It seems as though this old boy town really is an old boy town. A report was released that shows Charlottesville is number one in the country in racial disparity, as well as not providing home lending to low- and moderate-income black borrowers. Does that surprise anyone that lives in this village?
In other local events, the dirty dozen are still running loose (although I didn’t hear of any attacks yet this weekend), but school resource officers (I don’t think they had those when I was in school) are now helping out on the gang-ish violence investigation. I hear the Crapshaw wants the building out of the area anyway, so he can charge people for being that close to the musical marshmallow. Go downtown, pay the crapper.
I may be old, but this story cracked me up. A guy walked out of a bar (no, this isn’t a joke) and got shot. The suspect was reported to be wearing “a white doo rag, a dark baggy T-shirt and dark baggy jeans.” What the hell is a doo rag, and why would anyone wear something with doo in it?
In terms of police reports per day, Lee Park seems to be a bit high. It is a tiny little one block park in a rather nice/expensive part of north downtown that has had 83 police reports in 71 days. Wow. It says, “police are requesting special permission from the city of Charlottesville to ban certain people…” I guess those certain people aren’t citizens, since Charlottesville is a great place to live for all our citizens. Just not certain ones. We need to get rid of those damn Morlocks.
Update: From an anonymous tipster,
There is just one African-American on the Commitment Taskforce of the Chief Justice’s Commission on Mental Health Law Reform. Out of 22 members the only African-American is a sheriff. The taskforce was picked by local UVA law school professor Richard Bonnie on a subject that disproportionately affects African-Americans in this countrym as they are more likely to be committed than whites. There are no Hispanics on the taskforce.
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If C-ville is number 1, but my community is only ranked 197.
It is impressive you are on the top of someone’s list!
Okay, here is the real problem and so let’s talk shop. It looks like Charlottesville is also aligned with the racial disparity with violent crime in this country. Simply put, in relative terms. African Americans commit the most violent crime in US metropolitan cities. A small population with a lot of violent crime, good for them. Solution to the beating issue: organize a voluntary task force of about 25 men to walk the mall and any young, black youths, in a group of more than five, wearing white t-shirts, will be thrown out like trash. I mean, the parents of these punks are not doing their jobs and the culture they embrace promotes this activity (this is the real problem, not the lack of low income living opportunities), so it might as well be the public disciplining the thugs of the future. They might then just have a chance of having the right to be called citizens. Remember, there is more to being considered a citizen, than just being born. By the way, if it makes Charlottesville a “dull” place to take action to keep the public safe, so be it. Most of the junk on the downtown mall is for a niche group of elitists and for a bunch of drunken idiots. I am for more security and I am willing to sacrafice the drunken idiots. I can do away with the elitists too, but they punish themselves by having to be who they are everyday.
I fear these episodes of violence will lead to someone dying. I was almost attacked in February near Belmont park. I returned to the park after calling police. Once again Cville police are useless. Is it not a crime to threaten another persons life. This was the second time in a year. Both times I got in my car after useless police intervention and found the youths. I made sure they understood I was stupid/crazy enough to both track them down and carry a weapon (A Large ironwood stick). These are messed up kids without fear…a recipe for disaster. The gun laws are pretty lax here in the good old south. They will choose the wrong person one day and that my friends is frightening. I’m sure they think its grand fun…I pray it ends before it escalates.
As to the cameras, they will be as much a waist as Crapshaws lobster trap and the new Bus Station. I fear its already spent and bought.