Idris Elba's whitewashing of UK knife crime badly misses point

Idris Elba's whitewashing of UK knife crime badly misses point

The new BBC documentary "Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis" could not have come at a more appropriate time. The number of knife-related deaths in Britain among ages 13 to 19 has increased dramatically over the last decade, from 56% to 83%.Reports of such senseless violence have become commonplace. Highlighting rising knife crime in Somerset, Bedfordshire, and Sussex — which are whiter and more rural — implies a trend without comparing absolute …