Afraid to walk the streets...

[Isaac]

First off, I live in a TERRIBLE town. It's full of jocks and wannabe gangster white kids and me and my friends couldn't have been born in a worse place. We can't walk down to a corner store without getting flipped off by older kids in their trucks and 95' mustangs. Sometimes they even throw food and **** as they drive by. However, I usually just walk around anyways when I'm bored.

One day I was walking down to a friends house with one of my other friends, and we past a two girls (one of them being an ex) and this guy (who was one of thems cousin.) Well, a rumor has been going around that my friend I was walking with "stalked" my ex, so the guy hanging out with them started to follow us, like he was going to fight us (ripped his shirt off, which made me lulz.) We just ignored it and rode onto my friends house.

We picked up my other friend, and the three of us headed back to my house. So we past by the same place again, and the friend we picked up wanted to go down and talk to the two girls cause he knew them. My mom then called and I had to go home, so I left them to go talk to the girls even though I advised my other friend not too cause I knew trouble would arise from him going in front of the guy who was chasing us. He went anyways, parked his bike behind the building too (hes very protective of his stuff btw, you'll need to know that later.)

Anyways, I then got home and my friend called. He said that the guy chasing us took my other friends bike, so my friend pulled his knife out on him and chased him to get it back. Now I know personally my friend would NEVER stab anyone, ever. But the guy who took his bike got pissed, and after my friend got his bike back, the guy chased him and hit him in the back very, very hard. Then my friend drove off.

The other friend, who was talking to the girls while this was happening, didn't want to help cause he didn't want to piss off the guy. He just told the two girls he was talking to go home, advising them to not talk to the guy again. The guy came back, acted like nothing happened and left, chasing the girls home to talk to them. My other two friends then met up.

Then I came back from where I went, and called the friend who got his bike taken. I asked him to come over (he went home.) So he did and then I called my other friend. He said he was doing chores but would come over for a little while. He also mentioned that he saw a guy stopped by the cops with a bike, but didn't know who it was. When he finally came over, he said we should go investigate. Sure enough, it was my friend. The guys mom called the police on my friend for pulling a knife out on him, even though he didn't touch him with it. He also said that he didn't take his bike, but just took it out for a stroll with my friends permission.

My friend got off pretty easy, other than the fact that his parents grounded him for a long time. But now, I don't know what I should do. The guy knows I'm his friend, and I know he lives near me. I fear if I see him, I'll get my *** kicked, and I'm sure as hell not gonna do anything cause If I do I'll get the cops called on me without even getting to tell my side of the story (happened to my friend.)

SHORT STORY - After an incident with my friend, I'm afraid to walk the streets again cause I'm afraid I might get jumped.

Anyone?

[IceNineKills]

If you can't beat them, join them.

[PaintYourTarget]

Think of it this way, if you just go out like normal the worst that'll happen is you get beat up once and that'll be it... if you hide away then you'll be constantly paranoid and they'll keep having a go whenever they see you.

[GommeInc]

First off, your friend deserved getting the police on him, he was carrying a knife. If anything he should be heavily fined and possibly held at a police station for a while, to teach him a lesson. Secondly, if you get 'jumped', tell them your side of the story and get this other guy told off. If they refuse to listen to your side of the story, then they're terrible police men... They need to learn the whole story, and if you have bruises etc, who will they listen to ;)

[efq]

Ignore them, doesn't work you call the police. Simple enough pal. Other day some kids went into some garden next door to me, age 14/15 smoking and messing about. I had a day off the next morning so I couldn't be ****** to be kept awake late and my friend next door had a young baby so I didn't want them to wake the baby up so I rang the police. 5 Minutes later, they go down the ally way, look over at them saying dont move.
Them outside with lights on them, being took somewhere for smoking and carrying weed under age.
They are now also banned from the street for the next 9 months and extra.

Left me happy because I don't let little things like silly kids or bullies get away with things.

[BAD BAZ]

learn to fight.

[,Rachyy,]

Well surely, violence is never the answer. If you are afraid then I suggest only walking around when necessary, take a car ride or a bike. The faster that you get to your destination, the better right? As long as you feel safe then you should be okay. If it was me, I wouldn't be wondering the streets aimlessly, but I wouldn't hold myself back because of one thing that happened. Use your judegement, don't hold yourself back though.

[N-Dubz]

You do have to learn to fight back, if you don't they'll beat you up. Honest.

If your scared about the what there gonna do you have to toughen up, running away from the situation and never leaving your house is not the answer. It's not gonna change, they will always remember so you have to face the music.

Don't give up easy, ignoring them wont be the answer. Your going to see them sooner or later so just act normal unless they start then just fight back? Defend yourself - else your gonna get bruised.

Coming from a rough area myself I know how bad it is but you have to learn that you can't always run away. If they know they can hurt you, make you upset or scared they will always do it.

[Stacey.]

Fight back, else you're going to be stuck in your house forever.

[beth]

oh, stop *****ing out.

[Sepron]

move to the uk

[vito201-:D]

I live in Southampton which is Chav heaven... we've been voted to have the most chavs in England a few times and were the only recognised place outside of London/Manchester/Liverpool to have Gangs and we're tiny in comparison to those cities... so we're pretty ****** up down here xD

I mean me and my friends get jumped probably averaging on once a week... I get verbal abuse like 9/10 times I go out and I get physically abuse about 2/10 times (Trust me, I’m not exaggerating... I probably bring it on myself though... Goth clothing, make-up and long hair lol...)

Anyway... down here chav pride is nasty... some of the gangs respect members for beating up goth/punk/scene/emo girls! I've had a few close females friends get bottles/punched/kicked and set on fire by groups of like 5-10 guys...

So yes, not a nice area... anyway... right now SMMB (the worst of the gangs) is out to get me... I got drunk a few months back, told one of them there were a "****** up ****" and laughed at him when he said he was going to kill me... (Bad move... SMMB are the gang that supplies guns :eusa_wallstupid drunkness.)

But it hasn't stopped me going out at all... people i know have been stabbed to death by chavs here for a £5 note... and I have 200 of the nastiest, armed ****** in Southampton after me and yet I still go out! In fact, I go for regular walks around SMMBs hang out areas at 1am on my own...

The way I see it is the chance they'll kill me is tiny, chav code here is if you have a target, you beat him half to death and then leave it, you get the respect and then don't need to beat him that much ever again...
So far it's been months and other then a few punches and the odd bottle or mugging - none of SMMB have even noticed I'm the guy they're after...

And even when/if they do, it means it's over... maybe a broken nose and a couple of black eyes but that's it... then it's just back to the occasional punch.

I dono how it is in your area but I expect it's close to the same, some of the chavs here that have had fights with me and won respect me now, a few have stopped me being beaten up and one stopped me getting a firework set off in my face...

So the way I see it is - if the beating is going to happen, get it out of the way and then it'll be over - maybe even get a few punches in there so he knows not to just ideally bully you because he thinks you wont do anything about it..

There's no point staying in just to delay it, grudges don't go away - if it's going to happen, it's going to happen...

It's not great advice but it's the way of the City-Kid like me "Take the beating and get it over with.."

Helps to be a bit masochistic like me though... scares them a little when you laugh the whole time they're hitting you.

Sorry I can't offer better advice but that's what I’d do.

[Hiro]

'95 mustangs?
They're nothing, tell them to get a '67 then come back and throw food.

[N-Dubz]

I live in Southampton which is Chav heaven... we've been voted to have the most chavs in England a few times and were the only recognised place outside of London/Manchester/Liverpool to have Gangs and we're tiny in comparison to those cities... so we're pretty ****** up down here xD

I mean me and my friends get jumped probably averaging on once a week... I get verbal abuse like 9/10 times I go out and I get physically abuse about 2/10 times (Trust me, I’m not exaggerating... I probably bring it on myself though... Goth clothing, make-up and long hair lol...)

Anyway... down here chav pride is nasty... some of the gangs respect members for beating up goth/punk/scene/emo girls! I've had a few close females friends get bottles/punched/kicked and set on fire by groups of like 5-10 guys...

So yes, not a nice area... anyway... right now SMMB (the worst of the gangs) is out to get me... I got drunk a few months back, told one of them there were a "****** up ****" and laughed at him when he said he was going to kill me... (Bad move... SMMB are the gang that supplies guns :eusa_wallstupid drunkness.)

But it hasn't stopped me going out at all... people i know have been stabbed to death by chavs here for a £5 note... and I have 200 of the nastiest, armed ****** in Southampton after me and yet I still go out! In fact, I go for regular walks around SMMBs hang out areas at 1am on my own...

The way I see it is the chance they'll kill me is tiny, chav code here is if you have a target, you beat him half to death and then leave it, you get the respect and then don't need to beat him that much ever again...
So far it's been months and other then a few punches and the odd bottle or mugging - none of SMMB have even noticed I'm the guy they're after...

And even when/if they do, it means it's over... maybe a broken nose and a couple of black eyes but that's it... then it's just back to the occasional punch.

I dono how it is in your area but I expect it's close to the same, some of the chavs here that have had fights with me and won respect me now, a few have stopped me being beaten up and one stopped me getting a firework set off in my face...

So the way I see it is - if the beating is going to happen, get it out of the way and then it'll be over - maybe even get a few punches in there so he knows not to just ideally bully you because he thinks you wont do anything about it..

There's no point staying in just to delay it, grudges don't go away - if it's going to happen, it's going to happen...

It's not great advice but it's the way of the City-Kid like me "Take the beating and get it over with.."

Helps to be a bit masochistic like me though... scares them a little when you laugh the whole time they're hitting you.

Sorry I can't offer better advice but that's what I’d do.

LOL.... So your telling him to just let them beat him up and laugh whilst they do it?

If there going to say anything to you let them say it, but don't be a fool and let them bully you because they'll take advantage if they can. We don't have Chav's down here we mainly have gangs full of black people. Dont be hasty when sticking up for yourself, if they know you can they'll move onto someone else.

Fact is everyone takes bullying there own way, I myself don't know how I'd handle it as I've never been bullied. You should talk to your parents if your that scared and don't want to leave the house.

You have to leave the house at some point, and the longer you wait the worse the problem get's.

[Smits]

You can't sytay in all the time. But i see what you mean, i've been attacked what, 3 times in the last month, and now i'm paranoid whenever i go out, however i try not to just stay indoors.

[PappaLou]

i come from a rough area aswell, but i fight if i have to, if the police have a problem then i tell them straight, they hit me first :) and i simply was using self-defence

and tbh the police dnt need 2 hear ur friends side of the story, nothing gives anyone the right to carry a knife.

[Leicester]

knuckle dusters are pretty easy to get hold off and aren't obvious and you can't kill someone with em just a jab in the stomach will teach him 1

[Technologic]

Dont live in a hick town

[Isaac]

Dont live in a hick town

I'll get right on that.

And thanks to everyone else. :)

[Tarantula]

I live in Southampton which is Chav heaven... we've been voted to have the most chavs in England a few times and were the only recognised place outside of London/Manchester/Liverpool to have Gangs and we're tiny in comparison to those cities... so we're pretty ****** up down here xD

I mean me and my friends get jumped probably averaging on once a week... I get verbal abuse like 9/10 times I go out and I get physically abuse about 2/10 times (Trust me, I’m not exaggerating... I probably bring it on myself though... Goth clothing, make-up and long hair lol...)

Anyway... down here chav pride is nasty... some of the gangs respect members for beating up goth/punk/scene/emo girls! I've had a few close females friends get bottles/punched/kicked and set on fire by groups of like 5-10 guys...

So yes, not a nice area... anyway... right now SMMB (the worst of the gangs) is out to get me... I got drunk a few months back, told one of them there were a "****** up ****" and laughed at him when he said he was going to kill me... (Bad move... SMMB are the gang that supplies guns :eusa_wallstupid drunkness.)

But it hasn't stopped me going out at all... people i know have been stabbed to death by chavs here for a £5 note... and I have 200 of the nastiest, armed ****** in Southampton after me and yet I still go out! In fact, I go for regular walks around SMMBs hang out areas at 1am on my own...

The way I see it is the chance they'll kill me is tiny, chav code here is if you have a target, you beat him half to death and then leave it, you get the respect and then don't need to beat him that much ever again...
So far it's been months and other then a few punches and the odd bottle or mugging - none of SMMB have even noticed I'm the guy they're after...

And even when/if they do, it means it's over... maybe a broken nose and a couple of black eyes but that's it... then it's just back to the occasional punch.

I dono how it is in your area but I expect it's close to the same, some of the chavs here that have had fights with me and won respect me now, a few have stopped me being beaten up and one stopped me getting a firework set off in my face...

So the way I see it is - if the beating is going to happen, get it out of the way and then it'll be over - maybe even get a few punches in there so he knows not to just ideally bully you because he thinks you wont do anything about it..

There's no point staying in just to delay it, grudges don't go away - if it's going to happen, it's going to happen...

It's not great advice but it's the way of the City-Kid like me "Take the beating and get it over with.."

Helps to be a bit masochistic like me though... scares them a little when you laugh the whole time they're hitting you.

Sorry I can't offer better advice but that's what I’d do.


Ahahahah.
I live on the Isle of Wight.

Anyway... Back on topic...
I carry a knife around with me most of the time, nobody touches me as I'm just over 6 foot so bigger than most yet, best to be safe than sorry.

[JoshDaKidd-]

Yh, I think im prolly from around the same area as N-Dubz. The bullyz, wil only go for da ones who wont stick up for themselfs, usually. Anotha thing ive learnt, is to get respect you have to disrespect. Dnt kno if any of you get wut im sayin ther. Its like u beat 1 of them up, you will either get respect or not.

And lesicter, i wouldent reccomend buyin dusters to hit them in the belly lol, wont make any difference. Gotta be ther face. :P

[vito201-:D]

LOL.... So your telling him to just let them beat him up and laugh whilst they do it?
Yeah man ;D! It makes for a good rep lol x]

[AMERlCA...]

o dear

[xander]

Ahahahah.
I live on the Isle of Wight.

Anyway... Back on topic...
I carry a knife around with me most of the time, nobody touches me as I'm just over 6 foot so bigger than most yet, best to be safe than sorry.
You carry a knife? Why? I go by the saying "He who carries a weapon is the one at the disadvantage". At the end of the day if you're not hard enough to use fists then why use weapons to look hard?

[shizzle]

If you can't beat them, join them.
That's a good saying.


What area is that?

[Tarantula]

You carry a knife? Why? I go by the saying "He who carries a weapon is the one at the disadvantage". At the end of the day if you're not hard enough to use fists then why use weapons to look hard?

i would only use it if a weapon was used on me first, i enjoy fist fights.

[Nereo]

If you live in a dodgy area, more to a not-so-dodgy area ;)

[NIKKEE]

Totally know how you feel, the town I live in is meant to be nice, but the kids who live here are pathetic and make me feel embarassed to be here.
My friend came home from the cinema on a Friday night, got off the train and the people he was with got completely attacked, the girls were beaten up, one guy got all this muscle damage on his arm, my friend's brand new glasses were broken, he got pushed down stairs and some people got away and told the bus drivers in the buses waiting at the bus stop adjoining the train station and the guy was just like he couldn't do anything. People get stabbed outside the friggin job centre all the time, and if you live in a nicer house you're a bigger target.
These losers came running into my garden one night, jumping on my trampoline, and my mum was screaming at them to get out and they wouldn't go, they were just like "What you gonna do?" I mean it was one of those helpless cases, they did it a few times, and eventually stole my youngest brothers sand pit, but a neighbour got it back
I found out it was people in my year, they didn't know it was me, but they were talking about it to someone I know, and they told them and everyone told them they were pathetic so they never came back.
But it annoys me they only stopped cause they found out who it was, they shouldn't do it all.
People just terrorise everyone all the time here and I feel sorry for you cause I know exactly how you feel.

[N-Dubz]

my area is horrific

complaning about it wont change it


get on with life my friend!! or learn to fight? :)

[Metric1]

I know where I live it's not ghetto, but it's full of jocks who don't work and probably won't work a day in their lives, spend all day at the beach surfing and anyone who isn't like they, they beat-up. I am not like them at all, but I just stay away from them.. maybe you could stay away from the trouble?

[bo$$]

You carry a knife? Why? I go by the saying "He who carries a weapon is the one at the disadvantage". At the end of the day if you're not hard enough to use fists then why use weapons to look hard?

because if that's the only way you can defend yourself then you have no other choice.

[Niall!]

Your mate deserves it, carrying a knife around.

[Fehm]

My Signature says it all.. the image is open to everyone to use whenever they want =] So.. feel free to get away from the horrible crime! ^^

[untrustus]

tl;dr.

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