August 12, 201313 yr Are you sure it is higher? I can't tell if it is worse or better. I remember it was really bad when I was growing up. Seems calmer now. Honestly, I think you hear more about black-on-black crime now only because of Obama being in office, where conservatives have taken him to task over "not doing anything about the problem" in the black community. Things are definitely more calm than 20-30 years ago. Sure, Chicago has its issues, but it's a city of several million people, and that kind of stuff happens. Other big cities have their ebbs and flows in violence. Seems LA is much calmer, and NYC is definitely so.
August 12, 201313 yr Author Honestly, I think you hear more about black-on-black crime now only because of Obama being in office, where conservatives have taken him to task over "not doing anything about the problem" in the black community. Things are definitely more calm than 20-30 years ago. Sure, Chicago has its issues, but it's a city of several million people, and that kind of stuff happens. Other big cities have their ebbs and flows in violence. Seems LA is much calmer, and NYC is definitely so. Things are definitely more calm than when I was a kid. I grew up in a town just ouside Cleveland, and I remember some pretty bad times. When the whole bussing thing started it got very violent. There were many school riots, and people got hurt. I haven't seen or heard any of that stuff in over 30 years. I don't blame Obama at all. It's not his fault. And, while I don't agree with him politcally, I truly hope that young black people look at him as an example of what to aspire to.
August 12, 201313 yr Honestly, I think you hear more about black-on-black crime now only because of Obama being in office, where conservatives have taken him to task over "not doing anything about the problem" in the black community. Things are definitely more calm than 20-30 years ago. Sure, Chicago has its issues, but it's a city of several million people, and that kind of stuff happens. Other big cities have their ebbs and flows in violence. Seems LA is much calmer, and NYC is definitely so. Exaclty what I was thinking. These videos are old. [video=youtube_share;MmX5TgWsfEQ]
August 13, 201313 yr Man, those take me back. I think I may still have the cassingle — remember those? — of "We're All In The Same Gang."
August 13, 201313 yr Man, those take me back. I think I may still have the cassingle — remember those? — of "We're All In The Same Gang." Hell yeah. I still have a cassingle or two that I can't play because I can't find anything that plays tapes. :lol:
August 13, 201313 yr Man, those take me back. I think I may still have the cassingle — remember those? — of "We're All In The Same Gang."Cassingles.......wow, I had forgotten about those.
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