I live in Shreveport. Broadmoor. Your assessment of my city as a dark, crime-ridden pit is incorrect. As you said, you don’t live here. Maybe your pov is a bit skewed?
Yes. There is crime. Just like there is everywhere. And our gun laws are horribly lax, so we do have more shootings than cities with better gun control….but you make us sound like a war zone and I wanted to set that straight.
No, I don’t live in Shreveport, now, but I once did. In fact, I owned a home in Broadmoor, of all places. I still own a rental property that’s fairly close to Broadmoor. Speaking of which, did you see the Broadmoor Neighborhood Alliance on KSLA, today? It seems they are a little concerned about crime.
Yes, other places have violence. That being said, Shreveport is listed as the 8th most dangerous city in America, according to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report. Yes, Baton Rouge (Fifth Place) New Orleans (Third Place) and Saint Louis (First Place) beat out Shreveport, in the race for the most dangerous city. Oddly enough, little Pine Bluff, Arkansas was in there somewhere, as well.
If you want to address things that are “lax”, a great place to start is with the weak Caddo Parish DA. Weak Louisiana judges are another contributing factor. “Lax” Louisiana parole polices, that release felons in untold numbers, are another HUGE, HUGE, HUGE contributor to violent crime.
It’s not rocket science. Most felonies are committed by individuals that have committed felonies before and have been handled by the criminal justice system, previously. When the punishment doesn’t fit the crime, they walk away believing that crime pays. Most will reoffend.
Is your city a “dark crime ridden pit? Those were your words, not mine. Personally, I don’t believe that to be the case. If I felt that way, I wouldn’t go to Shreveport, in the daytime. I would also unload my Shreveport rental properties. Is Shreveport a “war zone”? Not since the Cedar Groce riot, which was some time in the late eighties, if my memory serves me correctly.
I was in Shreveport Saturday and I will be in Shreveport again, this Saturday. Yes, I will get out, before dark. If you feel safe running around “Ratchet City”, after dark, more power to you. I wish you well.
Enough of my rant. Ranting will not find Savannah Hale and bring her home to her family. I think you would agree that finding Savannah is the absolute, most important thing.
Be Safe!
poor savannah.
