Greeting's, Well that is just one person talking, however, I am for anything that "works." But understand the frustration that people feel. In order to come out of the house you have to have some sort of back-up, and that back-up would be MPD. I would be a fool to come out on my block to confront 20 D-boyz that usually hang in front of my house. Not to mention that even when the police come and sit and watch these folks, they still openly deal drugs in front of them. If they are not scared of the police, what do you think their going to do to common folk, with out back-up?
In other words, if the police who carry guns and the authority can not stop these individuals, what can one or two people do with love and peace?? It takes a village to raise a child and it also takes a village to fight crime: "There needs to be a plan put forth, one that includes rule 25 assessors, chemical dependency programming (i.e. Turning Point, IBCA and Eden house), parenting programs, police, park police, schools, parks, city attorney, county attorney, mental health, human services, clinics, valued and trusted community leaders, churches and common folk, I.e. residents." Remember supply and demand, without the supply, there will be no demand. "If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow." - Chinese Epigram Peace-Peace, Vanessa L. Freeman Hawhtorne REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
