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PC Freeman tackled one of the young men to the ground.
The group of young men lost them, but two other members of the police unit ran around to the opposite side of the estate. "We have runners!" PC Wilson shouted into his police radio. Seconds later, a group of young men saw the unit and run away. It has a very different atmosphere," PC Freeman said as the team stepped out the van. "This is a completely different place at night. The previous night, I was with the police as they drove into the Broadwater Farm estate for a routine patrol. The way we work is completely against that." "I'll be honest, in my short time in the police, I don't feel like I've met any racist police officers. "A lot of people here don't want to speak to us, a lot of the gang members don't want to speak to us, or even the older community members don't speak to us because maybe they feel the police are racist or we don't do things correctly or we do it illegally. As a unit we really try to focus on it because that's one of the keys to getting people to help us. "I personally think there's a huge split in this area between police and the local community, which I don't know if policing can do more to improve that.
"Most of the time, terribly," PC Hare answered. While on patrol with the team I asked: "How do the wider community greet you guys when you go into their area?" Ease those tensions, bridge gaps, form relationships. Not only that, but Insp O'Neill tasked his officers with connecting more with the community. They are tasked with suppressing violence in an area known for it. I spent several weeks with the unit during a troubled summer of violence. You're gonna get it."Ĭorey insisted he wanted to leave his past behind him.Īs we said our goodbyes, he said: "Thank you for letting me tell my story. "If their bredren has died and they're coming back to get revenge, it doesn't matter who the f**k you are, you're here, innit. "Let's just put it like this," he says, "I could be walking around here late at night, and if certain gang members are out to do stuff to each other on that particular day, and they happen to bump into me, they're not particularly asking no questions because the younger generation today, they don't give a f*** about who you are. "Is it dangerous for you to walk about freely in Tottenham?" I asked. Now 26, he told me he's trying to leave that world. Last year three of his best friends were stabbed to death in separate incidents. "But as you can see I still got it," he told me with a proud grin. "Someone hit me in the face with a huge padlock because they wanted my watch." I persisted: "Come on, what happened? Is that a stab wound?"
"Don't worry about it." Corey wants to move on but I won't let him. The evidence of his lifestyle is plain to see.