The scientists can study global warming in their laboratories. However, the neighbors in many Chicago communities don't need any laboratories. They can study it right in their own streets. Ask any cop -- summertime is killertime.
Your June 25 front page is only a hint of tragic things to come. Gangs and punks thrive anywhere, but especially during the hot tempers of hot summers. As a one-timevictim, I know.
The President can't stop global warming in its tracks...and the Mayor can't stop Chicago summer heat....but together the neighbors and the cops can stop some of the anticipated July/August kid killings. They have already found a variety of very thick thumbs (community programs) to hold back the dike in high-crime-rate districts. And while small thumbs aren't as good as whole new dikes, it's a start.
As a one-time, summer-time gang victim, I offer this thought. When we hear the Mayor talk tough on gang crime, when we see the cops act tough on gang crime, there's every reason to support those neighborhoods with the "No Gangs Here!" warning signs.
That's not vigilantism; that's vigilance!
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Pardon my cynic view on things, but I think there are just as many bad cops out there as there are criminals. I know there are good policemen/women out there, and thank God for them, but we need more! And neighborhoods need to take more action and be more involved in what happens in their towns. Unfortunately, I think the majority of people talk about it more than actually doing anything about it. That's where our biggest challenge gets us.
ReplyDeleteI agree when you say people "talk about it" more than they do anything about it...sadly, these gang killings are almost always in the same communities...a pattern for generations...the talk is terribly cheap, the action is terribly hard... but if not now, when!!??
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