Posted by
Dave Kooker on Thursday, November 15, 2007 12:40:08 PM
Jacksonville Florida has become a city where the Good are afraid of the Bad and the Bad are afraid of nothing. The ‘Bad’ meaning the criminal element in our community and the Law Enforcement (a.k.a. Jacksonville Sherriff’s Office, John Rutherford) who values moving violations for revenue generating purposes because the Law Abiding pay their fines over pursuing actual crime. See my article titled ‘City Budget Cuts And Good Riddance Sheriff’s Office’ where I have documented individual instances where I have reported criminal activity on the Riverside/Avondale neighborhood and the JSO’s responses.
http://dmkooker.townhall.com/g/6cfc7bd0-6b52-46ef-af63-519f691d1da0
The criminal element understands the JSO’s priorities so in the past two years crime has more than doubled.
The criminals are so bold now that they are robbing people at gunpoint in the owner’s front yard where their home in located on a major road through the Riverside/Avondale neighborhood. In this instance an assistant state attorney was robbed.
http://www.news4jax.com/news/14600089/detail.html
It was just a matter of time before the city officials who are ignoring the lack of crime fighting were to be a victim of their own negligence. When private citizens observe or are involved in a criminal incident the JSO react with the attitude ‘So what who cares’ it is just a part of life in the big city. Michael Corrigan our city councilman in district 14 http://www.coj.net/City+Council/District+14/default.htm
and John Rutherford Sherriff of the JSO http://www.coj.net/Departments/Sheriffs+Office/Default.htm
typically state hallow words that 'we are pursuing the criminal element'. I have complained to these two individuals often and have published opinions in local papers. It has been absolutely radio silence. They refuse to even give me the time of day.
When a government official is a victim of a crime, all of a sudden crime is a big issue. I suspect that this robbery will make headlines for several days with a few more squad cars driving up and down the major roads to be seen but the police will only to pick off more revenue generating moving violations in the neighborhood. Besides that, nothing else will be done because the assistant state attorney is not high enough in the political food chain.
For the criminals in Jacksonville Florida, don’t perform any criminal activities in the 1400 block of Avondale Avenue. Michael Corrigan lives in the vicinity. If he is a crime victim, the JSO will then be politically forced to fight crime in the Riverside/Avondale neighborhood and you will have to commit your crimes elsewhere in the city.
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