CH> But it's not selective for the sake of being selective.  Usually
 CH> in law enforcement zt is invoked for an area that has serious
 CH> problems  and needs cleaning up.
 RW> Ah, but tell that to the civil rights people who point out that all
 RW> your ZT areas are minority or low income areas.
Our biggest campaigns ever in my city were in minority or low income areas,
but your argument wouldn't work here. The citizens of these areas begged,
threatened to picket City Hall, offered to do anything to help, organized all
of the churches in each area, had highly organized citizen committees, etc.,
etc. Further, the citizen and church groups who made all of the promises of
assistance, coordination of citizen efforts, and cooperation with police
efforts kept all of their promises. There was an excellent partnership
between the citizens of each area and the police officers assigned to each
area. Their argument was the EXACT OPPOSITE of your argument. Their argument
was really quite simple: the rich white neighborhoods don't have these
problems because they get all of the police services. The pillars of the
minority communities, including their ministers, supervised the citizen
groups and met at least weekly with police department representatives to
discuss tactics, strategy, progress, complaints, etc. You will find programs
of this nature around the country that work when the citizens decide to get
involved.
Tom Rightmer - A Victims' Rights Advocate
... It's a dog-eat-dog world, don't wear MilkBone underwear.
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