“So, apparently the hurt feelings of black men are more important than alerting students to potential danger and capturing suspects. Of what importance are a few more rapes, assaults, robberies, and other crimes when balanced against self-esteem?”“As my colleague Rick Moran puts it, how useful would this be: "Be on the lookout for a man/woman of a race that is none of your business".
According
to historians, southeast Wisconsin experienced a crime wave in the
months and years immediately following the Civil War. The region was
over-run with tramps and vagabonds, perhaps men who were displaced by
the war and/or the depressed economies that effected many states as a
consequence of the war. These homeless men frequently resorted to theft
and robbery to sustain themselves. The tramps stole anything “not nailed
down”. Highway robberies became frequent, as well as murders committed
in the course of a robbery. The town of Whitewater, in particular, was
plagued by young Irish street fighters during this period. These young
Irish hoodlums engaged in brawls frequently with “brass knuckles, clubs
and rocks”. Many of the law-abiding people of the region responded to
the rampant violent crime by going armed with concealed weapons. “It was
not rare to see a boy as young as 12-years-old carrying a pistol in his
back pocket” (Murders of Whitewater and Surrounding Counties by Len Faytus).
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