Three civic leaders slapped back at U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner on Thursday, calling his statement that Milwaukee "is rapidly becoming the murder capital of the U.S." untrue and harmful.
"To digress into this kind of name-calling is distressing," said Dean Amhaus, president of Spirit of Milwaukee, a group that seeks to promote the city. "Especially for a congressman who represents this area."
The inner city of Milwaukee is not a place I would want to be walking around. It is a hell hole and it should be brought up. Every big city has an area where 90% of the murders take place....
I have seen charts showing where the murders happen in Milwaukee, and it is a half mile by two mile square. That is not a lot.
Yet since a white Republican brings up the fact that things are terrible, he gets yelled at.
Don't get mad at the 20 guys who rapped an 11 year old, don't get mad at the guy who kidded a special olympics athlete on the bus corner....no, get mad that the white guy who noticed how terrible things are.
Why don't you start blaming the community and not poverty and the white man....maybe as some point things can get better...
and the papers answer....we are not number one, we are only the TENTH worst city for murder....I feel safe now.
Friday, September 15, 2006
Civic leaders rebuke Sensenbrenner
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Right on. We need to be honest about what we're diagnosing, or things will never get better.
Getting tough on crime is a condition for economic development in minority neighborhoods. Democrats would hate to see this for political reasons-- they need a charity case for their programs that cause a lot of social breakdown, and they need a class of dependents for votes.
right on...
Perhaps Sensenbrenner needs to get in touch with Bill Cosby. Cosby is doing a show in Chicago soon and maybe he can spend an hour backing up Sensenbrenner.
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