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In communities that have broken down a surge in enforcement (like in Iraq) is used also to win hearts and minds aside from flushing the criminal element out. One of the biggest problems in the lower income black community is lack of respect and to authority and self-discipline. You see it in their behavior in failing schools where teachers/administrators are not able to properly discipline unruly students and the parent(s) don’t care anyways what the teachers/administrators have to say.

34 posted on 08/17/2016 5:15:52 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ('You can avoid reality, but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")

One of the biggest problems in the lower income black community is lack of respect and to authority and self-discipline. You see it in their behavior in failing schools where teachers/administrators are not able to properly discipline unruly students...

Right you are. And your point about a surge is well-taken. My concern is that once a level of force is raised up and set, sometimes it is hard to back it down when the initial problem is corrected. But I think we agree that something positive has to be done, and Trump at least is showing some leadership unlike HC or BHO.