Posted on 05/27/2015 9:31:05 AM PDT by RightGeek
A man was shot dead at a Detroit gas station late at night on Tuesday.
The man was trying to flee a carjacking while he was filling up with gas.
Video at https://youtu.be/sjzbu_t89E4
Detroit Police Chief James Craig told reporters Tuesday he wouldn’t gas up in Detroit late at night unless he had to.
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Why do blacks commit so many crimes? Is it genetic? I seriously do not understand it.
You can take the man out of the jungle but you cant take the jungle out of the man.
What about all the groups that have spent centuries in poverty? How do you explain that?
“Why do blacks commit so many crimes?”
Because like everyone else, they know they can. However, their instincts don’t seem to tell them that they shouldn’t. It’s their disregard for the consequences that makes them so ‘special’.
When we lived there, my daughter had to go see a play for one of her college classes. It was at another college in a rough area. No way she was going alone. I took her and had to endure some stupid play about the joys of being gay.
Unghhhhh
He should have quit filling up with gas before fleeing. It would have made it easier to run. Filling up with gas? There are too many bad jokes in that one mis-sentence. It really is too bad that grammar is not taught in public school or required in journalism courses any more.
Most people lived in poverty until the 20th century.
Rank
Country
IQ estimate
1
Hong Kong
107
2
South Korea
106
3 ^
Japan
105
4
Taiwan
104
5
Singapore
103
6 *
Austria
102
6 ^
Germany
102
6 **
Italy
102
6 *
Netherlands
102
10
Sweden
101
10
Switzerland
101
12
Belgium
100
12 **
China
100
12
New Zealand
100
12 **
United Kingdom
100
16
Hungary
99
16
Poland
99
16 **
Spain
99
19
Australia
98
19
Denmark
98
19 *
France
98
19
Mongolia
98
19
Norway
98
19 *
United States
98
25
Canada
97
25
Czech Republic
97
25
Finland
97
28
Argentina
96
28 ^
Russia
96
28
Slovakia
96
28
Uruguay
96
32 ^
Portugal
95
32
Slovenia
95
34
Israel
94
34
Romania
94
36
Bulgaria
93
36
Ireland
93
36 *
Greece
93
39
Malaysia
92
40
Thailand
91
41
Croatia
90
41 ^
Peru
90
41 * *
Turkey
90
44
Colombia
89
44
Indonesia
89
44
Suriname
89
47
Brazil
87
47 * *
Iraq
87
47 ^
Mexico
87
47
Samoa
87
47
Tonga
87
52 *
Lebanon
86
52
Philippines
86
54
Cuba
85
54
Morocco
85
56
Fiji
84
56 *
Iran
84
56
Marshall Islands
84
56
Puerto Rico
84
60 **
Egypt
83
60
Saudi Arabia
83
60
United Arab Emirates
83
61 *
India
81
62
Ecuador
80
63
Guatemala
79
64
Barbados
78
64
Nepal
78
64
Qatar
78
67
Zambia
77
68
Congo
73
68
Uganda
73
70
Jamaica
72
70
Kenya
72
70
South Africa
72
70
Sudan
72
70
Tanzania
72
75
Ghana
71
76
Nigeria
67
77
Guinea
66
77 ^
Zimbabwe
66
79
Democratic Republic of the Congo
65
80
Sierra Leone
64
81
Ethiopia
63
82
Equatorial Guinea
59
So what’s the excuse for the crime in certain Irish and Italian subgroups?
Ah, the liberal utopia of Detroit!
Unless its late at night and you are the police chief; then you have to be very aware of your surroundings. But seriously, I worked and grew up in a town that still has the highest crime rate in the Northwest. Yet I feel more comfortable there than I do in most other large municipalities. That is because I know where the danger is and is not and how to avoid trouble. So I understand your assessment.
My parents lived in the Detroit area when they were first married and we visited relatives many times there while I was growing up. My uncle sent them a picture of the house where I was conceived recently. It is now located in a blighted area and was for sale for $1000. Sadly, over five decades of Democratic leadership and social programs has ruined much of the area.
Some people can get out of a poverty mindset, but it’s nothing we should excuse off as being easy. My wife came from a poor family, I came from a middle class family. Our most common arguments about finances revolve around spending or saving new money. I want to save it, pay off debts, or invest in retirement. She wants to spend it or give it away to someone else. Trying to break her out of that mindset is very challenging.
On the flipside, I have a friend (African-American) who left New Orleans after Katrina who was also raised in poverty. He got a job here, met his wife here, and has never looked back. Almost like a light switch, he was able to adapt and flourish. Sometimes people get it, but for most, it is a long slow road that requires constant accountability from peers.
Your own words expose your ignorance.
It may sell with people who want to believe your BS but I actually know better.
committing crime is a choice.
genetics doesn’t enter into it.
it’s cultural.
low intelligence...lack of critical thinking ability...lack of understanding the consequences...impulsive..lack of self control.....OR....just bad?...just immoral?..
I’d rather the Mexicans settle it...really prefer the Russians....but please..no Somalians...
Maybe it wouldn’t be such a bad thing if civil indifference toward their cause was more prevalent. I have the right to be done with it but I’m not quite done with it just yet. Maybe I’ll live to see things turn around but I think I know better now and that’s kind of a drag. I’m not going to live the rest of my life being overly concerned for the human race.
I have more hope for the decent folks of Detroit than I do for the “conservatives” who clearly don’t want things to get any better.
Its just sad to me how much joy some FReepers take over one shooting in Detroit when the city has been very quiet in the face of Obama desperately trying to stir things up for over a year.
Frankly, I would rather live in Detroit than in Baltimore, Ferguson, and most other large cities in the country. At least in Detroit I have a right to protect myself.
Chief Craig deserves that new contract, that’s for sure.
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