Years ago I read articles on how folks in Detroit took matters into their own hands, patrolling their streets, etc. The police either didn’t care or didn’t have the resources to handle the crime.
Sounds like that attitude continues.
Still waiting for some ‘national’ wall to wall coverage of the two ladies in Chicago that were ‘volunteers’ to stand on street corners so their children could go outside and play, that were apparently assassinated on a street corner and (as far as I interpret) were targeted in a drive by.
I say targeted as one of the ladies was apparently hit several times in the chest, which to me indicates she probably the target as ‘just happened to be in wrong place at wrong time’ etc doesn’t fit...but the CPD ‘pointed out’ that one of the people in the vicinity was recently paroled .....
Kind of like if someone knocks on your door and you let him in and they pick up your car keys and take your car, the charge is often ‘unauthorized use’ of vehicle rather than have the stats go up by calling it car theft.
I realize people need a job etc but I don’t believe I could work for a PD that told me to ‘turn my head’ if certain crimes were being committed.
Mayors/city councils/appointed heads of PDs will continue this game till they either drive all the VIRILE young men out of the game (sort of like the Military...if all that WILL volunteer is trannies/do funnies/weirdos etc one can’t complain about lack of protection..YET ‘we’(collectively) sit back and let them do it and endorse the same fools each election day)..