Man Shot in OTR, No One Surprised


news.cincinnati.com "A man has been shot inside an apartment in the 1600 block of Pleasant Street, just north of Liberty Street. Police are searching for a suspect described as a black male, about 6 feet tall and 175 pounds, wearing designer jeans, designer glasses and a gray-and-white jacket."

Well dang, arent they pretty much describing most black dudes out there. Back to the main point, when is it that a black dude is not shot in Cincinnati? Our crime rate in Cincinnati went up again last year, now its up to 75 murders compared to 69 in 2007 (+9%). If we keep this up, I'm sure it will go up again at the end of 2009.

So what is going on in Black communities? For the life of me I can’t figure it out, its seems simple and straight forward as anything. Cincinnati’s black community has decided throw away the traditional middle class values, now it seems education is not valued and parents do not take responsibilities for their children’s act.

The thug mentality is glorified. And the black political faces around Cincinnati and the nation prefer to blame others for the problems of the black community. All I'm saying is this, until the black community decides to embrace good values; starting with parents down to the children, communities like OTR and Avondale will continue to decline.