Re: [Mpls] The drug house on my corner

[WizardMarks]

Michael Hohmann wrote:
Barb Lickness says/asks, in part:
Came home from work today to find the police in full
force doing a "raid" on the corner "house from hell". ...
After the police left, my sons friend heard the thugs
that remained behind threaten to shoot up my house and
burn it to the ground and to shoot up the apartment
building across the street...
You asked for suggestions, options-- Buy a decent size hand gun and learn
how to use it (i.e. a .357 or .38 revolver). 

WM: I'm not surprised, but as usual, concerned at how quickly we resort 
to guns as a "solution."  And it is tempting, particularly when the 
system cannot contend with these persons. But this solution always 
operates in the bad guys milieu. Good organizing means operating inside 
your milieu and outside the opposition's.
Let me suggest a solution I read about in the Irish Times (the Internet, 
what a concept!): A neighborhood in Dublin was beset with the same 
problem. They organized and, one day/night, 1,000 strong, they went from 
bad guy door to bad guy door, shouting for the bad guys to get the **** 
out of their neighborhood. I would add, make it a sit/stand/crowd-in 
that blocks them from doing business for the rest of that day. Bring 
cops undercover with the crowd. Make sure that someone with felonies and 
outstanding warrants gets arrested and show up in court. Organize 
clandestinely so that the bad guys are doing business as usual when you 
arrive and make sure they don't escape out the back door. Bring cameras 
and use them.

WizardMarks, Central
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