i ALWAYS scan my environment before i walk anywhere and always have my keys out before i get to my car. i'm 200 lbs but i know even i can get jacked. generally, i don't feel safe very often when i'm out.
Really? I take Brazos then left onto the St Joseph's on-ramp to 45 North every time I leave Midtown. Never even seen a cop. Heading to 59 South from say Cyclone's all the way to the spur would seem like a treacherous journey (long, traffic, many side-streets for cops to be parked on...). But yes, thanks for sharing, texanskan. Crime in midtown is a serious issue. You literally can not even walk a block without being asked for change by the bums. Actually, I wouldn't even call them bums. In many cases, they are able-bodied men just being lazy. The scary part is that you never know when they might do something like the story you just told. And yes, the demographics of those doing the asking are at least 95% as you described. At least. Bill White invited this garbage into town and has done darn near next to nothing to clean it up. How he escapes criticism is beyond me.
Sorry to hear your story, and do not live in Houston, but I'll keep that in mind. Glad you and your girlfriend are okay.
Glad to hear you're alright. Hope your lady gets better soon. You just gotta watch yourself all around i guess...thankfully i live in quebec.(canada) and well i dont think the crimes are as high as in the states...but my step dad was working once..delivery..and it was at night. Two black guys on bikes stoppe dinfront of his car,the light was green and he honked so they would move,but they didnt. So my step dad asked themt o move..they didnt respond. he got out of the car(hes kinda short tempered) and was on his way towards them. and since he has a king of bag around his waist with money in it,they obviously saw it i guess..they,well nto really stabbed..but cut his abdominal area 3 times and ripped the bag off.the cuts were pretty deep. But my step dad kicked the guy's back wheel while he was trying to ride away..thus resulting in him falling to the ground,the other one took off. My step dad kicked him around and took his bag back,drove back to work and his boss was going nuts telling him he shouldve just gave the money and leave it at that... What can i say, stuff happen.
I'm actually very curious why the race has to be stated? What is the benefit of saying "black male" over "male"? And what's with the icing on the cake with the 95% stat. I do not see a beneficial reason to have it. Unless it was a notorious "hate crime" situation (which annoy me as well) I feel the race should be left out. I know it was for description purposes but in regards to Rocket G's post about being mature enough to understand why the race was stated I guess I have more maturing to do because I don't see any benefit from it... Unless the poster is notifying the board members to watch out for certain 5-7 through 5-9 and 150-160 lbs black men in midtown with two other black accomplices in near by cars then I'll be sure to keep that in mind, as if it's some new phenomenon called crime committed by blacks. I'm not accusing the thread starter of being racist/prejudice or anything near. I believe he was merely describing the situation with no evil intent, but I would like to address that he did not have to include the race of the criminals to be effective. As a matter of fact, with his opening statements stating he is simply giving the board some preventive measures he certainly left a lot to be desired. It sounded more like "watch out for: Because you know people like that fall under the category. Just in case you were surprised that black men commit crimes, I now know that is in fact not a rare occasion because: I'm glad I'm not a white woman in midtown! But I might have an urge to steal a purse since I do fit the other statistic, although I'm taller than 5'9". I know this can be overwhelming and a shocker to some but here's a quick summary for the empty spot on your fridge markerboard: I hope I never run into those types of people ! I'm glad you and your girlfriend made it out safe. You did the right thing, never risk a life over a car, purse, shoes, etc. Now a home is different, but I haven't seen a Russian tank in a few years. Oops I mean a tank.
sorry what happened and glad both of you are safe it's getting real bad in some areas, the other night I was driving in a street and this skanky looking black chick was stopping traffic because she was walking across the street, she stopped beside my vehicle and just gave me a attitude look, I sorta drove around her but almost ran over her foot, and she banged her hand on my rear passenger window, I quickly drove out of there as there were some guys on the sidewalk that could have been with her, I can still see her hand print on the window.
About 6 months ago, I was real worried about crime. But then I realized it can happen anywhere and most of the time it is so random so I shouldn't worry about it. I stopped worrying about things in life, when I started believing in fate. Actually earlier tonight at 1:30AM I was filling gas and this black kid, pretty tall kept walking back and forth and looking at me. I was getting a little nervous to be honest with you. Then another older black man and him start coming toward me. The older black man, says the kid has his car stalled, and I could see the kid crying. The kid had no phone or no money. The older dude was just a homeless guy who was helping the kid since no one was around. I let the kid use my cell phone and gave him money to make pay phone calls after I left. I also gave the homeless guy a few bucks. But in reality I was kind of scared at first, but I left the gas station feeling for those two guys. Alot of times people have pre-existing negative perceptions of certain "people" whether it be blacks, brown people or someone appearing to be a redneck, but you really can't judge anyone until you have talked to them.
agreed. i don't think texanskan's intention was to make it about race, but i didnt' see what the point of the stats were.
I made the same statement on a similar story on here and people jumped all over me for it. Glad somebody feels similar.
the reason I gave out the description of the men is this was not a "random" attack this was a planed thing and I take offense to anyone (not saying you are) thinking there are any racial undertones in my account of Sunday night. As far as the stats that is per HPD Robery division and they even asked me if this was a "Texas black" or a Louisianna black". Does this mean a white person, asian person or hispanic person could not mug a young woman? Of course not but it means in general terms this is the m.o. of the criminal a young black male. As far as the suspects descrription that again is for folks on this board to use as information when they are in that area. This is not for the D&D forum and I still don't understand why a white man needs to "talk different" than a black person. Should we not be past that? When a white person is carefull I think that has racial undertones.
I volunteer at a place downtown (in Pa not TX) in an impoverished neighborhood. Sometimes I enter or leave the building at odd hours (it's open 24 hrs a day 7 days a week). I am white -- middle-aged male If I see a group of young black men begin to move toward me my internal alarms go off. If I look out the window and see a group "hanging" on the corner I may wait a while until they leave. I know it is a high-crime area and in this neighborhood I am the minority- which I believe makes me more of a target. Am I racist?
not at all, most of those guys hanging out have no intention of hurting you but you must take into account all of the information out there and some of that information is a high % of crimes are commited by young black males. It's not racist, it's just a fact. Now on the flip side a black man should be a little worried if he was in a small town and 5 "good ol boy's" or "rednecks" walked his way. Chances are they don't want anything to do with him but it's a raised level of awareness.
just for the record, Chris Rock is also afraid of young black males. by the way, sorry to hear aobut it bro. i've had guns pointed at me and been robbed plenty fo times but luckily i was alone all those times, not sure what I woulda done or felt if someone i care aobut got punched.
thanks man, I have been car-jacked and had a gun pulled on me before so I am fine but I am worried about my girl she is still not right. Thanks to everyone for the nice words, I really just want to alert ya'll since reading this board I know so many of us hang out in midtown
Most of the people I "work" with are black and most of the children we serve are black. But one thing I did notice is that the black ladies I work with seem to favor the white kids. I don't think they even realize they are doing it but they seem to favor them. Nothing drastic but the seem a little more patient with them, let them "push it" a littler further, turn their heads more often. I wonder if that's sort of like the study that showed young black girls favoring white doll's.
I think it has a lot to do with society telling them they ain't beautiful just because they don't fit into some fashion editor's sense of beauty.
Cesar^Geronimo - Probably, alot of the input a person is given in this society would lead one to that behavior if one is not careful. texanskan - Criminal is a Criminal . . . These guys will catch someone more prepared and they will reap what they have sown . . I have little doubt about that - perhaps someone here you have warned Rocket River
My theory on this is that... some black women simply know that the actions and behavior of some of the young black community brings out a negative perception of the race in general. I'm no expert psychologist.. I'm just a young Chinese male, but I have a lot of black friends and have worked with many black people. per a black lady I worked with: "You gotta watch out for the black people tonight. Cause a lot of em have attitudes. It's sad but it's true... I'm not gonna lie... I'm black and I have an attitude too." my previous black manager would always voice her displeasure with black kids these days just when she saw a young black man sagging or a black woman not wearing much clothing. But anyways, I don't think the black women are FAVORING the young white children. I think they are just being more stern with the black children because they want to treat them like their own children... they just subconsiously want to teach and discipline them
