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Crossroads with Joshua Philipp

Why a Knife-Wielding Scottish Girl Has Gone Viral

Crossroads with Joshua Philipp

The Epoch Times

Education, Government

4.9594 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

A young Scottish girl brandishing a knife and hatchet has gone viral, and has become the poster image of an alleged crime problem now sweeping across Europe.

Also, President Donald Trump has now moved forward to create a domestic military “quick reaction force,” confirming earlier reports that this could soon be in place.

And in other news, a suspect in an armed carjacking reveals on camera how he keeps getting released back on the streets.

We’ll discuss these topics and others, in this episode of “Crossroads.”

Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and guests, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

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A young Scottish girl brandishing a knife into hatchet has gone viral, and she's become the poster image of a crime problem now sweeping across Europe.

0:09.0

In other news, President Donald Trump has now moved forward to create a domestic military quick reaction force.

0:15.0

And also on the president, Trump has been removing many key leaders of the Federal Reserve. I'll be talking

0:21.7

about these topics and more today. I'm the Epic Times Senior Investigative reporter Joshua

0:26.8

Philip and you're listening to Crossroads.

0:33.0

Welcome to Crossroads. Now look, first off, there have been ongoing protests in the UK.

0:41.3

A lot of these are against the mass migration, really big grassroots movement happening there right now.

0:46.3

And right amidst all of this, a young girl in Scotland, she's become the global poster image of this entire movement.

0:53.3

A video of her, and I believe it's her sister, 14-year-old girl with her, saying,

0:58.0

don't touch her, don't touch her.

1:00.0

She's only 12 years old, yelling at individuals, chasing around with a camera.

1:05.0

Allegedly they were being followed and harassed by a group of migrant men.

1:09.0

And one of the young girls turns brandishes a knife and a hatchet.

1:14.0

And when the police came, because they called the police saying, hey, these migrant men are following us,

1:19.4

harassing us. The girls were obviously very scared. You can tell by their voices yelling,

1:24.1

don't touch her, don't touch her. The police arrested the little girl.

1:29.1

And this has sparked an outcry even right here in the United States. Now, it seems on the

1:34.4

UK side, most focus is on the girl having weapons because in the UK, that's very controversial.

1:41.3

So the girl, just to clarify, 14 years old then with her sister, Currieu, UK says

1:46.9

this. A 14-year-old girl has been charged after allegedly being caught with a bladed weapon in Dundee.

1:55.1

It says police were called to St. Anne Lane just off Cooper Angus Road in Lockhe, shortly after 7.30 p.m. on Saturday.

2:03.7

It followed reports of a girl having a belated weapon. Now, look, in the United Kingdom, it is

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