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Originally posted by AlphaSigOU
[rant mode on]
Guess the T-Dot cops need to learn to give these perps 'wood shampoos', 'Thom McAn ass-kickings' and 'Mag-Lite enemas'. Put the respect for the police - and the fear of God - in the populace. And the community is PISSED that the doer got a broken collarbone? He shoulda been shot for resisting arrest!
[rant mode off]
Such is life in the big city...
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It's more of a split between old and new... or more aptly old and young residents in the neighbourhood.
At the last community meeting (about another subject) there where complaints made by some that the cops were targeting them because either because they are young or becuase they are black - or both... which led to some of the older citizens retorting that they are being targeted because they are openly drinking underage or smoking up or vandalizing property - which ultimately devolved into yelling back and forth between residents, with racial slurs being liberally thrown by some of the punks (anti-white, anti-Italian, anti-Greek, anti-Irish and such) with other coments thrown back at them (I got a chuckle out of one 80+ year-old black woman from down the street threatening to "tan your n***er hides").
In all honesty the crime or violence problem has really only come about in the last 10 or 12 years - but the reasons behind it aren't too clear... the economy of the area is no wosre off (maybe a little better), no real population shift (other than 100 more homes and a retirement complex), an increase in school attendance/graduation rates, increased church attendance, lower un-employment... all confusing - even the cops are having trouble narrowing down the causes, as the statistics show a marked increase in violent crime amongst those who identify themselves as black, between the ages of 15-25, and of a middle class background - but not in other ethnic, economic, age groups; the only other correlation is that the white, middleclass 15-25 group has shown a slightly steady level of crime - which is in and of itself hard to explain as well. Because in fact overall, crime rates having been steadily dropping, except now violent crimes have increased in percentange and frequency, seemingly without being attached to other criminal activities... last time I checked of those arrested for violent crimes around 85% were first time offenders (well other than traffic tickets).