I was reading an article online (I can barely afford free (write your legislator) but it's what I've resorted to after the D&C tried to make me get a second mortgage to be able to read their fishwrap) about the twenty year anniversary of the beating of Reginald Denny (gee...and I didn't get him anything...if he's having a party, I probably wouldn't win any friends by saying 'Just for kicks, I brought the punch...') and the neighborhood where it happened. Twenty years later, not much has changed- but I read the following and cannot help but think low expectations are dooming us as a country.
-Zjabs (Rochester's Official Columnist)
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Some community leaders remain optimistic that long-term anti-poverty and anti-crime initiatives, as well as court-ordered reforms in the Los Angeles Police Department, are beginning to bear fruit.
A study by Loyola Marymount University's Center for the Study of Los Angeles found that 41 percent of 1,605 Los Angeles residents surveyed think a riot is likely in the next five years, down from 51 percent a decade go.
© 2012 Zjabs - 4/22/12
