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Trouble on Grand View?
Feeling skittish
Was it just hyper-active teenagers expending residual summer energy on the street at 9:00 p.m.? Perhaps. If it were not for this series of shootings in our neighbourhood; if it were not for the proliferation of open-air drug dealing on Grand View and Tecumseh, I would have simply opened my front door and asked the kids to tone it down, get out of the road, stop shouting and hollering, and racing mopeds up and down the street. But I did not know if I was dealing with over-the-edge teens or with crack heads...I was afraid. Not a great feeling. I called the police. I have no idea if they responded, but the noise did die down after a while. The whole episode left me feeling down-right sad and uneasy about the skittishness invading our neighbourhood.
I know my neighbours. The vast majority are good, responsible people. Now this new invasion. And I am more than a little uneasy. Are the police on the side of law? Or on the side of expedience? Just a question.
N.P.
Posted at August 23, 2007 07:54 PM