For one thing, I’d sure hope the LLE would see it as a trouble area and would assign units in that area more often.
Secondly, I’d only move if I somehow felt in connection with those who had been shot.
lol, already a lot of cops in these parts, can't go to my door without a cruiser rolling by my front window or cops parked across the street. Its hard for me to go outside without seeing a police cruiser.
I've been noticing a lot of grafitti this week though, not sure what is prompting the graffiti run. just seems to be poping up on a lot of buildings recently and even the city bus. Just seems like graffiti is poping up everywhere.
Ask yourself these questions:
Why would I be a target?
Not by people around these parts, I've gotten a lot of death threats over the years but not around here. I have had someone try to get into a fight with me, and then yesterday someone hangling out of 5th floor windows was like "do you have my money" I am like why the hell would I have your money. Was it an attempt at extortion??? No clue none the less
do I sense a random act of violence could occur, sure, do I think it is likely, no.
Am I similar to those who were?
as far as I can tell they were bystandards shot not the targets because the person shooting missed, presumably. Am I a bystandard.
Why were they shot? Drugs? Money?
standing in the wrong place.
I am guessing there was a beef going on, probably gang violence.
Make an effort to find out if you should be worried before making as important a decision as moving.
not worried in the slightest.
Unless a gun comes out I feel safe.
No one has pulled a gun on me to date.
And to answer the increased security crowd:
Why weren’t you already increasing security?
because I will get a whole lot more attention when I start wearing body armour. It will be a police magnet and people will be looking at me more than they already do.
They will be playing victim and profiling me as violent for wearing body armor.
I tend to only wear it with a high probability of a shooter being on the loose or for training purposes, or work.
I'm starting to think there is gang activity going on in these parts.
:The purpose of gang graffiti is to glorify the gang. Gang graffiti is meant to create a sense of intimidation and may increase the sense of fear within a neighborhood. Gang members use graffiti to mark their territory or turf, declare their allegiance to the gang, advertise a gang’s status or power, and to challenge rivals. Graffiti is used to communicate messages between gangs using codes with common meaning.
Of greater concern is the inherent violence associated with gang graffiti. When a neighborhood is marked with graffiti indicating territorial dominance, the entire area and its inhabitants become targets for violence. Anyone in the street or in their home is fair game for drive-by attacks by rival gang members. A rival gang identifies everyone in a neighborhood as a potential threat. Consequently, innocent residents are often subjected to gang violence by the mere presence of graffiti in their neighborhood. Click here for information on removing graffiti.:
I am not a person who has fear, and I tend not to be intimidated easily, so maybe I just missed the intents. I've worked as a bouncer in the past where people really try to intimidate so I've sort of deadened that in me. I also don't fear death so threats of death aren't really a deterent for me but rather something that would spur proactivity.
No weapons have popped up to date though, so threat of serious bodily harm really isn't there just yet.
Weighing wearing body armour... not likely to change my EDC.
