Anyone who invests now is foolish. Wait until the trial of the officer ends. If he is cleared of wrong doing watch out. If he is found guilty (likely with Holder out for blood) watvh out.
If I had a demolition and parking lot paving company I might.
After the riots in Newark in 67, the a significant portion of the central ward of the city, which included most of the significant riot action, was virtually demolished and paved over. Kind of an urban renewal project like a 1945 Hiroshima without the radiation (Hiroshima recovered, Newark did not).
It’s ironic that these kids only have to stumble through a black studies degree at any college, and affirmative action will take them to $100,000+ jobs at any medium to large corporation in the US.
The lady has a point. But she needs to take the next step and figure out who is blocking the kids path. Its not the police.Its not the businesses that were destroyed by the rioting and looting.
There’s a much bigger, more basic, issue here: what’s going to happen to the Ferguson police force?
I’m betting that a substantial number of the current force, having Bern tc that they’re the wrong color to be cops are looking for, or at least considering looking for, employment elsewhere.
When they leave, who is actually going to want to come in and replace them?
There’s another thread this morning where the writer talks about the right to raise a family in safety, slamming the cops for denying that right. Without understanding that if the cops who are tasked with protecting the peace and order, and enforcing the law walk away that “safety” will be determined by the gangs.
Security companies, pawn shop, head shop come to mind. Always opportunity.
I was extremely surprised to see a new building in the 90’s.
I hadn't noticed anything new being built for 3 decades.
No one wants to live with people that are prone to riot.
All of us have seen the flash mobs in action. This was just one big flashmob on steroids; mass burglary.
This area was seeing some economic improvement. Large state university nearby, a fortune 100 company as well and several municipal economic developments were burgeoning meant to stimulate the job growth and quality of life.
Those endeavors may very well be dead now. But you cannot reason with a subculture who has historically very low impulse control. They break it and threaten more if it is not replaced.
Insanity.
Businesses better reopen, at least one protestor threatened if businesses didn’t reopen they would riot again. I know if I owned a business there I couldn’t close it fast enough to suit me.