BROWN ON BLACK CRIME IS UP

Latino vs. African American crime is up 11 percent in Southern California as the demographics of once African American neighborhoods continue to shift.

Again, it is unfortunate that our poorest citizens are made to deal with our immigration (not to mention drug) policies. It is truly embarrassing that lives of these citizens are lost as businesses and drug dealers reap the benefits of our border policy.

It might be argued that our application of our immigration laws are “in effect” bigoted, as they benefit "certain" business owners to the great detriment of our inner city residents.

This issue doesn’t get much more obvious than when you examine our “war on drugs.”

Remember that 66 percent (and maybe more) of the cocaine used in the USA is physically brought into this country across the Mexican border. This means that these drugs get produced in South American, sent to Mexico, and then smuggled into the USA.

So why is this? It is because crossing the Mexican border is the "easiest" method of getting these drugs into the country. Boats and planes create much more issues and costs.

[Our government rather send agents to Colombia than protect our border -- meaning that our government is really not interested in fighting the war on drugs to the extent it deprives big businesses of cheap labor. Where are our family values? If all we stand for is the buck, then we really haven't created anything worth continuing.]

Also remember that most of the “meth” used in this country is either smuggled into this country from Mexico or is produced in the USA by immigrants that illegally crossed the border.

The list of drugs goes on. [As discussed in a prior post, between 20 and 40 thousand people die each year from the direct use of all illegal drugs. Not to mention all the people we put in jail, or the babies that are born addicted to drugs.]

And whom do you think is most negatively impacted by the availability of these drugs. One “might” argue it is poor inner city kids.