Originally Posted by Austin - MrSkinCash

This is unfortunately very very true. As someone who has lived in the city for most of his life the only REAL solutions are ones that would be very drastic and labeled racist immediately.

You can't increase police presence there because one screw up and the city loses millions, the cops lose credibility and it's "Racist" to police one group or area harder than others despite most of the crime only occurring in a small part of the city.

Conversely, the government has done an absolutely horrible job of trying to invest in that neighborhood. Schools and programs have shut down so kids have nowhere to turn to other than the streets. It's hard to blame the gov entirely though because those resources went largely unused by the neighborhoods when they had them.

Obama failed to help the neighborhood he came from because there is no way to help it and he was smart enough to know it. The situation is only going to get worse until the federal gov steps in to clean up the mess. It won't be pretty when they do either.