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Reportedly 80% of shootings/ homicides happen on 8% of the blocks in the city. There’s a 35 block area in the Englewood community that is viewed as a war zone. A different gang owns each block and corners are seriously problematic.
While most women are single mothers does not mean the bio father is not involved in a child’s life. Fathers and grandfathers groom their sons for the street. Some of these kids have never attended a school. Young children are often armed. Some have never left their block. Families tend to be tragically dysfunctional.
It’s become “ a thing” for older teens- young adults to pick out their coffins and plan their own street memorials, when they are flush with cash. Gangs are the retail end of the drug trade.
Everything is about rage and revenge and sometimes, innocents are in the wrong place at the wrong time. These gangs don’t know how to shoot.
A local alderman from one of these communities was recently asked what could be done to reduce the violence.
He started talking about the need for a massive influx of social workers in the schools to in effect, reparent students. Even then, he conceded most will be lost to the streets.
There’s an all black male charter high school in one of these communities with the goal of very student being accepted by a 4 year college. Acceptance is by lottery. They too focus on reparenting and stopping the generational cycle with an emphasis on letting go of victimization and the blame game. Nonetheless, they lose plenty of students to the streets and homicides, every year.
Laquan McDonald is the 17 year old who was shot 16 x by an officer as he walked away. There was a massive cover- up. Anyway, this kid had bounced around “ the system” and with relatives paid to be foster care since toddlerhood. Mom is an addict and she and her boyfriends alternatively abused and neglected him. He was a throw away kid. Never had a chance.
He was into petty crime- breaking into cars which is what he was doing the night he was killed. There was something cognitively off about him- more like a young child.
His good for nothing mother lawyered up and threatened to sue the city for a $ million for each bullet. They settled for $5 million. The law firm took a $2 million cut. And life goes on.
There is no amount of policing or political leadership that is going to make a dent in the violence.
Crime in NYC was much worse before Gulliani and Bloomberg (republican at the time) took over as mayor.
They increased policing and crime dropped dramatically.
Crime in NYC was much worse before Gulliani and Bloomberg (republican at the time) took over as mayor.
They increased policing and crime dropped dramatically.
Violent crime last peaked in the 80-90’s all over the US.
Then the trend reversed, all over the US, regardless of leadership, politics, the number of officers, strategy or lack of strategy. Criminologists have wide ranging theories as to why but no consensus. Theories range from the SCOTUS ruling on Roe v Wade to an increase in the practice of Transcendental Meditation and everything in between.
One does not hear former NYC Mayor Giuliani mention this.
Overall, crime continues to decline throughout the US. Shootings however, have increased in all cities/ counties of size including those with Republican mayors.
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Won't you be my neighbor.......
Another day in paradise in the hood? It's been that way for decades, and it will be that way for decades more until change comes from within.
Violent crime last peaked in the 80-90’s all over the US.
Then the trend reversed, all over the US, regardless of leadership, politics, the number of officers, strategy or lack of strategy. Criminologists have wide ranging theories as to why but no consensus. Theories range from the SCOTUS ruling on Roe v Wade to an increase in the practice of Transcendental Meditation and everything in between.
One does not hear former NYC Mayor Giuliani mention this.
Overall, crime continues to decline throughout the US. Shootings however, have increased in all cities/ counties of size including those with Republican mayors.
Pretty simple explenation to me.
There was a concerted effort from both parties to bring down crime rates. It was the popular thing to do at the time.
Hence Bidens crime bill.
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