Black Schizophrenia: the key to understanding black violent crime rates
Special feature by Lipton Matthews
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On June 8, 2026, an African man named Hadi Alodid launched an unprovoked knife attack in Belfast, leaving one person blind. While details about Alodid remain scarce, the facts of the case suggest that he could be suffering from mental instability. However, unstable black men committing knife attacks is not an anomaly. For example, in 2020, Zephaniah Mcleod, a black man diagnosed with schizophrenia, killed a man and injured others in a stabbing spree in Birmingham. Furthermore, earlier this year, another black man, Anthony Esan, who is also schizophrenic, attempted to behead a soldier. Each of these incidents individually shocked the public. Taken together, they form a troubling pattern that demands explanation rather than reflexive condemnation of those who notice it.
