> "D.Klein" wrote:
>
> You sorta miss the point.
Rather, I think the point being missed is that there is apparently an
unequal application of law. And CODEFOR is just a cover for that
unequal application. If I correctly understand the premise of CODEFOR
is that in a CODEFOR area, crime laws are more strictly enforced, such
as for broken tail lights, loud music, broken windows, loitering,
etc., whereas in non-CODEFOR neighborhoods, these crimes are generally
ignored. To me, this creates a socially acceptable cover/excuse for
harassing undesirable groups.
> Here in green and leafy Kenwood we don't
> generally have people dealing drugs in the street (maybe in the
> ballroom, but that's another issue), driveby shootings of kids at
> bus stops, and sexual assaults in the alleys and in Kenwood Park.
> If we did, I'd WELCOME Codefor. Until then, luckily we don't need
> it.
I do not welcome CODEFOR.
> The people I know who live in the neighborhoods so adversely
> affected (amazing! that we know and have even visited people
> there!), and who are just trying to raise their kids, do a good job
> at work and have a safe life, well, they aren't the ones I've heard
> complaining about Codefor.
Actually, they have complained because I am one of them. I am trying
to live a safe life, do a good job at work, and have a good home life
in one of those so adversely affected neighborhoods. Four of the
houses on my block have been burglarized in the last 18 months, cars
have been burglarized, fences and garages have been tagged with
graffiti, drug usage on city streets, prostitution activity on
streets, loud music in cars, gang activity, homicide, rape, assault,
the list goes on and on.
Besides, why complain? What makes anyone think that the system will
respond in a constructive manner?
Scott McGerik
Hawthorne
Minneapolis
http://www.visi.com/~scottlm/
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