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Bull, its because the basics of social structure in these neighborhoods have collapsed. I am not going to say there are no racist cops out there... I know there are, have to deal unfortunately with them too regularly. I'm not going to say that there are racists judges out there either... I'm just not that naive.

However, I know that I don't see the sort of violence in some neighborhoods I see in others... and its not the color of the skin, but the lack of character thats the problem.

How can boys grow to be men if Daddy's not around? And not only is their Daddy not around, but no one they know has a dad that lives with them? How to little girls grow up to be young women, when they have no father in the home? They have no model of what a male/female relationship should be? They have no male attention in their lives, other than dogs sniffing around their crotches... and since that's all they know, that's what they'll take?

Its not the color of skin, you get that behavior to happen in any neighborhood, black, white, hispanic, or polka dot, you are going to wind up with the same problems.

In terms of Kids, I've personally found that other that the REALLY BAD URBAN neighborhoods... and I mean the REALLY bad ones... they generally aren't as bad as they are made out to be.. but they do have issues. The area's though where the kids are completely running amok are more the UMC.. where they are just overprivaleged, used to getting whatever they want, and bored.

A 250k house in a 250k+ neighborhood sits vacant for a few months, I guarantee you the kids have turned it into a party house, graffittied the walls and kicked out the drywall etc etc etc.... a 50 or 60k house in a 50 or 60k neighborhood... is far less likely to be vandalized if it sits vacant for the same amount of time. A curious observation that I have noticed time and time again.