Reading about how black urban culture considers turning in criminals to be a "crime" reminds me that despite the complete exploration of the globe our civilization still has frontiers to be conquered.
Rap star Cam'ron says there's no situation -- including a serial killer living next door -- that would cause him to help police in any way, because to do so would hurt his music sales and violate his "code of ethics." Cam'ron, whose real name is Cameron Giles, talks to Anderson Cooper for a report on how the hip-hop culture's message to shun the police has undermined efforts to solve murders across the country. Cooper's report will be broadcast on 60 MINUTES Sunday, April 22 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network."If I knew the serial killer was living next door to me?" Giles responds to a hypothetical question posed by Cooper. "I wouldn't call and tell anybody on him -- but I'd probably move," says Giles. "But I'm not going to call and be like, ÔThe serial killer's in 4E.' " ( For an excerpt of Giles' interview, click here.) ...
Young people from some of New York's toughest neighborhoods echo Canada's assessment, calling the message not to help police "the rules" and helping the police "a crime" in their neighborhoods. These "rules" are contributing to a much lower percentage of arrests in homicide cases -- a statistic known as the "clearance rate" -- in largely poor, minority neighborhoods throughout the country, according to Prof. David Kennedy of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. "I work in communities where the clearance rate for homicides has gone into the single digits," says Kennedy. The national rate for homicide clearance is 60 percent. "In these neighborhoods, we are on the verge of -- or maybe we have already lost -- the rule of law," he tells Cooper.
This sort of behavior is disgusting and should be eliminated. Just like we used force to bring civilization to our frontiers in past centuries, we shouldn't hesitate to bring our own territory back under the rule of law. The issue of urban frontiers dovetails nicely with the problem of illegal immigration -- both represent legally condoned lawlessness in the name of "compassion" and "diversity", and both are perilous threats to our society and civilization.
The difference between the wild West and the modern frontiers? Despite our society's tolerance for anarchy by the "natives" (and I use the term to disparage not the people, but our culture's perception of them) we have no tolerance whatsoever for any would-be John Wayne or Clint Eastwood who could possibly extend the rule of law into these wastelands. We consider urban ghettos and illegal immigration to be products of "alternative lifestyles", and what gives us the right to condemn the "natives'" "life choices"?
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