Crime is not something that happens to "other kinds of people," in "other kinds of places." If you are reading this, then you live in the Real World&trade and in in Mayberry or Pleasantville. Deadly shooting at Sunrise apartment complex investigated as self-defense; residents express safety concerns - WSVN 7News
Police said the shooting stemmed from an argument between two men during which one of them shot the other in what detectives are investigating as self-defense. Investigators added that the men are not domestically related.
Neighbors said they woke up to police sirens. They came outside to find the man’s body next to a building, in the middle of an area that is visible to all residents.
Sunrise, Florida is a city about 6 or 7 miles west of Fort Laurderdale. It backs up against the Everglades Wildlife Management Area.
The investigation is actually in early days. It will be some time before we know if this is really self-defense or not, but that isn't what made this story interesting to me.
“It’s a little scary. I don’t feel so safe anymore,” said [a resident of the apartment complex]. “My mom had been held at gunpoint, to her head, actually, right in front of the Jiffy Lube, right there, and now this. After last night, I kind of feel like I want to move.”
You may have thought you were safe. You were not safe. You may have been statistically safer than certain other neighborhoods or suburbs, but that is not the same thing as being safe. You are not protected by the magic dirt under your feet. You are not protected by your zip code. Of course if you implement social policies that basically dismantle law and order, if your culture abandons the rule of law, then yes, you will be in more danger than you were previously, but you were never safe.
Sunrise? That's a particularly vivid example of "Of course if you implement social policies that basically dismantle law and order..." Broward regularly shows up as the bluest county in the state. Most people think of Dade (Miami's) county, but there are still enough refugees from Cuba to not be quite as "full-tilt bozo". Remember the Parkland school shooting - we just passed 8 years ago? That's in Broward, and they attacked gun rights statewide over that. That makes Broward the state capital for stupid social policies.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I lived in Pembroke Pines and Fort Lauderdale for a total of about 5 years. Left for economic reasons - well that and the HOA running my condo complex went full Karen.
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