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It's time to hire mob protection. Isn't that Al Capone's backyard? Or maybe we need to form a posse instead?
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Honestly, I do fear that some "businessmen" might hire some goons to protect their "investments." I've heard that some neighborhood associations are hiring private security to patrol business districts, and Jesse Jackson is calling for the DHS to patrol the streets.
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wizardzz wrote: Honestly, I do fear that some "businessmen" might hire some goons to protect their "investments."
There are two types of "businessmen" being protected by "goons". The Godfather (Rahm) and his empire, and the drug gangs.
What do normal citizens have for protection? Well Chicago has some of the strictest anti-gun policies in the country which only the cowardly yuppies abide by.
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I can see you[^]
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You could always get the Hell's Angles to do security[^].
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Because the stage was so low, members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club, led by Oakland chapter head Ralph "Sonny" Barger, were asked to surround the stage to provide security.
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Most bars do hire, uh, goons like that to run security. A lot of businesses hire off duty cops (they are allowed to carry guns off duty, most have private sec licenses too).
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I smell revolution not far in the future for Chitcago
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Nice selective quoting there... the important part is that the offender has left and isn't likely to return.
We have had a very similar system here in Qld for a number of years now, and indeed it has made things better. They are talking about situations where 911 (000 in our case) should never have been called - there's no immediate threat to life or property, just wanting to report a crime, which often is mainly for insurance purposes. Scenes of Crime (or whatever the mob over there are called who come and take fingerprints) will still turn up.
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Similar in the UK.
There is now a non urgent number, although I cannot remember what it is.
999 for urgent matters, this other number to make a report or ask a question or whatever.
An attempt to make emergency response quicker for genuine emergencies and weed out some of the chaff.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
Shed Petition[ ^]
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ChrisElston wrote: [...] weed out some of the chavs
ftfy old bean.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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