I for one DON'T WANT the military standing on street corners in bad neighborhoods. The government, once it takes something, I have never known it to give it back. Street corners would turn into streets, and streets into neighborhoods.
It's happening fast enough without that happening.
If a neighborhood is bad, it's because the neighbors in it, are sitting on their butts not doing anything. A revolt can come in many forms and doesn't necessarily have to be a country in revolt. A neighborhood, can revolt by saying: Ya know what? I'm tired of the crap goin on in my neighborhood. I'm gettin with my neighbors and together we're gonna help the police clean this mess up on our streets. We're gonna start takin our streets back by testifying as witnesses, callin in crime, and HELPING OURSELVES!
Many of these "bad neighborhoods" are poor because they chose to be poor. They have been in the "system" so many years, that they want someone else to do the dirty work. In most cases the police. And if a police officer makes a bobble, THEN the neighborhood comes out in force, because the officer was white and prejudice.
It is bad that a little girl was shot, but ask yourself. Where were her parents? Where were the shooter's parents? Where did they both live? In the same neighborhood? Hmmmmmm
A revolt or revolution comes from within gentlemen, whether it be country or neighborhood. The people themselves have to get tired of it. They have to take responsibility to protect THEIR OWN homes, THEIR OWN families, THEIR OWN property, THEIR OWN "neighborhoods". THEIR OWN CHILDREN!
We as Americans have let the government TAKE CARE OF OUR BUSINESS, and look where it's gotten us.
Brian, I'm not scolding you, I'm making a suggestion. Why don't you go stand on that street corner? Not alone but, with the people in the neighborhood that LIVE THERE. Strength in numbers. Let everyone know that your tired of the crime. Your city could not afford a police force large enough to clean up every hot spot. The citizenry have a certain responsibility to TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR OWN. Whether it be their family or their neighbors.
It used to be that if someone was causing trouble in a neighborhood, he got a visit from his neighbors. They knew whom he was, and where he lived. Just like I'll bet YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD knows.
Now everyone says: Let some one else do it, AND WE'LL JUDGE THEM AT EVERY TURN. Vigilantism? Hardly! Common sense.
Compare it to a chicken killin dog. The police can't sit at my house 24-7 on the assumption the dog will return. Their my damn chickens. I'LL PROTECT'EM! The police are called to take the "report" of me protectin'em.
