tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535390.post9014026402439543087..comments2024-01-24T11:17:30.926-05:00Comments on Cincinnati Blog: Smitherman Still a Zealot with No SolutionsBrian Griffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00662857795736971173noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535390.post-82081051686345902362012-04-12T22:14:29.566-04:002012-04-12T22:14:29.566-04:00This is simply another grandstanding event for Smi...This is simply another grandstanding event for Smitherman. All of a sudden the black on black crime has become a headliner for him. No, he's not going to offer up any concrete solutions because 1) he doesn't have any; and 2) he can't marginalize his base. <br /><br />That said, City Hall has refrained from addressing crime of any and all sorts. That position has been the norm for years and years. The police round up gangsters with the help of those in communities not afraid to snitch and guess who takes the credit? That fancy dandy Mayor and his plump sidekick, Uncle Milty. Never mind the cops and innocent people who put their lives, their families and their properties at risk. <br /><br />Another thing you'll NEVER hear a peep from City Hall on is the black thugsters beating and robbing white people in the communities. Never. That criminality is on the increase in many neighborhoods, although the media has chosen to quash such stories. <br /><br />The black on black crimes do come with specific concerns, but those guilty of fostering such behaviors and sheltering those who do commit the offenses do not and will not face up to the ugly truth. Go to the courthouse any day of the week to listen to Mommies, Grannies, Granny's preacher from her church, extol the virtues of a thug who's facing his 4th go around in the state prison system. Until all communities get past the denial and all the varying excuses, there is no solution. The CIRV hamburger and hot dog cookouts are simply window dressing and a venue for the TV cameras to garner soundbites from baby mamas, who are harboring these thugs, with the worn out adage, "Dis be gotten to stop. You know, all dis shootin dey be doin."Miss Fanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03486963363144322302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535390.post-91538711050994834542012-04-12T10:34:03.243-04:002012-04-12T10:34:03.243-04:00While I think I understand the frustration here, t...While I think I understand the frustration here, the truth is, this city seldom to never discusses crimes against people of color. Do you know while the rest of the country has been talking about Trayvon Martin, we'd be hard-pressed to find the Enquirer providing continuous updated coverage. Until the recent charges against Zimmerman, you'd have to dig deep or find another website.<br /><br />CIRV may be a plan, but "black on black" crime comes with specific concerns....concerns Cincinnati would rather ignore....or simply continue to marginalize and criminalize Smitherman....a black man.Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10991826350178212523noreply@blogger.com