On 04-13-98 Tom Rightmer wrote to All... 
 
 TR> Those in the neighborhood who voice any objection will be threatened. 
 
This is the biggest problem with why gangs and crime can thrive in 
a neighborhood. 
 
No one wants to get involved.  If more people would get involved or 
at least call the police everytime something happens, then it might 
not happen in their neighborhood. 
It is the apathy of the people who allow the gangs and criminals to 
thrive. 
 
Take for instance, the incident in Denver, a few weeks back.  There 
was a group of guys beating a cab driver.  They eventually killed 
him, and stuffed him in the trunk of his cab. 
 
This was all in the view of many apartments.  The police never knew 
about it, until his family inquired about him, and the police found 
his car, but it wasn't until a while later, that they discovered the 
body in the trunk. 
 
If, even one person had called the police and reported the incident, 
it may never have come to death. 
 
The worst part about it, is that the police believe that the cab 
driver was killed because he parked in someone else's parking spot. 
 
Now, there is a "good" reason to beat and kill someone. 
 
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