I missed mayor Street’s live televised speech, but caught some of it later at night. The whole idea of the broadcast, to me, is pathetic. What a sad statement it makes when the mayor has to go on television and beg citizens to stop murdering one another. I’ve neither seen nor heard of anything like this in my lifetime in any other city. Have other mayors resorted to such measures in other cities in recent years?

One proposed idea to help reduce gun violence is to give police the right to stop and search violent crime parolees without a warrant or even suspicion. According to this daily news article: “81 percent of murder victims and 76 percent of killers have criminal records.” A similar law is already in effect in California, upheld as constitutional by the supreme court.

This starts to touch on the privacy rights and civil liberties issues again. However, a search law seems innocuous when compared to some measures already in effect, like the very public and accessible sex offender registry.

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1. John’s Fed Up With Crime
2. “…the most murder-plagued big city…”
3. John Street is doing something! Live at 7p!
4. Thoughts on Milton Street
5. Mayor Spotting