Am I a "Likely gang member"? Who is a likely gang member? I'm a Black man who may be walking in your neighborhood. How about a "surprise patdown" of me? No thanks, Ive had enough of those.
Kejuan Miller
Phillips
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Here in Cooper, we are particularly lucky to have an ambitious crime prevention specialist named Thomas Thompson. Today I got another email from him with a spreadsheet on 2002 crimes in Longfellow, Seward, and Cooper. Cooper had a pretty fair 2002 record. Here the criminals don't want any TROUBLE, they just want to steal your stuff! And that got me to thinking that the cops ought to watch likely gang members and then do surprise patdowns on suspicion of firearms violations. If they have a loaded gun on them, give them some jail time. There is no CONCEIVABLE excuse for anyone not licensed to carry to have a loaded firearm on their person. And if things were done right, the penalty would be very, very stiff. It would be really desirable if the criminally-oriented would be as afraid to be caught WITH a gun as to be caught without one.
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