What do chicken shop customers make of government plans to put knife crime warnings on packaging?
"Is this some kind of joke?! Why have you chosen chicken shops? What's next, #KnifeFree watermelons?"
"I think they way in which they did it they plays on caricatures and stereotypes in terms of our group. "Places like Morley's aren't fancy," the care manager added."It's cheap, kids come here for chicken and chips and scraps start.Care manager Alex sees the campaign as an"easy cop out" "Knife crime isn't just about chicken shops. That's stupid. It's about educating the kids to know better."
"But this won't go to the heart of it. If you look at it all together - knife crime, gangs, drugs - it's all part of one bigger issue.The scheme was announced just days after it was revealed criminal gangs are recruiting children to deal drugs with the offer of free food., was highlighted in written evidence submitted to the Youth Select Committee as part of its investigation into knife crime.
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