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Kentucky Census Worker Hanged: Body Released
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Not anything anyone's said publicly.
Yeah, they obviously want to withhold as much as they can other than info that might lead to a tip-off. Both to verify the info from any possible informant and to keep the perp in the dark as to anything they might have messed up.
As you noted, rural areas in the US are generally incredibly safe. The only real problem has been the uptick in violence due to the crystal meth epidemic.
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Yes, you will find more towns like this due to the larger number of minorities. There are still plenty where a minority is better off never stopping in.
And its really easy to tell the difference between whats safe and what isn't.
Are people smiling at you and waving? Congrats, you've found a small rural friendly town.
Are people grimacing at you and staring? Stay the fuck away.
Here's a map of murders in DC from 2004-2006. You can see the heavy clustering in Anacostia and a couple of other bad neighborhoods, with almost no other murders in parts of Northwest. Furthermore, the murders tend to heavily involve one demographic- young black men with prior criminal records. We're generally not talking about random killings of respectable citizens.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DChomicides.jpg
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The problem of course is when they smile, wave, and then spike your cigar with opium and shanghai you into white slavery.
In any event, white on black murder is pretty rare. Black people are in much higher danger of being murdered or assaulted by another black person than they are by a white person.
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The prevalence of firearms is also a pretty good indicator.
Only cops are carrying guns? Not bad.
See a few guys with a gun rack in their vehicle? Better watch it, although they could have just gotten back from hunting or something.
Run into a town like the one my dad worked in in Eastern KY about 20 years ago where people think it's perfectly normal to walk around in convenience stores carrying shotguns? Get the fuck out.
I hope this emoticon conveys that I am doing this expression as hard as I possibly can: o_O
And that "having a firearm in the home" is the same as "carrying a loaded shotgun in your hands when you go into the gas station"?
EDIT: I'm not talking about gun ownership here. I'm talking about people carrying around guns when they're just doing their daily routine like going to the post office or the grocery store. "The visible prevalence of firearms" would have been a better way to put it.
So are we not counting those rural areas?
Absolutely nothing you said contradicts what I posted right there. Yes, the bulk are racially mixed. No, this does not make every town racially mixed or safe for a minority.
Seriously, that guy right there? Crazy.
So, so crazy.
Edit: He's not really crazy.
My point is if someone feels the need to carry a lethal weapon around in a fucking gas station because they think they might get shot at in there - indeed, if a sizable percentage of the population feel the need to do so - then it might be prudent to assume that area has a propensity for violence.
Re: Kennesaw, Georgia.
What's your definition of "safe?" Violent crime victiimization rates in rural areas are lower for all demographics. Do you have any evidence that black people in rural areas are at greater risk of interracial crime? White-on-black crime is pretty rare everywhere in this country.
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I'm really not afraid of people who bear arms openly.
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Guess which place allowed open carry?
Guess which place I didn't mind leaving my doors unlocked and windows open at night?
I just wanted to chime in: there's 2 small cities in Indiana where any minority DOES NOT stop the car. Doesn't matter how low you are on gas, doesn't matter if it's 3AM and you need a hotel, you keep going.
Lesson: Fucked up racism isn't limited to The South at all.
In Switzerland? No, not really.
I would remind everyone that this very topic is about a person who appears to have been murdered simply for being someone the locals considered threatening who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, through no fault of his own.
We were talking about a completely different part of the world with a completely different culture.
In this case, only government employees need to worry.
Yes rural areas. Where guns are fairly common to their culture. Also, people are far more likely to know each other.
Know why? Because Israel can get dangerous sometimes.
Dude, I grew up in a small town with a big gun/hunting culture, as I've pointed out many times. Lots of kids back in high school would come to class still in their deer hunting Realtree overalls, and I've spent many a fall afternoon blasting the hell out of tin cans and paper targets with my dad. I know the difference between guns being a part of the culture and violence being a part of the culture and people carrying around guns because of it.