Last night, at approximately 915-930pm... while driving down Denison-there were approximately 30 people in WHITE TSHIRTS/JEANS surrounding a full blast fist fight with screaming and yelling going on in the front yard of the 2nd house on the north side of the street west of West 38th..sorry, the address was off the house....
It was beyond obvious that this was a bomb about to explode into war... GANG WAR RIOT was the first and only thing that came to mind... and while I had to think fast, consider that my child was in the car with me, and what my options were-I ended up calling 911 vs stopping to interrupt a highly violatile situation.
THE CALL:
911.... "WHAT CITY?" -Cleveland (TRANSFER)
"Fire, ambulance, police?" -Police... (TRANSFER)
POLICE: "Above details shared..."
REACTION: Police sent fast...EXCELLENT RESPONSE TIME.
KUDOS TO 2nd DISTRICT on this one!
By the time I made it to the next block, went around the block, and passed the house again-the police were screaming down Denison from W. 25th....That was a happy moment for me. I hope that their expeditious response time prevented someone from being hurt/killed.
ULTIMATELY... IT'S TIME FOR A CALL TO ACTION.... THERE'S AN UNDERGROUND GANG ISSUE GOING ON AMIDST US INCLUDING DRUGS, GUNS, AND MAJOR ISSUES... ONLY BLOCKS FROM DENISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL... There's chronic drug dealing going on the corners. There's intimidation by the dealers and guys walking up to your car at the corner asking you what you need? (OH MY GOD!) So....community...how do we tackle this one? It's much bigger than me... I am used to arguing with the thugs in front of my house and having drive by assailants the same night trying to intimidate us...
So, how can we collectively engage this negative monster community and actively fight their destructive forces? (without getting ourselves/innocent bystanders hurt?)