I believe that the important thing to do is ensure that when blacks kill blacks the death penalty is applied. If more black on black gang killings ended in a death penalty it would do wonders for crime.
I believe that the greater frequency of death penalty for blacks may be due to longer rap sheets.
It won't because the death penalty in the USA--being put on death row--is a loooooooong process. So, it does not deter. In fact it offers some hope. And I doubt the death penalty
system in the USA has been shown to deter crime or violence.
At age 40 would you rather do 30 years in prison or be put to death anyways? I guess working 30 years on a Southern slave plantation is preferable to you than death too? Screw the whole "Give me liberty or give me death!" thing, right?
You can use violence--or the threat of--in conjunction with other strategic moves to dramatically reduce violence in Black-American communities.
I'm not an idealist in this sense I am a realest. So, take Chicago for example. There are a number of things going on contributing to the violence problem. And given sin and violence can come down to the individual (rather than the collective) anywhere on the planet, it is
impossible for me to know all factors. It would also be impossible for me (or any leader/mayor) to create paradise. But what one can do is set a goal which has a high bar set. A very high bar. And pursue that goal with a focus, energy, and commitment like a maniac. You bring in staff and specialist to ensure your goal is met and advise and manage things, under the Wisconsin Lombardi ethos of, "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."
Black Chicago could be turned around into a close equivalent of an Arab Dubai. It could be the envy of all the black global world. It could be but it will never be though.
But why? Because it takes a Putin-like mayor, strong leader, one willing to be cursed as the Devil Incarnate on earth, one willing to create enemies among the most powerful on earth.
To you "death penalty" thing and how it could work in Chicago. As mayor you would have to know the streets respect
only (I did not stutter) two things: money and might.
You have to have one if you don't have both. You can pay your "troubles" off or you can have them fear to tread on your terrain.
That's realism not idealism. So, as mayor you make a public statement with your soldiers (cops) in row(s), all you together before the cameras and journalists. You tell all Chicago and planet earth you intend on killing so many black hoodlums in Chicago the UN is going to demand you be brought up on genocide charges. (What the President and screaming politicians don't know when they will go hysterical is this: you don't have to kill a single soul
if your enemy believes you will kill a million of them in short order).
You establish a tone of strength right at day 1. I learned this in the Marine Corps. Never, ever, come in office as a nice guy. You can be the nicest and coolest guy on earth and all can learn that but you don't show that or lead others to believe that when you come in day 1 to address them. If you do you will have lost every thing from the beginning.
So, lead from a position of strength. And then negotiate from a position of strength. Chicago's gang leadership structure have been largely wiped out. That is one of the problems. Force leaders to emerge among them and then negotiate from strength that they police their own gang members. If your (mayor's) streets are not bloodbaths you will give them space by instructing your officers to back off and not be harassing. Your streets turn into a blood bath, little old black grandmothers complain they are terrified to walk the streets, then: "I'll order my cops to go in and wipe all of you up off the face of the earth. No one will make money. I'll take the whole god--- pie, because I'm a greedy mutha f--- like that. I don't give a f--- about the President or the Governor, I'll beat that Cub Scout into an inch of his life with my own fists."
But violence and threats are insufficient. The greater black population of Chicago needs
hope. Those sleeping on the cold streets need shelter. So, you break open the city piggy banks. You become--accused by your enemies--a communist. You reduce or eliminate taxes for a lot of corporations and you have your economist come p with inventive ways of raising revenue from all the once out of wok flooding into jobs. You want to create an environment so good--so good doing the right and average Joe thing--no one wants to join any gangs in Chicago and they literally struggle with recruitment. You force the gangs de facto to become *organized* and one might even say *civilized.*
I'm sure there are other things that need to be done but those are some. Not really rocket science.
