So what?!
So who cares... the stats are level or maybe even down? First off I don't believe it... the stats could be cooked. Second who cares if we are fairly safe compared to or not as bad as other large cities. This means we should just accept the crime that there IS here. Just disregard it and say "OH Well" "We are not as bad as Detroit" So we should just let it be?
I don't care about the stats or comparisons. My point is even one crack dealer on the corner is too many. And we have hundreds. And YES it is that bad. And we can't get rid of them because LE does not have enough money, equipment, officers or strong enough laws to employ. As long as this situation con't more people are going to die. Maybe we can never rid ourselves of this and other crimes completely. True. I just happen to believe we CAN do more then we are. But as long as we sit around saying "So what... it's not that bad... only 60 murders last year... we are safer then LA or where ever" then we have no motivation to do anything about the problem that we DO have. And I think that is sad. That's All.
So who cares... the stats are level or maybe even down? First off I don't believe it... the stats could be cooked. Second who cares if we are fairly safe compared to or not as bad as other large cities. This means we should just accept the crime that there IS here. Just disregard it and say "OH Well" "We are not as bad as Detroit" So we should just let it be?
I don't care about the stats or comparisons. My point is even one crack dealer on the corner is too many. And we have hundreds. And YES it is that bad. And we can't get rid of them because LE does not have enough money, equipment, officers or strong enough laws to employ. As long as this situation con't more people are going to die. Maybe we can never rid ourselves of this and other crimes completely. True. I just happen to believe we CAN do more then we are. But as long as we sit around saying "So what... it's not that bad... only 60 murders last year... we are safer then LA or where ever" then we have no motivation to do anything about the problem that we DO have. And I think that is sad. That's All.