Lilaena De'Ville
Sep 14th, 2008, 10:43:47 AM
Last year we had the show COPS in our backyard, tracking down an illegal alien hit and run driver.
This year we've had police stand offs and shootings and arsons all within a ten block radius of our house.
TODAY: since 6 am this morning, about five houses down from us the SWAT team is trying to get a person with a gun out of a house. This is two houses down to the end of our street and then two more houses down that adjoining street to the left. So... sort of catty-cornered? Its out of sight, at least.
The end of our street is taped off with a squad car and policeman standing there. This is not the first time this has happened (see aforementioned episode of COPS when they cordoned off the neighborhood so they could search for the guy).
There was just a really loud boom sound, which I think might have been the SWAT team breaking down the door? I don't know. It was kind of scary.
Its really sad - this is a nice old neighborhood which has just gone into the toilet. Our city thinks that population density should be as high as possible, and there are so many apartment buildings going in and having been built nearby in the last few years... There's an area near us called Rockwood which is pretty much where the illegal aliens from south of the border live, and low income whites and blacks too, and its where most of the crime in the area happens. Well, Rockwood's boundaries are stretching out towards us. I think we're in the crime zone now.
Just a few weeks ago some tweaker stole the catalytic converter off of my brother's Toyota 4-runner. We have a big problem with metal thieves in Portland.
Yay! I hope the street is open again by the time our friends come over for our football party! :lol
This year we've had police stand offs and shootings and arsons all within a ten block radius of our house.
TODAY: since 6 am this morning, about five houses down from us the SWAT team is trying to get a person with a gun out of a house. This is two houses down to the end of our street and then two more houses down that adjoining street to the left. So... sort of catty-cornered? Its out of sight, at least.
The end of our street is taped off with a squad car and policeman standing there. This is not the first time this has happened (see aforementioned episode of COPS when they cordoned off the neighborhood so they could search for the guy).
There was just a really loud boom sound, which I think might have been the SWAT team breaking down the door? I don't know. It was kind of scary.
Its really sad - this is a nice old neighborhood which has just gone into the toilet. Our city thinks that population density should be as high as possible, and there are so many apartment buildings going in and having been built nearby in the last few years... There's an area near us called Rockwood which is pretty much where the illegal aliens from south of the border live, and low income whites and blacks too, and its where most of the crime in the area happens. Well, Rockwood's boundaries are stretching out towards us. I think we're in the crime zone now.
Just a few weeks ago some tweaker stole the catalytic converter off of my brother's Toyota 4-runner. We have a big problem with metal thieves in Portland.
Yay! I hope the street is open again by the time our friends come over for our football party! :lol