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Does it matter who started the fire that burns our society to the ground?

If that is what people want for their neighborhood, okay. Don’t talk, don’t cooperate. But then the complaints come out that it is someone else’s fault. The city, the police, the mayor or whoever, won’t protect the community. The answer, a simple, no, you won’t protect yourselves. The city can offer the manpower and the county can prosecute but only if a witness steps forward or someone drops a dime on an anonymous phone call. When I was in community policing as an assignment, I would tell every one of the more than a dozen community groups in our city, your neighborhood can absolutely be as peaceful as you want it. The problem is you have to actually want it and not just say the words, I wish I could sleep at night. The problem is not the criminals. The problem is the people living there, who are not willing to lift a finger to stop it. Most of the time that lifting of a finger is simply placing a phone call. Community policing started in Port Arthur from an informal group of Black men who started it on their own. A few friends got together and said we are tired of this crap in our small neighborhood. I think all of them were military veterans and most or maybe all had been to Vietnam. They did not ask for permission, they simply started walking as a group and confronting dope dealers hanging out. After a while they approached the police department and asked for help. The chief called for a meeting with them I and other officers volunteered to be involved. That group of men called themselves AAMAN (we pronounced it “uh-manh”)/African American Men Against Narcotics. They alone kicked off what would later have a very successful run of community policing. We applied and got a federal grant to specifically hire 9 officers to run the program of community groups. That program was later ended as I guess political climates changed with money spent elsewhere and new priorities popped up but the 3 year federally paid program lasted about 15 years and was fairly successful. The point being, a neighborhood can have as quiet of a neighborhood as they want. As Officer Malone (Sean Connery) told Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) a couple of times in the Untouchables…. “What are you prepared to do?”. Many people aren’t prepared to do anything except complain.

Tied 1-1 5mins left

Absolutely! Nothing to hang their heads about. It’s still an amazing achievement to make it back to back years.

A big thanks to KF89 for posting district standings each week

Me too. Lol.

Amazing season Lady Raiders 🙌🏼 They didn’t bunker down & came out fighting

Celina girls looked very good. That North Dallas/Frisco area is the Mecca for top youth academy’s. From 4A to 6A, you can bet there will be several high schools from that area playing for a title

Definitely "Street Code" - unfortunately it's really just an excuse for unlawful activity.

buna won not EC

BC's Carson Fall pitched a one hitter with 16K’s and two walks

What am I missing here? Who is this guy?

Final RSS 1 GCM 0 Another huge win for the Rangers. D Garcia with a complete game shut out.

This post is so full BS it’s not even funny. If DeSantis were to beat Trump in the primaries Trump supporters have enough sense to not let their feelings get in the way of voting for someone that doesn’t hate America and has good policies compared to your Buttermilk Dementia Patient that is currently playing President. And yes it will eventually be proven the Trump won just like the long list of BS that the Democrats along with wussified Republicans tried to pull to get him out of office starting with the Russia Hoax that you seem to never acknowledge along with all the other BS. You can bank on if Trump wins in 24 you’ll all of sudden see them stop going after him when he leaves office because he can’t run for a 3rd term. Like I said the other day. Trump doesn’t try to cancel people. He just puts them in the spotlight an let’s them destroy themselves. Lol

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This post perfectly describes your mindset.

As you read this story, just know that what I did was not really the smart thing to do. I was driving from Houston one night to my home in Lumberton. I was crossing over the Old & Lost Rivers bridge (I-10). I was in the right hand lane traveling the speed limit. All of a sudden a car got behind me (County Sheriff, I would later learn). The car was so close to my bumper, I could barely see the headlights. As I sped up to distance myself (eventually going well over the speed limit), the car followed suit. I had quite enough at that point and was contemplating jamming on my breaks and would have done so had my wife not been with me. Eventually the cop lit me up, and I pulled over. Like always, I turned off my motor, rolled down the window and placed my hands at 10 & 2 on the steering wheel until the deputy approached the window. He asked me for my license. I told him it was in my wallet in my back pocket and asked permission to retrieve it. He nodded, and I got it out for him along with my insurance (although he never asked me for the insurance). He told me the reason he pulled me over was for my excessive speed. Until this point, everything was cordial on both parts. And then he asked me what my hurry was.. I told him there was some "effing" idiot tailgating me so close I couldn't even see the headlights. I also said it was a good thing it was an officer, because instead of just a ticket, I would probably have gotten in trouble for whipping somebody's butt! After a tense silence, he handed me my documents back and told me to slow it down. That was all he said before returning back to his car.

Only a handful of elite coaches can stop it.

From HJ, Molly Beavers-Powell will be going to McNeese to play softball India McMahon will be playing basketball at Angeline Jada Pleasant will sign soon..

Is this a typo? I bet this has not happened many times in district play for the Cards.