tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post8703310143082541444..comments2024-03-28T11:24:20.350-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: LES crime watch: "if you ask around the neighborhood, you'll find a pretty strong perception that things have worsened over the past year"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-17577063330589843212010-01-14T14:54:13.207-05:002010-01-14T14:54:13.207-05:00Interesting Voice article. Thanks. It covers a lot...Interesting Voice article. Thanks. It covers a lot of ground--fairly accurately, IMO--but it doesn't address policing and corruption. <br /><br />Back in the day, it was pretty clear that the large-scale on the street drug operations were somehow sanctioned/tolerated/assisted(?) by the police responsible for the neighborhood, the 9th mostly. Most of the large busts that made a difference were organized outside the 9th. ASFAIK, most corruption in the 9th was handled by transferring the most egregious cops out, not by sending those cops into the courts. <br /><br />Over the last 15 years, the big operations have mostly moved indoors and, on the surface, the 9th has looked like an average precinct. However, the recent upsurge in youth gangs looks a lot like the kind of stuff that was happening years ago--some gangs appear to have protection and/or work for other gangs that have protection. Those attacks in TSP in the spring and early summer certainly look like they were aimed at, um, consolidating the drug trade. Why weren't the kids in Bob's photos tracked down? Why did the cops sweep the park and not pick up the kids who did the attacks? People in the 'hood knew a lot of the kids, surely the cops knew them too. Maybe there were mixed motives for some of gang attacks this year but, come on, the police work surrounding them was either brain dead or corrupt. <br /><br />How about Ave. D right now? Try driving up D around 1am. Wanna buy drugs? Well, those hard looking boys in hoodies can help you. It's completely obvious, in fact it's the only thing going down on Ave. D most nights. Everyone knows about it. The cops don't know about it? They aren't in on it? The Ave. D drug gang seems like a well-organized operation, run fairly quietly, and mostly set up to operate indoors. It's one monolithic operation that does not tolerate other dealers. It's plenty large enough to layout some serious cash to make sure the cops in the 'hood are down with it. <br /><br />Yes, there are some fine policemen working in the EV. Yes, they have a complicated job. But...but...the 9th seems back to it's old ways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-57528869509563393502010-01-14T10:13:02.890-05:002010-01-14T10:13:02.890-05:00Grieve, though we arrived a bit late we covered a ...Grieve, though we arrived a bit late we covered a big one last night at the Pyramid club . This was a gang fight with members wearing colors and using knives that sent 2 males to the hospital. You won't likely see this event in the newspaper but it was violent and bloody and the fact that it was a gang confrontation is very troubling all by itself .Just how will it be recorded. We've seen events bloody like this that were apparently not recorded . .Bob Arihoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03255105317878804914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-64132007888593207022010-01-14T09:55:50.808-05:002010-01-14T09:55:50.808-05:00Indeed, Bob. I know that many people appreciate al...Indeed, Bob. I know that many people appreciate all your efforts in documenting what's really going on out there.EV Grievehttp://evgrieve.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-28593858514036799172010-01-14T09:42:45.933-05:002010-01-14T09:42:45.933-05:00If you talk to the officers in the street , the on...If you talk to the officers in the street , the ones that actually fight the crime you might get a picture that is notably different from the official statistics . Statistics are just that , not facts .<br /><br />Because of the procedures followed when making the statistical picture a number of troubling facts get lost and never become part of the official record .<br /><br />much isn't reported simply because people do not want to be bothered with the complications to there lives resulting from pressing charges . <br /><br />In short if you want to know whats going on in crime , hang out in the streets . float around the neighborhood and watch .<br /><br /> We've seen and photographed a numer of serious crime events that never made it into the official statistics . .Bob Arihoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03255105317878804914noreply@blogger.com