re: #204 sattv4u2

It;s not limited to “devout muslims” In most inner cities in this country there are places even the cops don’t go into due to Mexican/ Crips/ Bloods etc gangs. The residents there are literally held hostage afraid to venture out, and worse, afraid to call the police when they see anything bad going down

I believe that’s a bit of an overstatement.

There’s places where the police go carefully and in force, but to the best of my knowledge we have few if any deals like they have in London and outside of Paris, where the police don’t go at all.

Yes there are bad neighborhoods where police patrols don’t free the citizens from fear of walking the streets. Public spaces and parks in most urban areas are often given over to crime, especially after dark. They are making some efforts here in Los Angeles to recover places like Macarthur Park for the citizens, to improve the urban environment, but that’s another story.