Are the citizens the solution to Ghetto Crime wave?

[Woodznutz]

Actually, all it would need is adults, who are ready to listen to our allies like El Salvador who has made tremendous progress with their crime problemo.

When will Sleepy Joe meet with President Bukele and visit his new Cecot Penitentiary and see how its working out?

We could easily fill such a prison here using R.I.C.O. laws against drug gangs.

 

[rampart]

True. Many of my friends came from 'intact' homes and were as messed up as any. I and my siblings were raised in a loveless home and only survived because of the strict discipline imposed on us.

loveless. check. strict discipline. check.

all; most of these kids need is discipline, but there seems no mechanism to deliver same.

taditionally, that would be basic training, but by the time these kids hit draft age they can't pass a drug test.

 

[TheParser]

(1) Before the 1960s, the downtown areas were safe because certain folks did not dare act up.

(2) They confined crime to their own area of town.

a. And even they were not so violent as they are today, for it was before the widespread use of illicit drugs.

(3) Of course, there is no going back to the 1950s.

(4) So there is really no way to guarantee safety when on the sidewalk or on public transportation.

(5) It is all just a matter of luck.

 

[mamooth]

Facts don't care about your feelings, Trumpflakes.

US stats show violent crime dramatically falling, so why is there a rising clash with perception?

In his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden boasted that violent crime is at a 50-years low. But the perception of crime is clashing with the statistics.

abcnews.go.com

Crime raters are lower under Biden. That's bad politically for Republicans, so they just lie about it.