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...exception. The city was once again in the limelight as a center for violence and crime. A major Puerto Rican riot, a major Negro riot, open housing marches led by Martin Luther King, counter-demonstrations by George Lincoln Rockwell, and the Speck massacre: each crisis made the policeman's job more hectic and trying. But during the summer, the police faced another, less-noticed problem-the rise of the Mighty Blackstone Rangers, a well-organized, tightly - disciplined street gang, which, according to police statistics, is the toughest and most violent teenage group ever to roam Chicago's South Side...
...what we do we do the best"--evokes the following comment from a local youth officer: "Their slogan makes sense. What they do best is shoot, stab, fight, intimidate, extort money from businesses, and threaten little kids into paying them dues." Bullets do not discriminate, and when the policeman puts his life in dangers every day he has little use for the "sociological nonsense" taught at school...
...policeman justifies this "be tough" attitude as a matter of self defense. Underlining his position is the obvious inadequacy of juvenile courts and social agencies in deterring or rehabilitating juvenile offenders. Police officers rapidly lose confidence in courts and social agencies that return offenders to the streets, naively hoping they are rehabilitated. After arresting the same youth numerous times, the officer wonders what use, if any, are juvenile courts and youth counselors...
...effective than existing means. After all, more often than not, the police officer grew up in an atmosphere where police night-sticks and gun butts were more powerful than courts. From personal experience he knows its effectiveness. But in the era of social awareness and middle class guilt, the policeman is harshly criticized for holding views that years ago were accepted as right or, at least, effective...
...ghetto life teaches a youngsters to revere violence. Prowess with your hands or a gun is prerequisite to financial success and the first step in winning the respect of other youngsters. As crude as it sounds, being tough can effectively curb criminal action where youth are involved. Yet, the policeman cannot be very tough. Even the most ignorant street corner punk is totally aware of his rights as an American citizen: he knows that the police cannot lay one hand...