How pervasive is the Hip-Hop ethos that reduced providing information to the police as something that should never be done? Things aren’t just in full swing here in America, but also in the United Kingdom. Word to ISRAEL RAMIREZ.
The linked story here deals with the tragedy that a mother faces when one of her children is incarcerated and another is taken from her by the angry streets. She makes a desperate plea on the television for someone in the community with information to provide it to the investigators. What this poor woman doesn’t realize is by doing that the person will be labeled forever as not being Hip-Hop. The kids in the U.K. have their priorities fixed.
The bigger story that this one above and this one here are pointing to is the rise in gun violence by young people. FREAKONOMICS taught me that the real reason that the U.S. experienced a drop in crime nationwide during the late 1990’s was due to a marked dip in the birthrate during the late 1970’s. Less kids born in 1980 means less 20yr olds in 2000. Increased access to contraceptives and even abortion meant that there were less children being born to parents who probably didn’t want them and subsequently would not be good care providers. Typically, those are the parents that most violent criminals come from.
It seems like a generalization, but that is essentially what statistics provide you with – general information. You can draw the conclusions where you see fit. The one thing is certain is that America has watched birthrates soar in the 1990’s (mostly the immigrant population) and we needed to build more schools to accomodate these kids. The next question becomes whether or not we need to build more prisons.
That’s just “Memphis Bleek” bleak. On the brighter side, I guess this means there will be a growing need for bilingual prison guards and teachers . . . Pretty much the same thing nowadays anyway.
If people learned anything besides how to be criminals in jail and school than we wouldn’t have problems in the latter and would need less of the former.
theres low toleration for that type of byrd gang holleration….jim jones be “BALLLLLLINNN” snitches be crawlin
”Mrs Reid denied the killing was connected to her other son Elmo, 18, who is serving seven years for robbery and possessing an imitation firearm.”
I don’t want to seem rude or anything, but this lady is a bad mother.
Explaining why Jessie had been out in the early hours, his sister Rosemary Reid said: “Jessie’s a teenager.”
WHAT IS A 15 YEAR OLD DOING OUT IN THE “EARLY HOURS?
“They like to go out with their friends and go to parties. It was nothing out of the ordinary.
WHAT KIND OF PARTIES? AS A MOTHER DID SHE KNOW? THESE TEENAGE PARTIES NOWADAYS ARE LIKE OLD CRACK SMOKIN’ PARTIES FROM THE 70S
“He came home and told us where he was going. He always let us know where he was going and when he would be back.”
WHY IS HE TELLING YOU WHERE HE’S GOING. WHY IS HE DECIDING WHEN HE’S COMING HOME. DAMN KIDS RAISED THEMSELVES. THE KIDS IN OUR CITY ARE OUT IN THE “WEE” HOURS OF THE NIGHT. WE NOW HAVE A CURFEW BUT IT DOESN’T HELP MUCH. 13 YEAR OLD GIRL WAS SHOT AND KILLED SITTING ON HER FRONT PORCH! THE SHOOTER WAS SHOOTING AT THE GUY SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO HER.