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LUVMBDiesels · #9 06-02-2009, 01:11 PM

THIS HAPPENED IN COLUMBIA???!!
I used to go there all the time and it was such a nice place (one of the first totally planned communities in the USA)

I cannot believe gang violence has spread to there.

I agree with Jon's assessment of Rudy. I am a huge fan of his, having worked in NYC during the Koch and Dinkins administrations I was shocked by Rudy's ability to turn things around. One thing that I thnik needs correcting though, by taking care of the burned out cars, graffiti, etc, Rudy and the NYPD made conditions such that the good people of NYC could stand up and take back their neighborhoods. Criminals didn't just say, "Gee I think I will turn honest today" The people stopped tolerating them in their midst and basically shiut them down. Neighborhood watches sprang up, people called the Cops (who would actually show up, imagine that...), and the conditons that fostered crime went away. Now I can actually feel safe running around weaponless Manhattan even at night, something I don't feel in DC even in daylight... back in the 1980's when I worked in NY, I was armed to the teeth and only went around in groups of at least three all of us armed with knives and maybe somethings that went bang...

As far as gangs go, the best thing to do is what they did in NY and in LA. Create tactical teams that swoop into a neighboorhood and round up all the gangbangers. In NY they pretty much stopped gang activity and in LA they curtailed it greatly. Once you round up and convict the hard core leaders, you can work with the younger members to turn them around...