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Originally Posted by nmap
I read the Harper's article referenced by Richard - it does provide a profoundly different perspective. The subject of the piece was a supervisor in an anti-kidnapping unit in Mexico. He was also active in kidnappings, torture, and murder, even while on the police force. He contends that 85% of the police are corrupt, with many involved directly in kidnappings. If such statements are true - or at least believed to be true - then the victims can hardly be blamed for regarding contact with the police as futile or worse.
My personal concern, selfish though it is, focuses on how long it will take those gangs to decide that their methods are effective against the general U.S. population. Although the law enforcement organizations in my own area have many positive attributes and include a great many dedicated officers, I question how effective they would be if faced with such challenges.
Richard has succeeded in developing my gloom and doom to even higher levels. Congratulations are in order, I guess.  |
I believe that the article was refering to kidnappings of illegals on American soil.
I don't think that the cartels will move in on the general US populace.
That is their clientelle, why would they want to distrupt that?
Right now the cartels have what they want.
Fighting for control on both sides of the border, and the only player with enough to do something about it decides to not take them seriously.