Does anyone else live in a sketchy part of a downtown of some fucking scum town? I live in downtown Williamsport PA. Home of the Little League World series (about the only good that comes from this town). Anyway, I'm in my garage minding my own shit, all of the doors are closed. Next thing you know i swear like 20 feet away there was a fucking gunshot. I don't know why or what, but it's fucking shitty to live in a place like this. I'm not racist but there are a ton of african americans in this town who are always jumping people for no reason too. Again, that isn't me being prejudice. I get emails from the school when ever any robberies occus, and from the description it's always the same 3-5 african american males going after some fucking innocent person, beating the shit out of them, and taking their phone and wallet. What the fuck? To make $100 quick bucks at the pawn shop? What is fucking wrong with society?

I want to clarify that I'm again not racist, but for this town it seems to be the facts. I've never lived in a sketchy place like this before August, I'm just not used to it. I always lived in a residential neighborhood where you could go outside at any hour and not have to worry about anyone having a gun and or mugging people.

Shit like that honestly sucks dude. If it's usually the same description it's probably the same group of people doing it. Sad how a few people can go and ruin a community like that. I don't live in a bad area it's just that I live in a big city. There's violent crimes but it's not like it's constantly happening and happening in front of me so I wouldn't exactly say it's sketchy haha.
This is the last "big" thing that really happened right near my house. It's kind of sad cause the guy actually got shot by the police.

Far out how many police are needed to stop 1 car?LOL:P I am sure that there had to be other stuff that they could have been doing.

neztek wrote:

Far out how many police are needed to stop 1 car?LOL:P I am sure that there had to be other stuff that they could have been doing.

Lol there was a lot more to it then just a police chase but yeah a little more police officers then needed.

Welcome to USA, home of 42 car police chases

Haha.

african americans are the problem with america. yes call me ignorant

NickRose wrote:

african americans are the problem with america. yes call me ignorant

WOW! 

that was an opinion

black people aren't the inherent problem. the real problem is decades of subjectification and poor treatment, not to mention the introduction and promotion of crack cocaine by the US government specifically to drag them down. It's just like the British Imperialists did in China with their opium.

anyways, that sucks Dave, just keep your head low and don't draw attention to yourself I guess:/
best of luck

I generally take a more conservative approach than this article, but Michelle Alexander brings up some really good points. I suggest you read this: http://prospect.org/article/new-jim-crow-0

Wow Dave, that sucks. I am not racist either, but one thing I hate is that whenever the criminal is a black person, when you bring that point up you are immediately racist. Which imo is the stupidest thing ever! It's not your fault if the people in trouble are african american, that's just how it is. My friend got stabbed about 5 days ago, and his stabber was a black man. A lot of his friends and I were talking, and we are just hoping it doesn't get thrown out in court because of "racial discrimination" or some shit like that.
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Either way, it really sucks to hear that Dave. Hopefully it won't be as bad soon.

I'm not racist, but prejudice so to say. Generally I avoid avoid African American people. Although I am scared of everything haha.

NickRose wrote:

african americans are the problem with america. yes call me ignorant

Nah.. Idiots are..


Consider this a warning.

I don't think it has anything to do with the race of anyone, it's just how that person chooses to behave. A skin colour isn't the deciding factor if you're a criminal or not.

If anyone's seen the film 'Crash', this topic reminds me of that. If you haven't seen it you should definitely give it a watch http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/

If everyone could direct their attention to the definition of my home town that's on UrbanDictionary.com, it's surprisingly accurate:
1. Schenectady
A bustling metropolis North of NYC. Once famous, now is largely inhabited by drug dealers who couldn't hack it in the big city, and the gangs of roaming crack heads that have fallen victim to the lure of the big city dope dealer's product. There are also alot of Guyanese people who have moved there from NYC and started buying property and making improvements on that property in order to turn it over for a profit....then buy nice homes for themselves in Rotterdam, a nice town on the Schenectady border where the Italians live for the most part. And let us not forget the prostitutes, as there are many. From somewhat high-class call girl types, to nasty toothless crack whores who will suck your dick for $5. Schenectady is also home of the most corrupt police department in the entire world, bar none. They run the drug, prostitution, and gambling rings. They've been known to drive drunk, shoot innocent people, yell racial slurrs, and throw eggs at citizens. In the early to mid 90's, Schenectady was dubbed "Baby New York" largely due to the high murder rate. However, the people that still live there have never given up hope, and they have new pipe dreams every year of businesses moving in. Most businesses that do make the seemingly drastic move to Schenectady typically employ less than 100 people, thus not putting a dent in the city's unemployment problem. Some of the Schenectadian's favorite pass times include: spin the crack head, guess who's got VD, robbing the Haji-Mart, selling drugs to cops, buying drugs from cops, getting raped in Central Park, and being a porch monkey. Some other names for Schenectady are Scum-nectady, Skank-ectady, and shit town.

I think skin color matters only when that area is prodominently that race if that makes any sense. Clearly someone's brain isnt wired to do terrible things just cause if their race.

Ryan wrote:

I think skin color matters only when that area is prodominently that race if that makes any sense. Clearly someone's brain isnt wired to do terrible things just cause if their race.

I agree with that. But sometimes certain crimes are committed predominantly by a certain race, and when that is brought up, you are viewed as a racist, ignorant person.

People don't comit crimes because of their skin colour, they comit them because of their upbringing.

A lot of black people are treated like shit in America, and a lot of them are poor and have a hard life. An upbringing under those conditions could easily cause a kid to turn shady, no matter if its a black kid or a white kid.

WantSomeSlaw wrote:

Ryan wrote:

I think skin color matters only when that area is prodominently that race if that makes any sense. Clearly someone's brain isnt wired to do terrible things just cause if their race.

I agree with that. But sometimes certain crimes are committed predominantly by a certain race, and when that is brought up, you are viewed as a racist, ignorant person.

im saying that its usually perceived that a certain race commits a certain crime if they are the majority in that area. Like I said a certain race isn't wired to commit certain crimes. Also I think it's how people say it. I get what you're saying but a lot of the time race shouldn't be brought into it. For instance the George Zimmerman and Travon Martin case was about race way more then it should've been. If you ask me there's a difference between giving a description of someone and saying that all people of that race commit that same crime.

Again, I wasn't intending to be racist, but this town in general, those people seem to be all of the ones who cause the most problems towards the people who come up here for college. If you look of the police blotter from the school, the only crimes on there that were "committed" by white dudes were sexual abuse charges. I think the problem is that the scum from philly that is dragged into this town is what is causing all of these muggings, beatings, etc. It's just shitty that stuff like this has to happen and really the police don't do too much. Yes, if there is a serious charge, they're going to find them. The average 5 hoodlums jumping a white dude and taking his money and phone, will most likely never get caught it seems. I also would like to say that there are so many black men and women in this country and other countries that are extremely intelligent. I guess like Mikkel was saying, it was all in how you were raised.

Mikkel S wrote:

People don't comit crimes because of their skin colour, they comit them because of their upbringing.

A lot of black people are treated like shit in America, and a lot of them are poor and have a hard life. An upbringing under those conditions could easily cause a kid to turn shady, no matter if its a black kid or a white kid.

exactly what i was thinking.

Mikkel S wrote:

People don't comit crimes because of their skin colour, they comit them because of their upbringing.

A lot of black people are treated like shit in America, and a lot of them are poor and have a hard life. An upbringing under those conditions could easily cause a kid to turn shady, no matter if its a black kid or a white kid.

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