This link you posted fascinates me:
http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050903/NEWS05/50903001
because there's another link posted in this forum from the very same paper saying that reports of an increase in crime in Monroe are untrue?
They're doing the very same thing in Alexandria. One report did slip through the cracks at The Town Talk, only to be followed by more articles in which the Chiefs of Police of Alexandria and Pineville vehemently deny that there is any increase in crime here. In fact, Chief Daren Coutee of Alexandria said on KALB Newschannel 5 that he wished citizens would tell him who was starting these wild rumors so he could put those individuals in jail.
I was a crime victim myself this week, but no one wants to hear about it. Instead, I have literally been told by the local media that it isn't of significance *unless I can prove the crime was committed by a refugee* and that I should be grateful that my only loss was my $300 insurance deductible and not as great as the families in New Orleans.
What the...? Why does it matter where the person(s) who robbed me lived? The fact is that the individual(s) took advantage of the situation caused by Katrina to commit a crime spree! But, oops, I'd better not bang the drum too loudly because people think I'm a rumormonger.
Thanks for posting a very intriguing link.
What crime was committed against you?
If you dont mind me asking..
I dont think it takes much tinfoil to believe that crime will increase around the area Katrina hit and beyond as some who are hoodlums fan out over the south.
I also believe there are plenty of decent Evacs who would do no harm. But the crime issue should not be swept under a blanket, or exaggerrated.