A RUDE awakening

Gunfire at 5:00am

I'm getting so sick and tired of the stupid punk-ass kids I'm seeing roaming around our normally quiet neighborhood lately.  I know there's drug dealing going down, and that attracts all the losers and gangsta-wannabes from miles around. 

This morning I woke up to several very loud gunshots from the cul-de-sac less than a block away.   We're not talking the 'pop-pop-pop' sound.  It sounded more like my shotgun on steroids.  I heard six shots, a lot of shouting and cussing, and then two more shots, and more shouting.   I was just ready to call 911, when I heard sirens - lots of sirens.  Suddenly, no less than nine county sheriff cruisers showed up.  Guns and shotguns out and ready.

Of course, the dogs were going ballistic and I didn't feel much like stepping outside with all the firepower around.  I finally got them inside and watched through the window.  I heard one of the officers on the loudspeaker ordering everyone out of the house with their hands in the air. 

I still don't know what started the whole scene, but no-one got hurt.  Apparently there were four black kids and one white kid that were harassing a couple of the black kids that live in the cul-de-sac.  One of the kids ran in the house and grabbed a rifle and started firing into the air.  That's why it was so loud.  The five took off just before the entire sheriff department showed up.  I don't know if they found them, but the police know who they are.

What is up with the PARENTS?  Where are they?

Later, I was talking to my neighbor and one of the officers.  They're planning on cruising through the neighborhood more often and encouraged us to call 911 whenever we saw anything unusual... like druggies.  Jim, my neighbor, told me he's been calling 911 several times a week, it's the only way we can make something happen.  I agree.

We have a good neighborhood here.  Very ethnically diverse.  Asian, East Indian, Kenyan, Hispanic, and Afro-Americans(PC).  I get along with my neighbors just fine.   

But there are two families that moved in recently that have been nothing but trouble.  Loud, obnoxious, gangsta types with plenty of attitude.  If I was black, I could call them n*gg*z.  But I'm a cracker and I'm not allowed to use such language.   So I'll just call them scumbag maggots. 

Oh and by the way... I'm judging them by the content of their character, not the color of their skin... Martin Luther King dreamed about that.

It only takes one bad apple...

I guess I'm pretty pissed.

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[Jimmy the Geek]

Heh... just as I posted this, a carload of kids pulled up and stopped on our sidestreet. I was on our upper deck and they didn't see me watching them. I watched as they dug out their weed and started rolling their joints.

Finally, the driver spotted me as I smiled at him and held the phone up and dialed 911. He heard me say nine-one-one as I was pretending to dial with a big grin on my face.

They took off pretty quickly.

Now I grew up in the late 60's and early 70's and know about smoking weed. I realize that the public opinion has lightened up quite a bit on marijuana use. But our side street is dark and it's a favorite place for the druggies to hang out.

Sorry... not in my backyard!