Damilola Murder Article, Group 1. Matilde, Andrea, Nanna, Natascha

1. Structure

Divide the article into sections (between 5 and 10 sections) and give each section a title. Write your titles like this: Introduction to murder case (p. 62, first column, line 5.12).

Introduction to the Damilola tragedy(p. 62, line 5-12)

Description of Damilola (p. 62 line 13-24)

The first victim (p. 63 line 1-11)

New modern inner-city culture (p. 63 line 12-39)

Meet the gangs (p. 63 line 40-50 p.64 line 1-17)

Interviews (p. 64 line 18-92 p. 65 line 1-92 p. 66 line 1-50)
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2. Angle on the murder case: Police investigation

Describe in your own words how the police has tried to solve the murder case and what kind of challenges they have faced in the process.

Angle in the murder case: Police investigations
It is difficult for the investigators to solve the murder case. All of the children in the neighborhood are protecting each other, because no one of the wants to be “grass”. 
The investigators interviews children who could be eventual witnesses or suspects.

3. Connect your answer to question 2 to the following quote from the text (who says it, what is his connection to the murder case, what relevance does his comment have to Operation Seale's work etc.):

It is the recently retired detective who says it. He is connected to the case because he has a lot of experience. His comment has relevance to the case because the youngsters are developing to something bad. They once had at least some respect to the police, but now it seems like they have been in the game for decades, and they are as calm as anything when they are under arrest.  

“When I first started, you'd sometimes stick kids in a cell just to show them what it was like. It used to scare the shit out of them. If you tried that these days the only thing that would happen would be that the kid's street cred would go up” (p. 64, column 1, l.43- column 2, line 3)

4. Message

What do you think is the message of this article? Find at least two quotes from the text to support your answer.

The articles message is to show the world that children are going to be more criminal from a very young age and try to get the governments reacts.

 “Peckham is just the beginning. If the government does not act this sort of culture will develop in all our inner cities.” (p.66, l.43-46)

“People say I’m a criminal: they put me in with those people who rob and beat people, but I’m not like that. I’ve got morals. I’m the good guy, but life is fucked. The only time I feel good is when I buy new clothes or go to a party. Otherwise it’s just grim.” (p. 65, l. 86-92)