Paris Avenue - “Break the Silence"

[Tom]

The Paris Avenue naming will honor the life of a young murder victim and highlight the Paris Project to “Break the Silence". This Silence among witnesses to crime (the "no snitch" rule) allows violent crime and public street drug sales to flourish in certain parts of South St. Pete.

Better police tactics and more cooperation from residents have contributed to a 45% reduction in homicides.

http://www.bartlettpark.net/2010/03/...ue-naming.html

http://www.bartlettpark.net/2008/12/...uesday-at.html

http://www.bartlettpark.net/2009/04/...-out-this.html

colored folks sure don't like to tell on other colored folks for some reason

colored folks sure don't like to tell on other colored folks for some reason

For some it is part of their culture.

For others it is fear of reprisals.

I take your use of the term colored folks to be a deliberate attempt to be insulting. Shame on you.

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[Tom]

The majority of criminals who plague South St. Pete drug holes are white.

Drug sales and prostitution require a buyer as well as a seller. South St. Pete drug sellers are mostly black while the buyers are mostly white. A busy drug house may have cars backed up waiting for service. All doing things they know would not be tolerated in their own neighborhoods.

[Tom]

Today's St. Pete Times has discovered that there is a lot of shooting in South St. Pete. http://www.tampabay.com/news/publics...equent/1085023

They don't say much about solutions.