I know it might be hard to believe, but
I believe I have seen evidence of gang related activity in the small Midwestern
town of Forsyth, Missouri.
Just a year ago, a man was viciously attacked and
then robbed while walking home along Highway 160; a main road that
runs through the heart of Forsyth MO. Then, just a few days ago, I accidentally ran
into a group of youths while also walking in the same vicinity of the previous attack.
My gut instinct told me that these people meant trouble and so I
deftly crossed the street and ducked into a neighborhood bar and
grill. I felt I had really ducked a bullet on that occasion....
If there are gangs roaming the streets
where I live, I'm guessing they are more active during the nighttime.
It's after the sun goes down that the problems seem to occur. A talk
with a local police officer was not very revealing as he tended to
duck the question of crime, telling me that 'it was about the same
everywhere'.... What did he mean by that?
I's my personal theory that part of the
problem centers around a failing economy (no jobs) and the collapse
of the core family with many children coming from broken or other
wise dysfunctional home environments.
The question remains to see if the
problems will increase, over time, as our nation continues its slide
into 2nd world status.
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