Typically the Mayor of New Orleans is unaware that psychiatric drugs are the cause of violence. The relentless propaganda campaign by the drug industry remains effective 70 years after it began. Brainwashed elected officials and journalists refuse to recognize the source of many problems in this country.
The main issue of this article is releasing arrest records of crime victims. Not mentioned in the story is the fact that many police officers refer to suspects as "dirt bags," and "scum bags" dehumanizing them. Cities have policies against hate speech which is not applied to police. By dehumanizing suspects police suggest that they are lesser citizens and do not deserve the protections of the laws and the Constitution. Perhaps that is why they do that to justify their inablitiy to protect civilians who try to do good.
Another aspect of this is the fact that just because people break some laws does not mean they will break all laws. The case of Karen Silkwood who was a happy go lucky young woman is appropriate. She discovered that her employer utility in Oklahoma was exposing workers to radiation and killing them. She was murdered when she went to speak to a reporter from the New York Times. Do her minor law violations make her any less a victim, or deserving of corporate crime?
[From article]
"Mayor Mitch Landrieu hopes to fight the crime surge with an emphasis on mental health, education and employment,[. . .]
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20120129/D9SIP8JO3.html
Revealing slain victims' rap sheets draws fire
AP
Jan 29, 1:47 PM (ET)
By MARY FOSTER
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