Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Tue, Jun 09 2009
Gagged by gangs?
Why won't targeted people help the police? If their own behavior is also criminal, can their silence really make things better in the future? I have heard of whole neighborhoods that maintain this sort of protection for the gangs in their area. Is it some misplaced pride or is it just fear of retribution for speaking out? So will we all just be taken over? There seems to me to be a growing anger over the constant threat of violence, the innocent children being in the wrong place at the wrong time and the feeling that one's home is completely vulnerable to young thugs who have injected themselves as anarchists. Gang members seem to have no respect for anyone unless it's a grudging nod of the head to someone bigger, stronger and more violent than they are. I suspect at some point there will be angry retribution, and I also suspect that it won't come from the gangs, but from the neighborhood citizens who decide to take back the neighborhood any way they can. If it gets to that point, we may be seeing angry mobs. I hope not, but I can see the anger building in many places.
posted at: 13:25 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
Why won't targeted people help the police? If their own behavior is also criminal, can their silence really make things better in the future? I have heard of whole neighborhoods that maintain this sort of protection for the gangs in their area. Is it some misplaced pride or is it just fear of retribution for speaking out? So will we all just be taken over? There seems to me to be a growing anger over the constant threat of violence, the innocent children being in the wrong place at the wrong time and the feeling that one's home is completely vulnerable to young thugs who have injected themselves as anarchists. Gang members seem to have no respect for anyone unless it's a grudging nod of the head to someone bigger, stronger and more violent than they are. I suspect at some point there will be angry retribution, and I also suspect that it won't come from the gangs, but from the neighborhood citizens who decide to take back the neighborhood any way they can. If it gets to that point, we may be seeing angry mobs. I hope not, but I can see the anger building in many places.
posted at: 13:25 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
