My good friend was Navajo, her family split a little. One sibling only spoke Navajo after that, others only spoke English. Everyone understood both, they did keep culture but with high poverty the last I knew.Quote:
Originally Posted by bae
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My good friend was Navajo, her family split a little. One sibling only spoke Navajo after that, others only spoke English. Everyone understood both, they did keep culture but with high poverty the last I knew.Quote:
Originally Posted by bae
Not the one asking how does one forgive America.;)Quote:
Originally Posted by gimmethesimplelife
And you want to flee to Mexico? Don't they have a bit of a problem with violence down there. I guess as long as you have your smart phone you will be safe.
good luck.
It's beenQuote:
Originally Posted by bae
happening a lot the past five months so we've started these citizen patrols in the 85006. The perps to date have been snotty rich white kids from the suburbs who overwhelm, attack, beat, and rob older Hispanic women on their way home from doing their marketing. They also yell Wetback Go Home while doing this. The goal is to catch them in the act and ruin their lives via arrest record......a gift from the 85006 which will keep on giving for life. Trash like these punks need to rethink victimizing the 85006, we've had our fill of America already and have no patience for such sociopathic behavior imported from the suburbs. Rob
And here I have swung by to answer your questions. These patrols are in response to older Hispanic ladies being beaten and robbed by snotty rich white kids from the suburbs. The goal is to catch them in action, get identifying information, and yes, involve the police so as to get arrest records to ruin these punks lives forever.....a courtesy gift from the 85006. So far this is the extent of the patrols, just to focus on the elderly being beaten and robbed by this sociopathic suburban trash. RobQuote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
There really is no way to forgive America in this case. Innocent citizens being murdered in cold blood by sociopathic police officers who get away with it due to how this country is set up......this is completely beyond human forgiveness. I knew this by age 12......luckily I was exposed to America as it really is before any Kool Aid could take effect. RobQuote:
Originally Posted by ToomuchStuff
The 85006 certainly has a high crime rate. And it looks like the majority is hispanic. I dought the real problem is rich white kids causing trouble.
Thankfully down in SW Florida we appreaciate our police officers. Recently a citizen shot and killed a thug attacking an officer. One less thug to worry about.
That is excellent work, then, citizen crime patrols! You have to work with police in that. We work closely with them, I call our 3rd District desk sargeant every time I set out in mobile patrol. Rob, I am glad you are stepping forward to take real action. I thinkNk we could be accused of just riding around in a car, but it is still a big step up from typing screeds on keyboards.Quote:
Originally Posted by gimmethesimplelife
My neighborhood's ratio of real action to keyboard action is, oh, I dont know, 1:40? For everyone who spends 4 hours a month on mobile patrol ( that is our reqired minimum) there are 40-50-60 people who cry, whne, and moan about how we need more police presence, we need to hire private security, and blah blah blah. Hw's about them stepping up to do a mobile patrol stint.
Rob, I could get elaborate, but that pretty much sucks. I live in a diverse neighborhood, albeit suburban middle class, and as far as I can tell there have have been no similar issues. I don't thing it is American on the whole, but have no doubt there are regions that have problems like this. Maybe they are more common closer to the border? I have little doubt that the Trump regime will embolden more of this. Hate crimes are among the darkest I can imagine. I would like to think that America is better than this and that there are just small enclaves that are to blame. Maybe I am wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by gimmethesimplelife
My awakening experience came about 5 years ago. I had been raised in a bit of a bubble, my parents did not let racism in our house however they were pretty quiet about it. I didn't realize it until I was much older and heard people talking about hearing racist jokes and comments by adults and then wondered why I had not heard these things, ever. However we never talked about it. I took for granted that good people accepted gay kids and different colors and religions. I stepped up one step by talking about it with my kids but it was still a problem of somewhere else. I went to a training over several days on addressing the reading gap in boys of color and listened to people who were actively working with these kids more than I was, including families of color, and had to admit I was just not aware of what was happening. I started to look other places, reading what educators and especially those of color were saying. I think being able to integrate new information is very important right now. I would love to be wrong and think things are better, my neighborhood so far has not had racist graffiti or attacks, however I need to listen to Rob and others who are seeing this first hand. And thank you for addressing this and working with police when I know that is hard for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rogar
In some ways I wish I had been more aware of what was happening. I see now that in many ways my personal loneliness living in suburban Michigan was also the separation of my family from a lot of people because we did not accept things as normal. I see the simple acts of my parents in reaching out when the first black family moved in, the first hispanic family, the first Indian family and know now they lost friendships every time. They didn't whine or complain, but they also did what was right.