UK man helps connect troubled teen — who mugged his nephew at knifepoint — to job and educational opportunities



Justice, mercy, and the opportunity for redemption still do exist, and one man in the United Kingdom has the video to prove it.

Winston Davis — a heating "engineer" and the chairman of Southside Young Leaders Academy, a charity helping young African and Afro-Caribbean boys become leaders — spent six weeks this summer tracking down the person who mugged his 12-year-old nephew at knifepoint in London Colney while the kid was on his way to buy a candy bar.

By reviewing CCTV video and canvassing the area, Davis was able to spot and confront the suspect. However, rather than the adult he presumed he'd met, Davis instead found himself face to face with a "frightened boy," an unidentified 16-year-old who agreed to meet up with Davis and his nephew again to return the bag he'd stolen in the incident.

The young man was true to his word. He returned with the bag and offered his hand and an apology to Davis's 12-year-old nephew.

Davis filmed the meeting and shared it on Instagram and TikTok.

"The fact that you brought the bag back," Davis told the teen, "that says a lot about you."

Davis told reporters that he could tell there was "something in [the teenager] that wants to go on and do good," despite difficult circumstances. During the meeting, Davis learned that the young man had no education or job, and that he had no parents to guide him.

"Sometimes children are so traumatized from what they’ve been through as young children that it’s really hard for them to have any connection or belief that they can do anything other than what they’ve been exposed to at such a young age," Davis stated.

Though Davis made sure that the young man understood that his previous behavior was unacceptable and that he shouldn't ever do it again, Davis then began reaching out to those in his social circles and on social media to connect the teen with job and educational opportunities.

"[H]e wants to work in computer engineering… this kid doesn’t need punishment, he needs help…" the message on the Instagram post reads, "if there is anyone that knows about career routes/training programs for him, please drop me a dm."

The response was overwhelming.

"He’s got an opportunity to really, if he takes the opportunities that are presented to him, to really change his life," Davis said. "It’s just, can he see far enough into the future? To be able to take advantage of the good nature and goodwill of so many people?"

London Colney is a village and civil parish about an hour north of London. It is located about 15 minutes from Davis's town of Watford, where, according to the Instagram post, he raises his nephew as his own son.

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Hollywood Doles Out Its Own Street Justice

NYC Democratic Mayor Eric Adams' aide mugged in broad daylight while scouting location for mayoral event: Report



An aide for New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams was mugged in broad daylight Tuesday while scouting a Brooklyn location for a planned Adams visit, law enforcement sources told the New York Post.

What are the details?

The victim — a member of Adam’s advance team — even warned the crooks their actions were a bad idea since he's an Adams guy, a high-ranking police source added to the paper.

“You don’t want to do this. I work for the mayor,” he told the two muggers, the Post reported.

The response? One of the crooks simply lifted his shirt, which revealed the butt of a gun tucked in his waistband, the source added to the paper.

When the victim refused to turn over his wallet and cellphone, the robbers pushed him to the ground, sources told the Post, after which they grabbed the items and fled.

One of the muggers was described as a black male wearing a blue and white sweatshirt who hightailed it from the scene on a Citi Bike, sources added to the paper. The other suspect was described as a black male wearing sunglasses and a blue mask, the Post noted.

The mugging took place around 10:30 a.m. on a traffic island at the intersection of Navy and York Streets, sources told the paper, adding that the victim walked one block south to an entrance at the former Navy Yard, found a security guard, and called 911.

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Tuesday’s mugging came amid a surge in crime since Adams, a former NYPD cop, was elected last year after running on a pledge to restore law and order to Gotham.

As of June 26, major crimes across the five boroughs were up 37.8% this year compared to the same period in 2021, with robberies rising an even higher 39.4 %, according to official NYPD CompStat data.

The victim was identified by sources as a Manhattan resident who was hired by former Mayor Bill de Blasio last year. [...]

He’s been spotted by The Post among Adams’ official entourage at recent events and a former City Hall colleague described him as a “hard worker” and all-around “good guy.”

The paper said a spokesperson for Adams declined to comment.

Mayor Eric Adams vows to clean up the NYC subway system by removing homeless people



Eric Adams, the recently elected mayor of New York City, is aggressively working to remove homeless people from abusing the city’s public transit systems.

The Associated Press reported that Mayor Adams wants to keep New York City’s homeless population from sleeping in the city’s expansive subway system and prevent them from riding “the same lines all night.”

Adams’ plans to remove more than 1,000 homeless people who have been using New York’s rail system for shelter.

On Friday, the mayor who previously referred to homelessness as a “cancerous sore” said that the city will begin to deploy more police and mental health workers throughout the city’s transit network.

The New York Times reported that Adams said, “No more just doing whatever you want. Those days are over. Swipe your MetroCard, ride the system, get off at your destination. That’s what this administration is saying.”

“People tell me about their fear of using the system,” Adams continued, “And we’re going to ensure that fear is not New York’s reality.”

Many of the homeless who use New York City’s subway system target the system’s passengers for harassment and in violent crimes.

The mayor said, “There are many rivers that feed the sea of homelessness, and we have to dam every river if we are going to address this issue.”

Starting on Monday, the city will enact a zero-tolerance policy known as “The Subway Safety Plan.”

The plan acknowledges the difficulty of removing homeless people from using the subway and preventing them from using it for warmth and shelter.

The policy document that details the plan stated, “For too long, our subway system has also confronted a painful humanitarian challenged playing out right in front of our eyes. Too many New Yorkers experience homelessness in our stations and our trains each night.”

It continued, “We have also seen violence on our subway platforms and stations. And while we know homelessness and violence do not equate and must not be conflated, we must also acknowledge that a small minority of individuals who may be experiencing several compounding challenges at once, including behavioral health challenges, must be reached with immediate interventions to prevent deterioration and potential danger.”

“We have seen the lives of innocent New Yorkers taken, simply coming into a station to take a train,” the document stated.

The Subway Safety Plan unflinchingly states that New York City’s subway system exists “to move paying customers from one point to another. They are not meant to house individual or provide recreational space.”

In the era of COVID-19, rampant violent crime has come to be one of the defining characteristics of New York City. Eric Adam’s won the mayoral election by taking an anti-crime stance and vowed to restore law and order. The Subway Safety Plan appears to be one of the first steps in accomplishing this goal.