The level of pre-mediation combined with the frenzied attack (the frenzied nature not having been planned) is definitely a reason why this is not an “average” stabbing.Knife crime is growing at an alarming rate & it scares me to death, there seems to be no deterrent & many kids carry a knife as a status symbol & use it to sort out minor disputes which end in tragedy. However, I’m not sure how many other stabbings are carried out by kids who have put a detailed plan together to murder their victim in a violent frenzy, that’s also why this case has attracted attention. This isn’t (to me, anyway) an ‘average” stabbing.
There’s several reasons why this case has attracted so much more attention than other fatal knife crimes, a few of which have nothing to do with X & Y… or Brianna identifying as trans for that matter.
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This recent case for example wasn’t gang-related and involved an at the time 16 year old defendant, a lot of pre-meditation, a “brutal” attack and a trial that lasted over four weeks.
But it didn’t involve a second defendant or made-for-tabloid-sensationalism moments like a kill list. Or other things that made Brianna’s case so publicised.
Got little national publicity if any.
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