One Mile Away Page #10

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are so appealing to young people

is because of the kind of things

that we value, promote

and advertise out there.

Yeah, Waterstone's untouched.

That would be most valuable

to the people.

Exactly, yeah,

where all the knowledge is,

where all the valuables really are.

Right over there.

Waterstone's untouched.

Not a window broken in sight.

But yet still Cybercandy was...

I mean, can you see

there's something wrong

with that picture there, people?

If I don't come out of my house

and come here,

which is my family's place,

I don't go nowhere else,

because I don't feel safe, mate.

The pickny no bigger

than me shoes...

I wanted to hear

what the elders' thoughts was

on the state of our community.

Unfortunately... unfortunately,

we've got a generation lost.

It's not a generation of black lads,

it's a generation of youth

that is lost.

They are completely

lost to us, mate,

and there's nothin' we can do

to get through to them.

For God's sake,

catch the damn pickny.

Take off your belt,

swipe him two time

and send him home to Mama.

Excuse me, if people thinks

that that is bad and that is abusive,

sod the lot of ya.

Sod your arses about abusive.

I put life into my kids,

the government, the law.

I would have box-eyed 'em

in front of the Queen.

You can't tell me me can't do it.

I will do it in front of the Queen.

If they wanna lock me up after,

that's fine. But you know something?

None of my kids

got involved in the riots,

cos of what I've drummed into 'em.

Yesterday we listened

to some big men speak

and they think it needs

to be resolved with a beating.

Look at the big youth. Stand next to

me, so they can see this on the roll.

You can't beat these youths,

cos they'll probably beat you!

There has to be other measures

to go about it.

I'm not saying

that they don't need discipline,

but there's levels to beating 'em.

You can get a slap or somebody

can find a piece of this in the house

and start, "Stop! Rah, rah, rah,"

and beat you to a pulp.

There's levels to it.

A little slap... discipline.

Like, picking up stuff and chairs.

And I've seen people get beaten,

like serious beat-downs.

We have to know what we're doing.

There's a lot to it.

We've got a lot of problems

within ourselves

and we wanna blame

the whole world, man.

Let's sort out own stuff out.

I've got the feeling kids that have

been beat are slightly more violent.

I have that feeling. I'm not 100%,

so you can't quote me on that.

But I've got a feeling that the kids

who are beaten are more violent.

My community and where I come from,

beating is normal.

What's happened to you?

Yeah, like, see the other day, like,

Tuesday and that,

I was nearby town and then,

like, some police see me, innit?

And they chase after me,

so I started running

and I'm hiding behind one car now.

They dragged me from behind the car,

they was kicking me in my face,

and they got me to the ground

and they was punching me in my head,

and they were kicking me

in my ribs and that

and beating me up, really.

And how old are you?

16 still. 16.

They put me in a cell for the night,

saying I have

to come back in a month.

But why did they do that?

I don't know. Like, they said

suspicion of me rioting. Looting.

Then that makes you feel

like you want to get them back

and do whatever?

I got hatred in my heart.

I had hatred in my heart for a long

time for them, but I got more now.

So I wanna get them back.

You know what I mean?

Loads of police officers.

Imagine I'm in distress!

Imagine I'm in distress.

I could have been called

into a problem.

It could have been anything.

There's more right there.

There's more right there.

They've followed me all morning.

They've followed me to the shop.

They asked me what I am doing.

Who's invested in this film

to make this film?

They asking me

all sorts of questions.

This is how we're living here, man.

People take the mick.

- Born black, you're born a criminal.

- It's the crime of the century.

It's the biggest crime, bro.

The biggest crime.

It is.

It's them again. It's them again.

They don't wanna stop.

The pussyholes

have been following me,

but now I've come with my camera,

they wanna talk to me.

They've followed me

around the whole hood.

Faggots!

Can you stop the camera off a second?

- Why?

- Cos I wanna speak.

- Can you knock the camera off?

- No, because I'm making a film.

Well, what have we done wrong?

Just have to ask you a few questions.

But why? Why?

- Sorry?

- Why are you asking us questions?

Why are you pointing a camera

in my face?

- I'm making a film. You came to me.

- That's fine.

Listen... We'll close the door, then.

What do we have to understand?

We haven't done anything wrong,

so why are you stopping us?

This is a free country

in which I'm allowed

to be in a public place

making a film.

Right. Do you have a filming permit?

- Filming permit for what?

- You say you're filming something.

15 minutes later,

the police demanded

all of our footage from Channel 4.

They also sent emails

asking community centres

to report back

on all of our activities.

The police are saying they're gonna

try and shut us down, bredren.

They're trying to say

they're gonna try and lock us off,

cos we're gonna incite gang problems.

All of these people

that have been raping us...

190 million that they say

they put into my community

to help and stop gangs -

stop lying to the people.

No gang member I know

or gang member I spoke to

knows any you people, innit?

You're raping my community.

Keep raping us and see what happens.

We're putting

our heart and soul into this.

This has been far from easy,

far from easy.

A nightmare most days.

We don't know which way we're

gonna turn, but we've continued.

The reason what's driving us is that

there could be a passion in there.

We could have just said,

"This ain't working. " F*** it off.

What was your point in stopping me

to come and ask me?

I'm pissed. That's the reason

I'm not happy.

I'm not happy, so that's that.

Where do you know me from?

You don't know me.

You've never met me.

Where's all the anger come from?

We're pissed!

You motherfuckers are killing people!

I don't wanna calm down! I'm upset!

I'm upset like the rest

of the country.

We're pissed! We are mad!

Upset, innit? Right now

you're killing people, innit?

No, we don't have to talk.

No, it's not for the camera.

This is real-life sh*t!

You said, "Mr Duffus, Mr Dylan,"

like you know me!

You're all part

of the same gang, innit?

The same way everybody puts us

into the same category,

when it comes to us.

The same way you lot

all fit into the same category -

point blank, period, innit?

We're guilty until proven innocent

where we come from.

This is what we go through

as black young men.

You're probably thinking,

"Why is he behaving like that?"

If it happened to you every day,

you'd behave like that.

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