Disgusted

Where to start???
How 'bout I start with the fact there was a rape in our community on Sunday. Disgusted that there was a rape, or it was in our community, or that it occurred in broad daylight at 11:30am? All three. Add to the list on July 2 that a youth was slashed on the wrist and robbed (in broad daylight) and two days prior to that, I personally witnessed a robbery of a young man (14 years old to be precise) in BROAD DAYLIGHT. There was a time when the neighborhood I currently live in was safe, where everyone knew one another (or if you didn't, someone you knew did) and it was safe to walk the streets just about any time of day or night.

I did move away for quite a few years and left the neighborhood, and now that I've been back for about 2 and a half years - I've noticed it's gone from being a neighborhood to being a 'hood. Gone are the days when it was safe for your kids to be further than your front yard, gone are the days where it was safe to be out for a leisurely stroll, gone are the days when it was safe to do anything. And this freaking disgusts me to no end.

Years ago, the Hells Angels had their clubhouse in our community, and I tell ya (I didn't live there at the time) I guarantee it was the safest neighborhood in the city. You don't pi$$ in their backyard without getting your d*** ripped off. Yes, they are a gang, and yes, they've done some 'bad' things, but, for ***** sake, they made sure the area was safe. I'm not going to sit here and be an advocate for criminal activity, but, for f*** sake, something has to be done. In the 2+ years that I have been back, there have been more robberies than I can count on TWO hands (and probably more than what I could count using my feet too)

I was just taking a peek at the crime stats as supplied by the HRM PD, and year to date in the "WEST" division, there were 326 assaults and 29 sex offenses (last year, same time frame, 259 and 34). It's too bad that those stats aren't broken down by community, would be interesting to see what those numbers are.

But, to finish my rant.....I am willing to bet that a majority of the BROAD daylight robberies are committed by young offenders (at least the one that I witnessed was) who have no remorse, no fear of punishment, no care as to what the consequences are - it's all just 'another notch on the belt' and bragging rites. The Young Offenders Act is nothing but a license to commit crime knowing that once you hit the ripe old age of 18 your record is wiped clean. As for the f***** that raped the 28 year old in our community, I hope your C*** rots and falls off! Falls off before you have the opportunity to do this again to someone. You are nothing but low life scum. With any luck you are caught, convicted and sent to a jail. Somewhere where you will have to sleep with one eye open, fear the broom handle, and squat to pick up the soap you dropped rather than bend over. I do believe that what goes around comes around, might not be today, might not be tomorrow - but some day, all you sons of b***** who think that the world is yours to ride roughshod over, will encounter someone bigger, badder, and with less of a conscience then you, and then watch the f**** out - it might not be pretty at all. RANT OFF