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Jackson is a tough place. My wife’s cousin was murdered there several years ago.
I’m not sure what good it does to compare Jackson to London. Far different cities with much different issues to focus on. Mississippi might be deep red, but Jackson itself is very different from the rest of the state.
It depends on where in Jackson you're talking about. I spent about half of December in Jackson, and I never felt unsafe. I saw people casually walking their dogs, playing basketball with hoops set up in their driveways, and doing other normal suburban things. There weren't any abandoned houses near where I was staying. When in Hinds County (where Jackson is located) I was mostly in the area between I-55, Jackson Academy, the Whole Foods, and the county line. The next county north, Madison County, is the wealthiest county in Mississippi, which isn't saying much. It's the only county in Mississippi that has a median income that is above the national average. One mid afternoon, when coming back from Vicksburg, I decided to get off of I-220 and take one of the east-west streets through part of the west side, heading toward I-55. That area was more like the 'still' from your link. As a tall, but baby boomer white guy, I probably wouldn't choose to drive through that particular area alone at night.
Somehow they manage. I watch mostly UK and foreign productions and noticed years ago the cops rarely had guns - also true in some other parts of Europe. Somehow they manage to catch perps, deal with domestic disturbance, etc. - no weapons.
Somehow they manage. I watch mostly UK and foreign productions and noticed years ago the cops never had guns - also true in other parts of Europe. Somehow they manage to catch perps, deal with domestic disturbance, etc. - no weapons. Clearly, their people are more docile than ours. Firearms are not easily obtained in Europe.
I've been to a number of other places in Scotland, but I have yet to make it to Glasgow.
If you watch Anthony Bourdain's show on Glasgow, he devotes some of that show to, instead of more time re the meal, to a guy who teaches people how to fight...to defend themselves...on the street using your fists and whatever else (limited) that it is legal to use. AB seemed to do this to show what is needed when firearms are not a legal option.
I've driven around much of Ireland and Northern Ireland but, even though we had a car, we decided to take a private cab style driving tour of Belfast to be able to have someone else keep an eye on the road, get us to the most interesting places, and edify us at the same time. We saw some police stations in some neighborhoods that looked more like fortresses in a war zone than city police stations. After the second cease fire in 1998, and before the IRA decommissioning in 2005, there were a few skirmishes. To end our trip, we drove from Belfast to Dublin. We went through some sort of checkpoint and, while driving through a valley, a bomb landed I'm guessing a mile or so away, and the whole area shook. The only other place I've seen where police stations look quite like that was driving around about 15 years later in Canada (Surrey, BC). I asked the manager of my hotel in Surrey why the police station was 'fortified to that degree'. He said it was because of the drug problems in that area.
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I mentioned the 'still' in my previous post because I didn't watch the video. I wonder if the OP watched that video that he linked to.