USA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: [Mwananchi] THE PEOPLE OF DETROIT ARE TAKING NO PRISONERS.

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From: Herrn Edward Mulindwa <mulindwa@look.ca>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 02:44:02 -0500
Subject: [Mwananchi] THE PEOPLE OF DETROIT ARE TAKING NO PRISONERS.


Take No Prisoners: Self Defense Killings in Detroit Spike to 2200% Above
National Average; Justifiable Homicide up 79%


Mac Slavo















As the economic crisis in 2008 took hold and the nation's spiral into the
next Great Depression became more apparent, we opined that crime would sky
rocket as a consequence of millions of lost jobs, falling purchasing power
and outright desperation.

The city of Detroit, which has been a harbinger for future trends soon to
take hold across major metropolitan areas around the country, has no doubt
experienced the worst of the depression thus far. Entire city blocks have
become unlivable
<http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/detroit-is-the-poster-boy-for-leftist
-policies-at-work_12282009> due to foreclosures and rampant crime, the
jobless rate in 2009 exceeded 50%
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/16/detroits-unemployment-rat_n_394559
.html> and a mass exodus
<http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/detroit-and-the-death-throes-of-socia
lism_03252011> has left the population at levels not seen since 1910.

By all accounts, the Motor City is ground zero for the collapse of America
as we know it. Reminiscent of poverty stricken third world countries, it's
gotten so bad in Detroit that there are areas of the city where police and
emergency services personnel refuse to go.

This has left law abiding residents of the city no choice but to arm
themselves and start taking matters into their own hands.

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http://www.shtfplan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/feelinglucky.jpg

The people of Detroit are taking no prisoners.

Justifiable homicide in the city shot up 79 percent in 2011 from the
previous year, as citizens in the long-suffering city armed themselves and
took matters into their own hands. The local rate of self-defense killings
now stands 2,200 percent above the national average. Residents, unable to
rely on a dwindling police force to keep them safe, are fighting back
against the criminal scourge on their own. And they're offering no
apologies.

"We got to have a little Old West up here in Detroit. That's what it's gonna
take," Detroit resident Julia Brown told The Daily.

The last time Brown, 73, called the Detroit police, they didn't show up
until the next day. So she applied for a permit to carry a handgun and says
she's prepared to use it against the young thugs who have taken over her
neighborhood, burglarizing entire blocks, opening fire at will and
terrorizing the elderly with impunity.

"I don't intend to be one of their victims," said Brown, who has lived in
Detroit since the late 1950s. "I'm planning on taking one out."

…

Average police response time for priority calls in the city, according to
the latest data available, is 24 minutes. In comparable cities across the
country, it is well under 10 minutes.

Citizens like Brown feel they have been left with little choice but to take
the law into their own hands.

…

Detroiters are arming themselves with shotguns and handguns and buying guard
dogs. Anything to take care of their own. And privately, residents say
neighborhood watch groups in Detroit are widely armed.

"It's like the militiamen who stepped up way back when. That's where the
neighborhood folks are," said James "Jackrabbit" Jackson, a 63-year-old
retired Detroit cop who has patrolled the Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood
for years.

"They're ready to fight," Jackson said. "We don't hardly see police
anymore."

The city's wealthier enclaves have hired private security firms.
Intimidating men in armored trucks patrol streets lined with gracious old
homes in a scene more likely seen in Mexico City than the United States.

…

The Detroit Police Department, grappling with deep funding cuts in a city
with a spiraling budget crisis, acknowledges that response times are high
and says it is working on a plan to lower them. But a spokeswoman for the
department insists the rise in justifiable homicides is unrelated.

"It's not about police response time because often the act has already taken
place by the time the police are called," said Sgt. Eren Stephens. She said
citizens have a right to defend themselves.

"Anytime a life is lost, we're concerned," she said. "But we can't be on
every corner in front of every home. And we know that there are citizens who
will do what they have to do to protect themselves."

Source: The Daily
<http://www.thedaily.com/page/2012/02/05/020512-news-detroit-vigilantes-1-5/
>

Is it any wonder why recent firearms sales statistics indicate that 2011 was
the largest year ever for gun sales in America
<http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/the-right-to-bear-arms-over-10800000-
guns-sold-in-the-usa-in-2011_01212012> , with a record 10.8 million guns
sold?

All of us should take heed. Budget cuts, economic woes and a rising criminal
element throughout our country are leaving the populace more susceptible to
violent crime than ever before. Like our fellow Americans in Detroit, it's
only a matter of time before we're faced with similar paradigm shifts in our
own cities, communities and neighborhoods.

Get armed, get trained, and when faced with a life threatening situation,
take no prisoners.

Hat tip Satori





Thé Mulindwas Communication Group
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Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi
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