Those were tough times and it looks like events are beginning to escalate again. My advice is to avoid the neighborhoods that harbor gangs, etc. and to make as much noise as possible when danger approaches.
This is where poltically correct, white guilt liberals will take it in the shorts. They won’t heed your common sense advice because it would be “racist.” Mugged liberals coming right up.
No, the liberals will quietly avoid those areas, while screaming about how racist you are for saying that people should avoid those areas, and telling your boss and co-workers that you are a secret Klansman. That's how it works.
Liberalism is based on hypocrisy.