Middle class white folk afraid of those not like them: 1
Homeless African American youth: 0
I noticed this sign the other day on the corner where the homeless kids hang out ... or, used to hang out, I guess. After months and months of community concern over underage kids congregating on the corner and accusations of increased crime rates and possible illegal activity of the sex-for-money kind from their being there, it looks like we finally have a "signs, signs, everywhere there's signs" type of solution.
What remains to be seen (by people other than me, what with my impending move), is how they'll be able to enforce their rules without inciting race riots. I have a sneaking suspicion that this won't end well (and I hope they bought lots of signs, 'cause I think these might not stick around unless they're guarding them 24 hours a day) ...
J'ACCUSE!:
http://lakeview.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/neighbors-blame-social-service-agencies-for-boystown-crime
J'ACCUSE REDUX!:
http://crimeinboystown.blogspot.com/2013/10/creatures-of-habit-battery-suspects.html
J'SOLUTION!:
http://crimeinboystown.blogspot.com/2013/12/sign-of-times-center-on-halsted.html
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