00:00The spat between London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan and US President Donald Trump continues.
00:07At a recent press conference around tackling phone snatching here in the capital,
00:14the mayor slams people who have spoken negatively about London,
00:20saying there are people who hate its diversity.
00:23Now, Mr Khan went a step further and said London is safer than many cities across Europe,
00:30and even every major city in the United States.
00:34Sadiq Khan and Donald Trump have not seen eye to eye when it comes to foreign affairs
00:40or even the state of England's capital.
00:44We also recognise there are people across the globe who don't like London.
00:48They don't like our success. They don't like our diversity.
00:50They don't like our liberal values. They don't like our progressives.
00:53And they find any excuse to spread misinformation and disinformation,
00:57objective evidence shows.
00:59Last year was the year with the fused amount of homicides on a per capita basis in London.
01:04The fused amount of teenage homicides in more than three decades
01:07were far safer than all the major cities in Europe and every city in the United States of America.
01:12Burglary is down. Gun crime is down.
01:16Knife crime is down.
01:1810,000 fewer victims of mobile phone thefts as well.
01:21And so it's really important we, you know, tell the good story about London
01:25rather than people believe in the rubbish.
01:27At a Met Police event around tackling phone snatching,
01:31a crime that has ravaged the capital over the last decade,
01:35Sir Sadiq Khan likened phone snatchers to olden time motor bandits
01:40and said the Met Police have always faced challenges like this one.
01:46You know, a hundred years ago, London was gripped by fears of a crime wave.
01:54The cause was a new kind of criminal, the motor bandit.
02:00The motor bandit would rob homes, shops and banks
02:05before jumping in a car to speed away from the scene.
02:11Stuck on foot or on horseback, Met Police officers couldn't catch them
02:15and they got away, just got free.
02:18The consequences of this new crime was profound.
02:23Victims suffered without ever seeing justice
02:26and the public started to lose confidence in policing,
02:31worried that the authorities couldn't keep up with those who sought to do them harm.
02:37If that story sounds familiar, it is.
02:42In the century since, we've seen this pattern repeat itself again and again.
02:50Technological progress provides criminals with new opportunities to get ahead
02:56and the rest of the world rushes to catch up.
02:59To beat him.
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