“If the violence were taking place in Strongsville, if the violence was taking place in Westlake, if the violence were taking place on the east side — far east side — everybody would be in far different emotional outrage about what’s taking place,” said Rev. Kenneth Chalker of First United Methodist Church. [More]
What we have here is a failure to comprehend why that is.
That and an insistence on following the path of most destruction.
[Via Steve T]
It’s like he thinks “violence” is a spectral being — like the “Not Me” ghost from the Family Circus — that is supposed to visit all neighborhoods without favoritism. Because it has nothing at all to do with the people IN those neighborhoods, does it?
They.re going to have to up their game if they want to keep up (down?) with Chicago.
Funny thing, as the good reverend mentions, it’s rarely an entire metro area that implodes. Its just certain neighborhoods.
Care to guess what they have in common?