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October 05, 2005
Predators & Prey
Arrests have been made in the brutal Georgia trailer park murders.
The crime spree last week left six workers dead, either shot or bludgeoned with baseball bats. Four other workers were injured and a woman raped.
Stacy Bernard Sims, 19, and Jamie Underwood, 22, are accused of shooting and beating a Hispanic man at a Norman Park trailer park and then raping his wife.
This illustrates a growing ancillary problem with illegals that we're seeing here in NWArkansas....the predators who inevitably show up to take advantage of them. For example, there's recently been a string of armed muggings in Rogers against Hispanic victims, 7 or so at last count. And that's just the reported ones. Illegals are understandably reluctant to report crimes, both from a fear of INS and a fear of law enforcement in general.
That, coupled with their tendency to carry large amounts of cash because they either don't trust banks or lack the necessary i.d. to open an account, makes them a perfect victim for every con artist, gansta thug and thief around. Easy pickin's you might say.
I don't know what the answer is, or even if there is one, except maybe education. But I do know it's a growing problem in any community which has an illegal population of any size....a problem which soon bleeds over into the entire community.
Criminals aren't generally all that smart but they are greedy.
Posted by Rita at October 5, 2005 03:21 AM
Comments
People robbing Hispanics? Sounds like something a Republican would love to hear about.
Posted by: chris at October 5, 2005 01:37 PM
How lame.
Posted by: sollie404 at October 5, 2005 06:50 PM
You want the simple solution? Do to them what is required of me, here where I live. Legal residency.
Do you actually think you can go into another country illegally and there will be no repercussions? Fat chance! In case you are wondering, to gain residency, one must guarantee that you have money, (a specific dollar amount per month coming into the economy), or have investments equalling more than $250,000.00 or married to a national with minor children,OR have a job skill that NO ONE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY CAN PERFORM. The other countries in this hemisphere are more repressive with regard to immigration enforcement than we are and thats a fact.
With all that in mind, I believe everyone is intitled to equal protection under the LAW, but the basic fact is that the illegals are criminals and would be less likely to be victimized if they were not here illegally. Just as you would be a criminal if you decided to go live and work in Mexico.
Posted by: Bill at October 8, 2005 11:55 AM