Layoffs "Gut" St. Louis Police - Criminals "Run Wild"

[tpreitzel]

Rev. Joseph Tracy said he’s tired of going to funerals. And now, he suspects he’ll be going to more of them. "It’s open field day now," said Tracy, the pastor of Straightway Baptist Church here. "The criminals are going to run wild."
Gang activity. Drug dealing. Cold-blooded killing. Tracy worries that a decision to shrink the police force by almost 30 percent will bring more of everything.
The pastor voiced his concern on Friday at a raucous special City Council meeting at which East St. Louis Mayor Alvin Parks announced that the city will layoff 37 employees, including 19 of its 62 police officers, 11 firefighters, four public works employees, and three administrators. The layoffs take effect on Sunday.
Parks said the weak economy has robbed the city of badly need money. For example, revenue from the Casino Queen was $900,000 below budget expectations last year. There are no signs of improvement, Parks said.


http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/illinois/article_dfb230c2-9bf3-11df-9731-0017a4a78c22.html

Let's see how far criminals "run wild" in an armed population.

[roho76]

The more law enforcement they lose in Missouri the better. That place is a threat to your freedom.

[Anti Federalist]

The more law enforcement they lose in Missouri the better. That place is a threat to your freedom.

From the same area and paper:

Girl, 16, dies during restraint at an already-troubled hospital

The charge nurse found Alexis Evette Richie alone in a small room at SSM DePaul Health Center, motionless and sprawled facedown on a bean bag chair.

Minutes earlier, the 16-year-old foster child had tried to hit, scratch and bite staff members in the adolescent psychiatric ward. Two aides grabbed her arms and took her down a hall and into a small room called the "quiet room."

They held her facedown in the chair while a nurse injected a sedative into her hip. Alexis continued to struggle and then went limp.

The nurse and the two aides left without checking her pulse or making sure she was breathing.

Charge nurse Iris Blanks checked on her minutes later and didn't think Alexis looked right. An aide helped Blanks roll the girl over. Alexis wasn't breathing. Her pulse was faint.

It was 12 minutes after she stopped moving before anyone tried to revive Alexis. By then it was too late.

"Why did they leave her like that?" Blanks wailed over the phone to her daughter that night, according to a police report.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/article_4a10ccdd-5d08-52bd-bfc5-c435014aa09b.html

[madengr]

ESL is actually in Illinois, but yes, I agree. I don't see how tax revenue is down; that would mean people would have to pay taxes in the first place instead of on welfare. It's a real cess pool.

[noxagol]

East St. Louis is a cesspool of filth and decay. It is rotten to the core and wrought with corruption on all levels. I live about 10 minutes from there. It used to be pretty nice back in the day, my dad actually grew up there.

And for your 'armed population', there isn't one. Illinois sucks for firearm freedom, even more so to use them for your defense.

[tpreitzel]

And for your 'armed population', there isn't one. Illinois sucks for firearm freedom, even more so to use them for your defense.

So, only the "criminals" are armed? Maybe, Illinois needs to blow all the bridges spanning the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and build a wall. ;) Let's test firearm freedom in Illinois by eliminating even more police. In other words, if the need is great enough, the people will find a way to clean up the mess created by government.

[cindy25]

fewer dogs will be getting shot

[Mach]

Say what you want, but, the least amount of cops over there, the least amount of corruption.

Haven't been to Pops in many years.... hmmm.... ;)

[Paleo]

Say what you want, but, the least amount of cops over there, the least amount of corruption.

Haven't been to Pops in many years.... hmmm.... ;)

Pops is in Sauget, not ESL.

[Paleo]

For those who dont know, ESL is the 2nd highest violent crime per capita city in the nation, right behind camden NJ... It has a murder rate of 100/100,000, and a rape rate of 250/100,000. Yes, thats right, living in ESL your whole life means you have about a 6% chance of being murdered, and a woman has a 15% chance of being raped. ESL is popularly known as film locations for 'tresspass', 'family vacation' and 'escape from new york".

yes, it is really that bad. I used to have to drive through it every day when I lived in Granite City and worked in St. Louis. The prostitutes out on the street 24 hours a day were quite entertaining as they openly did their thing without police intervention.

[Live_Free_Or_Die]

So, only the "criminals" are armed? Maybe, Illinois needs to blow all the bridges spanning the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and build a wall. ;) Let's test firearm freedom in Illinois by eliminating even more police. In other words, if the need is great enough, the people will find a way to clean up the mess created by government.

+1

Blow all interstate bridges, road connections and completely wall in the state.

We can test a lot of of theories in one shot:
Firearm Freedom.
Protectionism.
Managed trade.
Regulating the flow of goods and people at borders.

I only have one tip. Lets use the super sized police state to round up all of the people who advocate things in the above list and throw them in Illinois before the last brick is secured in the wall.