Zone 5; 10 shootings in 18 days. What should be done?

[edjax]

When did we start seeing the budget for JSO significantly slashed and losing officers?  I think it has been going on for a few years now, just not sure when we started seeing the major cuts.

[duvaldude08]

What about this? Instead of three cops pulling someone over for speeding, how about one cop handle it. Maybe I dont know procedure, but it always urkes me that it takes 3 officers to ticket someone for speeding. The other two cops are just there sitting in their cars. I can understand if the cop thinks the situation may get out of hand, and just want some other cops there just in case. But why does it take 2-3 cops to ticket someone for not wearing a seat belt? That is resources that could be used better. Those cops could be somewhere else doing something productive.

[John P]

Fund the Jacksonille Journey again and hire cops

[coredumped]

Fund the Jacksonille Journey again and hire cops

And if we don't see a drop in crime, can we remove their pay or the amount of cops? There has to be some accountability - we have far too high crime for a city our size.

[I-10east]

Look like the gang culture is slowly but surely festering it's way into Jacksonville. Some might say 'They are wannabees' but taking a lackadaisical approach is playing with fire. This is a problem in the black community that all spirals from poor parenting, not 'lack of police' and trying to normalize this, saying it's an orange vs orange problem in every community because it's not! Jax could hire 100 police officers, but no officer can be everywhere at all times. Then privacy people get mad when cameras are installed in crime hellholes...

As a black man that grew up in the hood, I'm passionate about the f*ckery in the black community. Our so called black leaders (Reverend Al etc) only care about making money off of white on black issues, and perceived white on black issues (ie Duke Lacrosse) The political excuse making has to stop, and people should be held accountable for their actions!!!

http://www.news4jax.com/news/tempers-flare-over-controversial-video/29311458

[I-10east]

^^^I'm against criminals having guns. Do you always have to argue with me in every post? It's just because I am who I am...If I was BillyBob4443, you wouldn't have gave a crap....

[I-10east]

Were the guns in the video real?

Were the video performers actual criminals?

Did people in Grand Park really get killed?

You are trying way too hard to troll. Something I'm taking very seriously, you're taking it as a joke...

[I-10east]

Do not feed the trolls.

[I-10east]

^^^It's enablers like you that condones the violent buffoonery in the black community that are the problem. If you would do some research, you would know that is is a serious issue not to be taken lightly. Have you even ever lived in the hood before? A job at MSNBC would be perfect for you, so you can tell everyone that the black community in the US is in awesome shape. I'm not one to easily get offended, but your ho hum jokey attitude with this topic is downright offensive, esp for a non-black to act that way. You dug this topic out of the pile (when no one responded) just to troll.   

[NativeDigs]

IMO - stephendare's energy is pretty negative for the average viewer who comes to MJ. This isn't to say you are right, wrong or anything else but you spend a lot of energy spinning people's opinion.

the video of whoever waving guns is a disgrace regardless of if it were white, black, or brown guys.

[I-10east]

^^^Those people already made their own decisions, so I don't buy that liberal narrative. All kinds of poor people make it in life, with far less of an opportunity; Like immigrants (of all races) for an example. Like I said earlier, it all starts with parenting. Contraception is a major issue too, instead of having babies like a factory conveyor belt. I guess that you think of those people's concern's at the Grand Park Community Center are in vain...It's easy for someone outside of that community to make excuses...

[NativeDigs]

I have to personally thank you when I see you for posting all my posts which includes me giving away tickets to the Paul McCartney concert, eagerness to see downtown grown including the expansion of the water taxi, and a sarcastic joke about the landing happening on Monday nights. I'll also thank you for living up to my perception that you love to create spin in your favor and one can read you put a lot of effort into it.

I found MJ to find some other local outlook from the papers and news stations. You get your panties in a wad so frequently that when I see your avatar I only imagine you jumping at your computer desk looking like beaker.

My intention with my post today was not to call you out in any way but it was just to say chill out man. The back and forth you go in with posters on this forum make you look bad.

My expectation is you'll spin something in this to make me look like the bad guy or delete me from the forum because I am stating my opinion of the experience I'm having reading the threads multiple times a day bc I like this site.

[I-10east]

^^^Some people already made their decision, and they know that they will eventually be either be dead or in jail. Hopefully some will wake up and not live a life of crime. Some don't always shoot each other, they kill innocent people (the worst of the worst that I don't give a sh*t about). I don't think that we are gonna change each other's mind, can we agree to disagree? 

[NativeDigs]

I have to personally thank you when I see you for posting all my posts which includes me giving away tickets to the Paul McCartney concert, eagerness to see downtown grown including the expansion of the water taxi, and a sarcastic joke about the landing happening on Monday nights. I'll also thank you for living up to my perception that you love to create spin in your favor and one can read you put a lot of effort into it.

I found MJ to find some other local outlook from the papers and news stations. You get your panties in a wad so frequently that when I see your avatar I only imagine you jumping at your computer desk looking like beaker.

My intention with my post today was not to call you out in any way but it was just to say chill out man. The back and forth you go in with posters on this forum make you look bad.

My expectation is you'll spin something in this to make me look like the bad guy or delete me from the forum because I am stating my opinion of the experience I'm having reading the threads multiple times a day bc I like this site.

Well thank you for the advice, my guru friend.

If you look back over my 38 thousand posts, you will see a tremendous variety of tones, moods, and subjects as well.

However, I will not lecture you on how you post, nor postulate the funny as hell ways I suspect you look when you saunter by your IPad to weigh in on the meaty issues of the day (like ticket giveaways)---you know, in a positive kind of way.

For the good vibes, i suspect.

But thanks for the advice.  It feels good when it comes from the heart, you know.

Namaste, Good Blessings to you too!

If only there was a way to get good vibes from street thugs making videos brandishing guns.

- sent from smartphone

[I-10east]

I literally don't know what your mind is.

Are you for or against guns?

That is after all, what I was asking.

It's dumb to think that you can get rid of every gun in the country; That's like wishing to eradicate marijuana. *sigh*