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Bakers Arms Shooting
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On the night of Sunday August 12, 2007, five shots rang out at the Bakers Arms
junction. Police then cordoned off Lea Bridge Road for several hours. According
to the Waltham Forest Guardian two teenagers were wounded by a gunman
travelling in a dark coloured estate car. Ironically, a few days earlier on
Thursday August 9, 2007, police had carried out an anti gun operation in
Waltham Forest.
“Operation Neon is to show that we won’t tolerate firearms in our borough and to show that we have guns too, and ours
are bigger,
” Detective Supertintendent Sue Williams is quoted as saying, in the August 16,
2007, issue of the Waltham Forest Guardian.
Perhaps she is right, though it is difficult to see what difference it makes
what size a gun is. The problem is that the police are rarely there when gun
crime is taking place and seem to be quite reluctant to turn out quickly when
gun crime is reported (
no doubt for very good reasons).
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