"Pols tiptoeing around killing fields" by Stanley Crouch of the NY Daily News discusses the uptick in urban violence - and the politicians ignoring an issue that used to be a bread and butter, law and order issue. On top of the murders and violence that in the US exceed the murder rates of US troops by far, the costs are estimated at $300 billion annually - the cost of three years of the Iraq war. It seems that PC is more important that American lives.
- We have now developed an urban badlands which is national and troubling because of the incredible numbers of people who are murdered or suffer the physical and psychological effects of violent crime. Our presidential candidates are quick on the draw when asked about the war on terror or homeland security, but the American people have not heard a peep from them about the concrete killing fields of our cities. Perhaps, because so many of the perpetrators and the victims are "people of color," the donkeys don't want to be seen as bleeding hearts while the elephants are afraid of being called racists.
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