One City’s Surprising Tactic to Reduce Gun Violence: Solving More Nonfatal Shootings

[vaughanwilliams]

Originally Posted by green_mariner

My point is that when it happens in the ghetto and it's Black on Black, it's considered normal.

Nobody considers it normal - routine yes, normal no. If African American or any race of gangsters are offing themselves I'll agree that the level of sympathy is pretty low but trust me when I say that when an innocent victim of any race, especially if a child is murdered, the entire community mourns.

[john3232]

Regarding Oakland...

"You know in the movies when they go to rob a bank and set their watches, we got 30 seconds aaaand synchronize,’ ” Scott says. “Now it’s like 45, 50 minutes. It’s insane. I can sit down and make a sandwich. Smoke a cigarette, take selfies, walk home. Because the police aren’t coming. They’re not even picking up.”
https://www.thefp.com/p/waking-up-fr...migrant-crisis