If you were replying to me I never mentioned color you did. You always throw off on UNCC but never hesitate to comment on every UNCC thread. I would also know a little about the crime in the area. I guess we all can’t be lawyers.
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Yeah there’s absolutely no crime around the Transit Center in Charlotte.McLeansvilleAppFan wrote: ↑Wed Mar 21, 2018 6:10 amHere is one study though not conclusive suggests public transit did not have an effect on crime rates.
https://sites.duke.edu/urbaneconomics/?p=1215
There are some other studies online but that is all I have time for at the present. Other studies may tell a different story.
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A great philosopher once said...ASUchipman wrote: ↑Wed Mar 21, 2018 1:53 pmYeah there’s absolutely no crime around the Transit Center in Charlotte.McLeansvilleAppFan wrote: ↑Wed Mar 21, 2018 6:10 amHere is one study though not conclusive suggests public transit did not have an effect on crime rates.
https://sites.duke.edu/urbaneconomics/?p=1215
There are some other studies online but that is all I have time for at the present. Other studies may tell a different story.
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I wasn’t trying to call you out, man. I’m sorry. Charlotte crime gets overstated.ASUchipman wrote: ↑Wed Mar 21, 2018 1:51 pmIf you were replying to me I never mentioned color you did. You always throw off on UNCC but never hesitate to comment on every UNCC thread. I would also know a little about the crime in the area. I guess we all can’t be lawyers.
The light rail is safe.
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Most of the crime at the transit center involves G4S Special police beating poor people up and charging them with resisting a police officer. Otherwise just a few open containers and failure to pay fairs.
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https://www.wcnc.com/amp/article?sectio ... -520744601
Yeah just security guards beating up on poor people.
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I wouldn’t send a 16-year-old to the transit center alone, but that article relies on mere charges to paint a scary picture to their suburban readership. Charlotte isn’t that dangerous of a place, even the transit center.
Like you said, man, I’d love to rip on UNCC and their free train as being a dangerous ghetto, but I just know better.
Like you said, man, I’d love to rip on UNCC and their free train as being a dangerous ghetto, but I just know better.
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What is G4S, as in what do the letters and number mean, or is it just a private security force?
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It’s a privately owned, deputized security force. I think it’s pronounced “G-force.”
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The Charlotte-based media do have a habit of skewing things based on location. If a triple homicide happens in Charlotte, it's no big deal if it happens in certain neighborhoods. If an App students gets lost in the woods for 2 hours, ledes start with "a small mountain community was rocked by tragedy today as..." If someone from Yancey County lights a building on fire, a Charlotte headline might read "primitive mountain man discovers fire."
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"private owned and deputized" should never have to be used in the same sentence. Such is life in corporate America.
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I agree with you on this. On the occasions I have watched news on the CLT stations it has always seemed as though any crime that happens in Catawba County is highly newsworthy. Viewers that don't know better might assume Mecklenburg County is nearly crime free.T-Dog wrote: ↑Wed Mar 21, 2018 7:11 pmThe Charlotte-based media do have a habit of skewing things based on location. If a triple homicide happens in Charlotte, it's no big deal if it happens in certain neighborhoods. If an App students gets lost in the woods for 2 hours, ledes start with "a small mountain community was rocked by tragedy today as..." If someone from Yancey County lights a building on fire, a Charlotte headline might read "primitive mountain man discovers fire."
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Really? Not my experience as a Charlotte resident. We usually get 10 minutes of Charlotte crime stores every evening before we get to anything else. I don't think they would cherry pick crime in surrounding counties to report over Mecklenburg crimes, if that's what you are implying.CVAPP wrote: ↑Thu Mar 22, 2018 10:09 amI agree with you on this. On the occasions I have watched news on the CLT stations it has always seemed as though any crime that happens in Catawba County is highly newsworthy. Viewers that don't know better might assume Mecklenburg County is nearly crime free.T-Dog wrote: ↑Wed Mar 21, 2018 7:11 pmThe Charlotte-based media do have a habit of skewing things based on location. If a triple homicide happens in Charlotte, it's no big deal if it happens in certain neighborhoods. If an App students gets lost in the woods for 2 hours, ledes start with "a small mountain community was rocked by tragedy today as..." If someone from Yancey County lights a building on fire, a Charlotte headline might read "primitive mountain man discovers fire."
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Yes, that is what I was implying but obviously I don't speak for T-Dog.yosef13 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 22, 2018 3:25 pmReally? Not my experience as a Charlotte resident. We usually get 10 minutes of Charlotte crime stores every evening before we get to anything else. I don't think they would cherry pick crime in surrounding counties to report over Mecklenburg crimes, if that's what you are implying.CVAPP wrote: ↑Thu Mar 22, 2018 10:09 amI agree with you on this. On the occasions I have watched news on the CLT stations it has always seemed as though any crime that happens in Catawba County is highly newsworthy. Viewers that don't know better might assume Mecklenburg County is nearly crime free.T-Dog wrote: ↑Wed Mar 21, 2018 7:11 pmThe Charlotte-based media do have a habit of skewing things based on location. If a triple homicide happens in Charlotte, it's no big deal if it happens in certain neighborhoods. If an App students gets lost in the woods for 2 hours, ledes start with "a small mountain community was rocked by tragedy today as..." If someone from Yancey County lights a building on fire, a Charlotte headline might read "primitive mountain man discovers fire."
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Probably depends on the station. Most report the same news, one may report differently.CVAPP wrote: ↑Thu Mar 22, 2018 4:35 pmYes, that is what I was implying but obviously I don't speak for T-Dog.yosef13 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 22, 2018 3:25 pmReally? Not my experience as a Charlotte resident. We usually get 10 minutes of Charlotte crime stores every evening before we get to anything else. I don't think they would cherry pick crime in surrounding counties to report over Mecklenburg crimes, if that's what you are implying.CVAPP wrote: ↑Thu Mar 22, 2018 10:09 amI agree with you on this. On the occasions I have watched news on the CLT stations it has always seemed as though any crime that happens in Catawba County is highly newsworthy. Viewers that don't know better might assume Mecklenburg County is nearly crime free.T-Dog wrote: ↑Wed Mar 21, 2018 7:11 pmThe Charlotte-based media do have a habit of skewing things based on location. If a triple homicide happens in Charlotte, it's no big deal if it happens in certain neighborhoods. If an App students gets lost in the woods for 2 hours, ledes start with "a small mountain community was rocked by tragedy today as..." If someone from Yancey County lights a building on fire, a Charlotte headline might read "primitive mountain man discovers fire."
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Do you actually believe that? If so, it's from listening to your criminal clients all day and believing their versions. If you listen to criminals...they are all innocent. Hopefully you were being facetious.
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Do you actually believe that? If so, it's from listening to your police officers and private forces that are deputized and believing their versions. If you listen to police offices...they are all innocent of excessive force and planting evidence and setting people up for arrest. Hopefully you were being facetious.
The fact the court are throwing the cases out should tell you something. I don't know many judges that don't side with the police force without much in the way of questioning and need overwhelming evidence. The fact the judges are tossing these cases is very telling. And if it a case of this much crime there really should be real police officers and not private security in these locations.
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Do you both actually believe your perspective moanings? I'm a paranoid blahblahblahptsdblahveteranblahlibertarianblah and am more moderate in my beliefs. Maybe it's because I actually attend weekly therapy session, while other folks that need it don't due to the stigma. ha. I would know nothing about the stigma.McLeansvilleAppFan wrote: ↑Fri Mar 23, 2018 12:29 pmDo you actually believe that? If so, it's from listening to your police officers and private forces that are deputized and believing their versions. If you listen to police offices...they are all innocent of excessive force and planting evidence and setting people up for arrest. Hopefully you were being facetious.
The fact the court are throwing the cases out should tell you something. I don't know many judges that don't side with the police force without much in the way of questioning and need overwhelming evidence. The fact the judges are tossing these cases is very telling. And if it a case of this much crime there really should be real police officers and not private security in these locations.
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I know it is somewhere in between. I am sure those places are not 100% crime free, but to think that police and in this case private for-profit officers do not do things to get folks behind bars that do not deserve to be behind bars is a bit more than just a bit naive.
On a side note, just a few weeks ago or less I gave a thumbs up to NewApp when he mentioned mental health issues; I think it related to an NFL player or ex-player.
On a side note, just a few weeks ago or less I gave a thumbs up to NewApp when he mentioned mental health issues; I think it related to an NFL player or ex-player.
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That blows my mind. I knew the prisons were for profit, but didn't know about these Merkan Blackwater groups..... heebie geebies.McLeansvilleAppFan wrote: ↑Fri Mar 23, 2018 7:01 pmI know it is somewhere in between. I am sure those places are not 100% crime free, but to think that police and in this case private for-profit officers do not do things to get folks behind bars that do not deserve to be behind bars is a bit more than just a bit naive.
On a side note, just a few weeks ago or less I gave a thumbs up to NewApp when he mentioned mental health issues; I think it related to an NFL player or ex-player.