tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765747694255297504.post7280476862957567547..comments2023-10-16T04:37:04.642-05:00Comments on View from the Heartland: There is no more important issue right now than Derek Williams' homicideBarbara J. Minerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09899959319251430121noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765747694255297504.post-65979657911377515692012-10-01T22:34:11.034-05:002012-10-01T22:34:11.034-05:00State sponsored negligence, or gross negligence as...State sponsored negligence, or gross negligence as it might be in the Derek Williams incident, rightly deserves undiluted condemnation. But this isn't about black joblessness, which goes unaddressed in Milwaukee, as it does in all cities in America with democratic party mayors.<br /><br />This is about the lack of "enough is enough" within the black community concerning deadly behavior, period. If you've been watching the news you know there have been 3 reported homicides in the last two days - black on black shootings over nothing, as usual. And the rate of unsolved homicides directly reflects the attitudes of victims and witnesses who have to be dragged into court - if you can find them at all - and not surprisingly make poor witnesses. The number of convictions is low at trial in this city - and it's not the fault of police.<br /><br />In Milwaukee's black community its, "Free Boo" when Boo shot five people, raped 10 women, and sold drugs to kids. And in the rare circumstance when Boo gets convicted his females in the courtroom erupt with rage and have to be dragged out - this is a daily occurrance in the Courthouse complex.<br /><br />So save your outrage. Direct it where it also belongs, or stow it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com