The Police Officer did not bad mouth anyone. He was polite and gave out good advise. He/she did those people a favor and you want to report the cop. Report them for what? looking out for someones wellfare. If something would happen then everyone would say "Why didn't the Police warn me" your e-mail got me more than peeved . Kevin ---- Cynthia Van Ness <[email protected]> wrote: ============= Forgive me for veering *way* off topic, but this cop's behavior is one of my pet peeves. I resent it when anyone tries to make me afraid of my own city. Cops have no business bad-mouthing the people and neighborhoods they are sworn to serve. I would have reported him. There are circumstances and situations that are dangerous, but they are hardly confined to specific neighborhoods. Good things happen in supposedly bad neighborhoods all the time, and bad things happen in supposedly good neighborhoods all the time. Wal*Mart parking lots, which are never situated in "bad" neighborhoods, are ideal settings for all sorts of predatory behavior and they have the crime stats to show for it. What you do is pay attention to your surroundings and the behavior of those around you. --- Ruth Madar <[email protected]> wrote: [snip] > Friends of > ours who live in Buffalo/Lackawanna area decided to go for a > ride in the > Perry Projects area to reminisce where he grew up. A police > car pulled him > over, asked who he was, then asked if he lived there. Paul > explained what > he was doing, the police escorted them out of the area and > told him, > politely, that if he doesn't live there, he doesn't belong > there and never > decide to reminisce again in that area. This happened in the > early > afternoon. That's how bad it is. *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com http://www.BuffaloResearch.com "Everyone claims to want a city, but no one here wants city living. City living by its definition is crowded. It is tolerant of other people. It is dependent on a sophisticated population that makes a hundred compromises daily so that they can benefit from the collective energy that a city generates." --Robert N. Davis, Jr. (1955-2007) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message