Dyna, I feel your pain. Having thugs live on your block is no fun. Over the 11 years we lived in Folwell, we were regularly sleep deprived by a parade of next-door tenants who conducted screaming matches until 3 a.m. Complaints to the tenants were to no avail; complaints to the landlord (who lived in Minnetonka) always resulted in “They pay their rent on time;” and apparently no one on the block but us was bothered by the noise. I never wished them ill will, but instead felt bad for them, especially the children. One of the mothers, I suspect, was bipolar; she could be nice as pie one day, totally evil another.
But. Most of the people on the block were good people. The problem arises when police see all residents of a particular neighborhood (or race) as thugs. Not all police do it. But enough do to justify the anger that Tamir is feeling. Dyna, are there ANY neighbors on your block with whom you can band together? Maybe there are, but unfortunately maybe there aren’t. According to the Jordan article in Sunday’s Strib, it sounds like even our Dennis Plante is having second thoughts. Wishing some east central Minnesota serenity upon Minneapolis, Susan Maricle Bruno MN __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
