More Crackheads? With Guns?
So I could make this a long story, or a short one. It’s late, so I’ll opt for the latter. Long story short: someone walked by, asked a few questions from the street, and cops drove by and arrested him. His questions seemed, well, off - like he was trying to avoid suspicion by blending in with the local population. The cops stopped him even though he appeared to be talking to us (myself and the others out front).
A cop came by a few minutes later, asked if we knew the guy. He also informed us the guy was carrying a gun, which may have been used earlier in the day to fire 7 shots around the corner - a revenge-shooting for some gang activity south of town. I happened to have been around when those shots were fired. He also took a moment to inform us we live in a ‘bad neighborhood.’
Do we? Really? Most of the crackheads are nice folks. No one has shot at me or in my general direction. Hard to say. What do you think? I suppose its time I added a ‘crackhead’ tag to this blog.
Neil said,
August 30, 2007 @ 8:26 pm
remind me at some point to send you some of the photos I took after the crack dealers next door to us were (finally) evicted. I wanted to see what life on the other side of the driveway was like - so I went into their apartment after the sheriff kicked them out.
A little funny. Mostly disturbing. And ultimately heart-wrenching. Then back to disturbing.
kroq said,
August 30, 2007 @ 10:12 pm
Hah, yes, the left-behinds are bizarre. When the crackheads across the street moved out they left behind a dog … fortunately we found it a few days later before the poor guy starved to death and got him taken care of!