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I like how the Lehigh Valley tries to hide behind broad, umbrella categories, like "Assault."

Where's the proper division? I see no "Domestic Violence," "Hate Crime," nor "He stepped on the heel of my new Jordan's, so he got fucked up."

Soooooo sad. I tell ya what needs to happen. Give cops more power to stop this shit. Patrol the bad neighborhoods non stop, not just when the next knifing happens. And the best part, when they are arrested and found guilty, lock em up for a good period of time. Hell, raise my taxes to pay for it. If I can pay to keep Tango del Gado los Panalones off the god damn street and disrupting my life, Im all for it. I mean, think about it, "Tango" probably has ten other siblings, each raised by the public school system because his parents were either 1) too lazy to raise the kids, or 2) too poor, and had to work three jobs to afford to put Tommy Hilfiger jeans in their closet.

Yeah, I know, its all about education, its about making the quality of life better from the get go, and the downsides of society will turn better. Im for doing as much as we can to help people make something of themselves. In the meanwhile, lock "Tango", "Guido", and "my trashy ass next door neighbor" up. Id rather pay for their lock down facility, then pay for the damage they are doing to society.

Can you tell Im in rare form today?

No John, this seems like pretty normal form for you ;)

I think that the idea behind tracking crime is that theoretically, they should be using that knowledge to figure out how to stop said crime.