VP Fair, never felt afraid. I moved away in the 80's just because I had the travel bug. It is so sad to see what has become of my hometown and a beautiful city. I think a big problem is kids grow up with no father figures in their lives. Whether it's gangs, drugs or poverty and lack of a decent education. You can't expect teachers to have to teach kids right from wrong, that's up to the parents.
St luis used to be a gorgeous city and it still is but the people won't help get the crime down
Glad to still see these stories being shown in the British press because inevitably it will be happening here soon!
That point right there!!
From div ersity
Die-versity
It isn’t the guns fault. It’s the mommas raising these kids.
And absent fathers! Black American fathers MUST take accountability!
@@nisoshahabibzadehit’s black american culture
very good point my bm is from stl and she is one of the devils children a real pos I didnt know until It was to late. But this is very true
@8Corpse1Allergy8 It's you're ideology and culture gangster.
@@nisoshahabibzadehYes, but also the government. It's their diabolical agendas.
Basically black Americans soaked up Europeans ideology and culture.
People need to take responsibility for there neighborhoods.
And their guns 😊
Dude said walking to the gas station at night to get some gas he must've been getting for his lawnmower 😁🤦🏾♂️
Absolutely dreadful. Poor children.
The vast majority of those "children" are violent teen gang members!
What about the "poor children" legally 'deleted' with medical help?
I work in STL and it's the youth kids as young as 10yrs old but commonly 13-17yrs old. And they are stealing the guns. Many from cars and homes but they are driving trucks into gun stores and clearing them out. They are very fearless kid's.
No parental discipline.
Same here in Naptown/Indianapolis prolly for the whole Midwest
With your literacy level I can see why the youth are in trouble.
Truly feral.
Thats because they need to trial them as Adults. They know there going to get slapped on the hand. Lock them up throw away the key. Its already to late America is done. Every day its going to get worse and worse mass layoffs coming up soon. I quit spending money and now prepping for LONG TERM US Depression worse then 1929 😢😢
St Louis isnt one of Americas most violent cities, it is THE MOST VIOLENT by far per capita.The North Side of St Louis is the most dangerous place to live in America, and it isnt even that big of a place as St Louis is only a small city compared to other major cities in America.
East***
That’s why it’s so dangerous because it’s not that big and not a lot of citizens so the per capita will be higher for murders and shootings/crime
What it’s St. Louis one of American violent cities that’s a true fact
@@DecomposingJedi Wrong
East St Louis is a different municipality and a different state even
Really heartbreaking to think this is going on in the world, innocent kids losing their lives is so so sad, i really hope there families find strength i can't imagine the heartache they have endured.
there families...their families
U "ain't" seen nothing yet.
Yup, that's how we live in America. Come on over and visit. Simply insane isn't it
No, that's how they live in _B_ America. The White parts like where my family and I live (thank God) are safe.
Look at the major companies in StL and their Hire rate. You'll understand
Gangs taking out so many children is outrageous. That so many gangs are flourishing points to a failure of 1000s of parents. When does it end? 3:04, 4:16, 4:58, 6:22
This is why I live out in the county
North county is horrible too that’s where all the crimes at all too
Stay home 😮😮😢😢
To sum up the problem for those not familiar with St. Louis: ◾Huge lack of dads to guide young children. Statistically, lack of 2 parents (especially considering the absent parent is typically the father) increases a young person's likelihood of having a run-in with law enforcement down the road, regardless of skin color, ethnicity, etc.◾Urban parents (often single moms) insisting that their teen-to-40s kids' bad choices (crime, drugs, etc.) are the fault of others--like the gov't--and therefore they do not have to make any changes to their urban lifestyle, changes such as bringing *fathers* back into the family◾and a city government that does not provide negative consequences for criminal actions. Black prosecutor Kim Gardner was, as best I can tell, a shady prosecutor whose tenure in the city showed her to be pro-criminal/anti-victim. Her abysmal record for prosecuting crime speaks for itself. (She only won about half of her criminal cases, not a surprise given her pro-criminal mindset). When called on the carpet for certain unethical and possibly illegal dealings, she was quick to play the race/misogyny card. She was about Kim and Kim's brand, not about the city dwellers she was supposed to be protecting. Her legacy to the city was a soaring crime rate.
120 a year. world record?
Victims of “social justice” prosecutors
Those rappers were on a Tommy G youtube documentary video, you could tell that those guys were deep in the street life and 90% of them were going to end up in jail or dead. Sad reality but they still have the choice whether to pull the trigger or not!
Many are trying to survive themselves.
It starts from them Rappers 😮😮🎉
The sooner the better for either ending.
Defund the police, right?
You’re simple minded, this has been going on even before the internet
Don’t mention the elephant in the room. I live in a st. Louis County neighbourhood with the lowest crime rate in the state. What’s the difference in these two communities?
When AI finally takes over, there's gonna be some serious changes around here.
Don't be a coward, be honest with yourself, Johnny. You're leading to a racist opinion. You're probably a white nationalist that hates black people. US gun violence isn't the fault of African Americas, that's the conclusion of someone too lazy to comprehend the underlying causes.
What black? No it’s this nutty country’s archaic gun laws and the fascination with guns that’s the issue.
There are no inferior people, only inferior cultures. When inferior culture moves in, i move out.
@@glhmedic
Must explain why areas with the most gun control are also the most violent.
Crime is happening EVERYWHERE- it’s not just St Louis. Cut it out.
That's the plan! You know it. Cut it out!🙄
I worry so much . My son is studying there's.. ;(
I grew up Here got shot twice before 18 grazed 5 times Fought countless of times & it don’t matter if you mind yo Business STL wicced asf 💯🤦🏾♂️
Wth 😳 get out of there dude
to think so many are desperate to get the American passport - passport to HELL lol
Not in the rest of the developed world, they're not. We view America as a capitalist hell-hole.
It's sad😂
I had the opportunity to live in St Louis quite little time and I heard shootings once in a while. I would say is more dangerous that my hometown in Colombia call Cali... Even in the ranking of the most dangerous cities in the world St Louis is always on top..
just avoid america - simple.
Just avoid the *black* parts is all you have to do. Simple.
@@beverlyhurd8556 do you mean like the black forrest or black people?
I will not avoid america because of skins and races
i will avoid america because their average community safety levels across all states are quite low.
@@aaranjackson2080 You must not have done much studying on the subject. The top *20* cities in the US with the highest crime are run by democrats and have a large black population. Where I live it is 99% White and we have very low crime.
@@aaranjackson2080only in *specific* communities though. if you want the realities of the situation, look at fbi racial crime stats. white americans alone have a murder rate similar to northern europe. if you don’t believe me it is readily available statistics. you have no idea what you are talking about if you don’t live here.
I'm amazed there are any police left that will work in those areas. They put their lives on the line for a pittance of what they deserve.
I absolutely adore our St. Louis City Police Department. They are truly brave and selfless, because I cannot imagine policing those areas… or hell policing any area.
I no longer care. America's chosen to do this to itself, let them live with the consequences.
succmeoff
Trouble is that America's children didn't ask for this and do not have the power to change things.
@@skycloud4802 Their parents do. Stop copping out, passing the buck, because someone somewhere is soon going to discover their kid IS next, and then it's too late, regrets are lessons learned after the event.
Are you responsible parents or not? That daughter, so beautiful and loved, in her casket, because Daddy didn't do the right thing.
But what's the point? You won't, and this is just a waste of time preaching to a Nation little better than Russia.
In 2001, you had 2753 dead in the Twin Towers attack, and that produced a global war on terrorism. Since the start of the year you have had over eight times that number, and yet you haven't declared war on those primarily responsible, the NRA's chief spokesmen on Capitol Hill, and the gun lobbyists. These folk should be a major focus of Homeland Security, they're killing far more than home-grown terrorists do.
@@JelMain I'm not talking about the parents. They should be voting a d campaigning to sort out gun crime. I meant that the children themselves can't help the country they were born. They have no voting rights, and no say in the matter
it's the children we care about
Let me guess...
Let me guess...
Let me guess...
I can solve that puzzle Pat!
16 TO 19 ARE NOT CHILDREN !
Not a adults neither!!.....they teenage inbetweeners .....
@@bennyboy2079 A 19 YEAR OLD CAN VOTE , BAY A HOUSE & GO INTO THE MILITARY ( ARE ADULTS )
AT 16 YEARS CAN BE EMANCIPATED ( ARE ADULTS !
NOT CHILDREN !
They are under 21!!!!!! They are young dumb kids
I live here. Cannot recommend it. Stay out.
Most of these "children" are violent gang members not innocent children. Many are in their teens and shot by other gang members or while committing violent crimes like carjacking. These aren't innocent young children, there are a handful of innocent children shot by violent criminals but that is a rare exception. It's not the guns fault either, I live just outside St. Louis and everyone here has guns but the level of violent crime is very low, firearms are inanimate objects that can be used for good or bad purposes, they are a tool incapable of causing violence, violent people cause violence and St. Louis has a violent person problem not a gun problem!
Agreed
Facts.
Yeah had to love innocent little Kyrous there with his blue hat, blue shirt, blue pants, and gang tats. Wrong place my ass.
St Louis doesn't have have more gun deaths than any other city. Per capita, its rate is pretty high. Less than 50000 people live in the areas mentioned out of a metropolitan area of 2.8 million. People love ratings.
That city/county divide makes the stats look awful. Crime and violence are problems in STL but realistically it all isn’t any worse than other metropolitan areas.
The city is over 300k, not 50k. And the metro area is far less than 2.8M/
@Andrew-un8tx The city's population is 300k. The metropolitan area is 2.8 million. The area with the majority of the crime is less than 50k. I stand behind what I've written because they are facts.
Are you trying to say because every shootout doesn't in end multiple deaths St Louis is a peaceful place? Lol
@cheetonation No! Read my statement again, please.
We need a new PE
This is shocking to see that this sort of thing is happening in a western country, in fact, the birthplace of the western world, it's bad enough that it happens elsewhere in the world in war circumstances like Sniper Alley during the Siege of Sarajevo, etc, and even that was in Europe, and was too shocking and awful, but this, is just as shocking, if not more, considering its a western country, and to think that this is happening in America in today's world of 2023, horrifying
Birthplace of the Western world? Gee, you're way off. Never heard of the Roman Empire?
Or British? Or the Golden Age of Athens? Wow. Please, tell us more...
@@aburden8580 british? All they did was model their Empire after the Spanish, explored the same areas a century later and pretend to have done it first
Definitely the main creators of the modern world but not traditional "Western"
There used to be a North but Western seems to have become a synonym for NATO
The Taliban wouldnt walk the streets at night in St.Louis
Literally gotham lol
Gotham was a Democrat's dream.
That ain't nothing compared to Philly
More happen in every city in africa…
Yeah. Same color animals doing it too.
🙏🏾💜
one single mother has 11 children. eleven different father. Tax payer pay her to feed her kids. she find time to go for fun. and pregnant. and pregnant. kids grown up in the street. And shooting American. Reverent Al Sharpton! what did you do? we open the TV. we see the violence. if we talk, you said the discrimination. You people help each other to commit the crime and walk away after committing the crime.
The funeral director is complaining? People need to realize the US government is doing this on purpose
Part of the depopulation agenda
wtf
I THINK IT WAS THE SINGER SOLOMON BURKE WHO OWNED A FUNERAL PARLOUR. WHEN PEOPLE ASKED HIM WHY, HE SAID IT NEVER GOES OUT OF BUSINESS ❤ ONE OF MY FAVOURITE SINGERS, BUT JACKIE WILSON THE GREATEST ❤ JACKIE AND ELVIS ❤
Welcome to America 🤦🏼♀️
No, welcome to _black_ America.
@@beverlyhurd8556white America the reason y china or Russia Gon be running shi incest cave men
Second amendment
Jokers
None by whites
i don't care about foreign news tell me whats happening in sheffield
You share language culture and history
What you see in the USA is Britian a year or two down the line
black people can never do no wrong, cuh.
Any music that Glorifies criminal activity should be banned and anyone selling it Imprisoned, movies are Fictional and can’t be Produced or distributed at the same rate and are not consumed nearly as much, it’s like people just don’t want to admit it rap, hip hop, drill, grime etc almost always comes with violence.
Get Trump back in that white house get this Biden/ harris puppet show out.
😂😂😂 trump brigade love guns more than anyone ....the mongs 🤪🤪🤪 it's too late for USA anyway whoever in power ....beginning of the end for the states....rest of us can hopfully learn from it that guns is a no no!
Violent crime in St. Louis during the Trump admin skyrocketed. I'm not saying the democrats are doing any better. Just that we need to stop worrying about who's in office. NONE of them are going to help us!
This is what American Freedom looks like... Forget Apple Pie, there is nothing more American or as American as guns! I will never understand the American obsession with guns. The gun seems to be everything to most Americans, it defines who they are as a people and without it they would not complete. To an American there can be no freedom without guns and no guns without freedom. Americans defines and measure their freedom by how easy it is for them to access guns, form armed militias and terrorize main street.
To most Americans, any country that limits access to weapons and do not give their citizens the right to bear arms, are not free countries. Americans cannot understand why any society would support and implement weapons of death restrictions and as such they regard the people of these countries as being oppressed. Even when it is the people themselves who define and implements their gun restriction laws. From birth most Americans are engineered to worship guns and to see it as a vital part of their Republic! The problem comes when they turn a blind eye to the illegal export of weapons of death for profits.
You over think too much, not all americans are obsessed with guns, been here 30 years and i never owned a gun or have ever been in a situation where a gun is needed. I also live 30 minutes from one of the most dangerous cities in America (Oakland)
@@sew_gal7340 As a society you are gun clowns, it is a fetish. I am not talking about you individually. Small Arms Survey states that 46% of Global civilian gun ownership is in the USA. 120.5 firearms for every 100 American residents. That is 393,347,000 firearms circulating in USA.
I think most people still miss the point!
There are tens of thousands of people in Rural America who own guns and are very law abiding. Although you would certainly not want to be a hog in their cross hairs. Where as most of those kids and young adults are raised in broken homes, with free access to guns meaning something totally different to them. That is the problem and it won't go away unless those communities deal with it, from the parents down.
@@chrischris8550 I agree that Investment in human development, social engineering, economic opportunities, and education is needed to combat dysfunctional behaviour running rampant in all societies. However, giving dysfunctional semi-literate people, some with mental illness, easy access to weapons of death, is like throwing fuel on fire. Looking at the age of the mass shooters says it all. There are mass shooters who are not old enough to legally buy a beer, but can legally own several high powered weapons of death! There is a reason why the USA is number one when you compare Homicide rates between the Developed First World countries. It is so easy to get a burner, as it is called in the hood and Homicides rates are advertisement for more gun ownership. If every criminal around you are strapped to the teeth, armed to the max, then what choice does ordinary people have. SO, I understand the need to arm themselves, especially when the leadership is not doing anything about it. While lesser developed countries can scream poverty as a lame excuse for their dysfunctional, underdeveloped citizens. The USA is one of the Worlds Richest and Most Powerful country on the face of this planet. What excuse does it have for not Investing in human development, social engineering and education of ALL its citizens. Also the USA have one of the highest prison population on the planet. About 2.1 Million Americans are commodities in the For Profit Prison Industrial Complex trading on the Financial Exchanges.
Freedom without guns?
Australia had lots of freedom during covid right?
England can't even own knives, the police will visit you for making a slight on the internet but can't manage to solve violent crimes.
Canada truckers strike another sign of freedom?
French President implemented higher retirement by force, WOW what freedom.
Ukraine got invaded by Russia and has to ask for more guns, there's freedom.
The Blackman interviewed stated he could hear the gun shots (heard not seen), then asks where the 15 year got a military gun.
How did he know the young man was 15 and how did he determine it was a military gun.
Must be that freedom to imagine things and to lie.
Unfortunately, you are being fed a lot of bad information from a lot of differing groups. The real violence can be dealt with. However, there is no such thing as military weapons. They have semi automatic rifles and pistols. Starting with facts would help.
Then an honest discussion of the failure of law enforcement at all levels to deal with criminals. Factually, the majority of these violent gang members are repeat offenders. So, we need to start with long prison sentences with no parole for using weapons.
They are DEFINITELY repeat offenders. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched a news story of a murderers, and they go down his wrap sheet like a it’s a scroll…. They just keep getting out over and over to do the same thing or worse.
Democrats are so nice to each other.
LOL
Fake
Your mom's love for you was fake.
No it's real
Black areas of USA might as well be haiti with infraestructure
🚫 No guns = better world! 🌍💖
Right because the world was clearly better before there were guns😂😂😂🫵🏼
Life's not that simple bro, people will use other weapons, knifes for example!
what else should we put on our fantasy wish list while we're at it? Guns are a fact of life in USA. Anti-gun laws will only deprive law abiding Americans of guns. Criminals don't tend to obey laws.
back to sleep ED 🤡
@@Herb___well actually no global world wars started before the age of guns. Europe wouldn't have scrambled for Africa without guns. And it would have been harder for the Nazis to round up and harm the Jews if they didn't have guns. So yeah, a world without guns _would_ be much safer.
Welcome to the Biden administration 👍
Yeh that's the reason haha...moron🤪
Biden is definitely an idiot at best, but this was happening waaaay before he was president. He still needs to go too though. 😂
BLM!
BLM!
Yeah right!
But BLM to who exactly?
Open carry isn't the problem.
Americans will never allow their Second Amendment rights to be violated.
Born British, proud American by choice.
God Bless the Second Amendment.
"proud American"
Definitely dropped on your head at birth
@@darrenh0218
Vs what, you wearing a paper bag over yours your entire life?
@@darrenh0218😂
@darrenh0218 I'd be ashamed if I was a US citizen?!? The whole country is turning into Gotham city!
When was the last time you visited?@@nisoshahabibzadeh
Teens don't have access to military weapons either.
You can certainly see how "More guns" makes the US so safe and that "right to open carry " definitely makes it safer . smdh
The entire state is open carry. But you only see this in the black neighborhoods. You don't see this in the central state farmland.
@@D-Fens_1632lol ur wrong they shoot even more guns....they just don't live close to people for stuff to happen
Thats the punishment for buying slaves
Most of them are wana be rappers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!