War Zone?

This is a reprint from the Peoria Chronicle’s web site.  It was posted by CJ, the sites owner and written by Paul Wilkinson.  Paul is the President of the Altamont Park Neighborhood Association.  I know Paul and he is the most straight forward person I’ve met.  He has no need to embellish or to lie.  That means this is true and it’s an outrage.  I hope Mr. Jackson of the local NAACP reads this and responds.  That will be interesting.  This is nothing more than hate and race war against whites.

Here is the posted letter: 

Tonight, around 11 p.m., a group of at least 60-70 African American youth marched down one of the side streets (W. Thrush) to the 4 lane main drag (Sheridan). They were yelling threats to white residents. Things such as we need to kill alll the white people around here. They were physically intimidating anyone calling for help from the police. They were surrounding cars. Cars on the main drag had to slam on their brakes to either avoid the youth blocking not only all four lanes, but a large section of the side street as well. fights were breaking out among them. They were rushing residents who looked out their doors, going on to porches, yelling threats to people calling the police for help.

Cars were doing U turns on the streets just to avoid the mob, mostly male. One youth stated his grandfather was white and several assaulted him on the spot. One police officer answered the call. The youth split into two large groups, one heading north, the other south. They were also yelling racial threats to the police officer but he was outnumbered. Another police car did not show up until after the youth finally dispersed and the patty wagon (van) also eventually showed up.

Residents are very shaken, both black and white alike. This is the fifth large mob action in about a month with smaller groups of 10-12 are out threatening children and adults a few evenings a week or later into the night. The times vary, even occuring during the day. In talking to the police officer, they are short staffed. Residents were advised to simply keep inside and to lock their doors. In other words buckle down, it’s not even safe to sit on your porch or go into your yards.

My take?  These are the same youths that run our schools and these are the same that make our schools unsafe, can’t make state standards, and assault teachers and staff.  Why? Because there are no repercussions for their actions.  At District 150, many are slapped on the wrist or told they suffer econmic let down or whatever and must need help.  Even the Chief of Police who tried to correct this type of mob action on the south side streets by issuing J-Walking tickets a few years back, slapped them by removing the tickets.  Why?  Because the NAACP bitched up a storm. These were poor mis-understood children. 

Time has come for us to step up.  Us, I mean law abiding citizens and no, I don’t mean grab the rifles and pitchforks.  Two wrongs don’t make a right.  No, I mean it’s time we citizens hold our elected leaders responsible and make, no, demand they take action and end this shit once and for all.  I don’t care if they have to stuff 10 to a cell, but if they are doing this type of crap in our streets, then lock them up.

Aw, but our City Leaders are too damn busy balancing the budget, raising our taxes, making up new fees, paying developers for hotels so Peoria can join the cliché and have walkways to the Civic Center. They do this by laying off cops, fireman, and city street workers.

If we were smart, we would band together, rent a real nice bus from Peoria Charter coach, put some Rap videos on the tvs on the bus, pull up to Thrush and Sheridan and load these poor mis directed youth onto them and drive them deep into the 5th District and let them out near Picture Ridge.  Watch how fast this is taken care of then.

Credit:  To the Peoria Chronicle and Paul Wilkinson, author