Community Chat

[drizzellla]

I saw this post this morning.

"My mail carrier just informed me that two other mail carriers from a Philadelphia station and one carrier from a suburban station were robbed at gun point and had their mail keys stolen from them. Someone was also caught on camera, at a Philadelphia post office trying to steal the mail box from the parking lot."

I feel bad for the mail carriers. 

[millieshops]

@drizzellla   truth be told, I feel for anyone working a job where they are responsible for anything of value.  So many different workers are ripe for danger right now.

I am actually more worried about the violence rampant in the world than I am about disease because I have no real idea how to live a full life and still feel safe.  At least with disease I can pick and choose where to go and when.

[Sooner]

@millieshops I had not put into perspective your comment, but yes you are right!  If we put the effort into stopping violence that we have into COVID it would make a huge difference.

I guess that's what made me so mad and I posted about the Dr. Phil episode a few days ago.  It seems we just sort of overlook a lot of crime now.  

[Jacie]

These days, it seems if someone wants it, they take it. Easy peasy without consequence. Pathetic is our society's name. Sad and scary. 

[Snowpuppy]

Guess it depends on your perspective.

I've lived and worked in Detroit. Crime isn't new. Just when it visits your cul de sac people now getting upset.

[PhilaLady1]

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@Snowpuppy wrote:

Guess it depends on your perspective.

I've lived and worked in Detroit. Crime isn't new. Just when it visits your cul de sac people now getting upset.

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I agree with your comment. But these incidents happened in Philadelphia, the poorest big city in the US. Ain't no cul de sacs here.  Sadly, Philly is all too familiar with crime.

[Kachina624]

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@Sooner wrote:

@millieshops I had not put into perspective your comment, but yes you are right!  If we put the effort into stopping violence that we have into COVID it would make a huge difference.

I guess that's what made me so mad and I posted about the Dr. Phil episode a few days ago.  It seems we just sort of overlook a lot of crime now.  

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@Sooner    I don't feel we overlook it as there's plenty of talk and news reports about it, but we seem to tolerate it.  If the mob robbery at Nordstrom's had occurred 30 years ago, all hell would have broken loose among outraged citizens.  Now everyone is sort of ho-hum and they move on.

I hope cops are making every effort to identify and prosecute the offenders in some of these recent thefts.  They did a great job pinpointing those who participated in the Jan. 6th debacle, so it can be done. 

[Jk9]

About a month ago a small neighborhood post office was broken into at night and all the mail in PO Boxes was stolen.  I had a business box at that address because I was trying to support keeping the station open (it is on my way home).  I moved my P.O. Box to the main station as I don't feel safe even going by late in the afternoon and when it is dark.  Sad.

[Sooner]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

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@Sooner wrote:

@millieshops I had not put into perspective your comment, but yes you are right!  If we put the effort into stopping violence that we have into COVID it would make a huge difference.

I guess that's what made me so mad and I posted about the Dr. Phil episode a few days ago.  It seems we just sort of overlook a lot of crime now.  

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@Sooner    I don't feel we overlook it as there's plenty of talk and news reports about it, but we seem to tolerate it.  If the mob robbery at Nordstrom's had occurred 30 years ago, all hell would have broken loose among outraged citizens.  Now everyone is sort of ho-hum and they move on.

I hope cops are making every effort to identify and prosecute the offenders in some of these recent thefts.  They did a great job pinpointing those who participated in the Jan. 6th debacle, so it can be done. 

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@Kachina624 You are spot on.  However if the law doesn't support punishment, the criminals are out before the cops get home to dinner.  And this must be very disheartening.

It's already on record police officials saying there's no point in us going to (insert petty crime here) because nothing is done after we arrest them.  Which is pitiful.

I don't think there is even much community service time done now. 

[Kachina624]

@Sooner   Here's an example of how dumb some of our judiciary can be.  The Albuquerque Police Depart and the district attorney recently requested the tracking on several of the accused who were out on bond wearing ankle monitors, so their activity could be compared to some crimes that had been committed where they were suspects. 

The request was refused because it might impinge on the privacy of the accused.  Like someone on an ankle monitor has an expectation of privacy?  The DA had a fit.