5 People Shot Within 24 Hours In Allegheny County (Pittsburgh: suburb, damages)

[Truth11]

Originally Posted by erieguy

Who’s the other side that isn’t doing anything either, and please be specific to who they are?

Hmm think about it...

[guy2073]

Originally Posted by wpipkins2

Both Wilkinsburg and Homewood are improving as we speak. Garfield and the Hill District as well. Braddock improved dramatically with blight removal and lowering violent crime. Braddock went 5 years without reported gunfire. The drug alleys were removed along with the blight. So yes. My question is what have republicans down from struggling rural or urban communities? Opioid epidemic? rural poverty?

How is homewood and wilkinsburg improving? The crime is still out of control.
As for braddock: Data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shows violent crime, specifically, began spiking between 2013 and 2018. In 2017, violent crime peaked as the number of reports to local police quadrupled compared to 2006.

Similarly, robberies in the area surged in 2017 along with property crimes, burglaries, larceny-theft, and motorcycle vehicle theft. All property crimes saw a surge from 2017 through 2019.

What have democrats done for the struggling rural and urban areas? Opioid epidemic? Rural poverty?

[wpipkins2]

Originally Posted by erieguy

Except it was, and lol at fictitious. Was it “a small price to pay” like you said about the $2B+ in damages during the summer of love?

The 1968 Pittsburgh riots were a series of urban disturbances that erupted in Pittsburgh on April 5, 1968, following the assassination of Martin Luther King. Pittsburgh, along with 110 other cities, burned for several days and 3,600 National Guardsmen were needed to quell the disorder. The neighborhoods most impacted were the Hill District, North Side, and Homewood, with casualties including one death and 36 injuries. Over 100 businesses were either vandalized or looted with arsonists setting 505 fires. After six days, order was finally restored on April 11, with property damage surpassing $600,000 (equivalent to $4.68 million in 2021) and 1,000 arrests being made by law enforcement. Many of the areas affected by the disorder would never fully recover in the following decades.

It was a small price to pay to ensure that police officers cannot murder at will. Life is priceless. The nation "WOKE" up and now there are consequences for taking a human life. Police officers are hired to protect and serve without prejudice.

The 1968 riots ushered in civil rights right? That was a huge benefit especially for the black middleclass. The riots of today occurred in gentrified areas from coast to coast.

[Truth11]

[quote=wpipkins2;64461535]Life is priceless. The nation "WOKE" up and now there are consequences for taking a human life. Police officers are hired to protect and serve without prejudice.
/QUOTE]

If I may interject,where are the consequences for the criminals taking lives like they're nothing? They seem to get pretty light sentences these days. And how can the police protect efficiently if they don't occasionally exercise force?...

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by wpipkins2

It was a small price to pay to ensure that police officers cannot murder at will. Life is priceless. The nation "WOKE" up and now there are consequences for taking a human life. Police officers are hired to protect and serve without prejudice.

The 1968 riots ushered in civil rights right? That was a huge benefit especially for the black middleclass. The riots of today occurred in gentrified areas from coast to coast.

Your blanket statements are great stuff. Except police officers didn’t and still don’t murder at will, but please do tell how many folks, black and white, get killed by police officers each year?

Criminals “WOKE” up alright and violent crime has skyrocketed ever since.

Folks like yourself that condone such violence and burning it down is why those areas became how terrible they are and won’t recover since it happened.

[guy2073]

Originally Posted by wpipkins2

It was a small price to pay to ensure that police officers cannot murder at will. Life is priceless. The nation "WOKE" up and now there are consequences for taking a human life. Police officers are hired to protect and serve without prejudice.

The 1968 riots ushered in civil rights right? That was a huge benefit especially for the black middleclass. The riots of today occurred in gentrified areas from coast to coast.

How many have police killed in allegheny county in the past 10 years compared to the amount of repete offenders? If life is so precious why hasn't the community risen against violence by their neighbors like they did against the police?

[wpipkins2]

[quote=Truth11;64461559]

Originally Posted by wpipkins2

Life is priceless. The nation "WOKE" up and now there are consequences for taking a human life. Police officers are hired to protect and serve without prejudice.
/QUOTE]

If I may interject,where are the consequences for the criminals taking lives like they're nothing? They seem to get pretty light sentences these days. And how can the police protect efficiently if they don't occasionally exercise force?...

This has nothing to do with criminals. Criminals are not hired to protect and serve. What does police killing a innocent person have to do with criminals that are out of control? Should I be a casualty of some low life criminal? I have never ever committed a crime and my taxes are paid. For some odd reason police fail to recognize upstanding citizens and this is where it becomes dangerous.

[wpipkins2]

Originally Posted by guy2073

How many have police killed in allegheny county in the past 10 years compared to the amount of repete offenders? If life is so precious why hasn't the community risen against violence by their neighbors like they did against the police?

Again repeat offenders are just that. I would not expect a criminal to follow the law. I do expect police to follow the law without bias.

Apples and Oranges.

[wpipkins2]

Originally Posted by erieguy

Your blanket statements are great stuff. Except police officers didn’t and still don’t murder at will, but please do tell how many folks, black and white, get killed by police officers each year?

Criminals “WOKE” up alright and violent crime has skyrocketed ever since.

Folks like yourself that condone such violence and burning it down is why those areas became how terrible they are and won’t recover since it happened.

I condone violence now? Those areas became terrible because of redlining, segregation and racism. Many events led up to those riots.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by wpipkins2

I condone violence now? Those areas became terrible because of redlining, segregation and racism. Many events led up to those riots.

Interesting how you ignore the question. How many folks, black and white, get killed by police officers each year?

You said the $2B+ in damages from folks causing violence, burning it down, etc…, was a small price to pay, so you certainly condoned it.

Those areas became terrible because of the violence that erupted in causing folks to burn those areas down, which did nothing but ruin those areas and have yet to recover and folks are still reaping what they’ve sown from it today….and you make excuses for it.