elanya

I always felt that crime in Greenville was a little out of control when I was there -there were a lot of muggings, and break in and entries, and convenience stations and restaurants getting held up. I mean *really* a lot. I remember looking at crime statistics on the city while I was there, and they were quite high for that kind of crime as compared to the national average (which reminds me, I should check out the B/CS stats). Campus had its own police force, even. We used to get alerts notifying us of crimes on an almost weekly basis. It was the only place I've lived that made me nervous walking on my own late at night.

This morning I got an e-mail on the alumni list informing me about a shooting - a student in the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds after a gang of four (or maybe six) people, armed with a gun, a shotgun, and a knife, and robbed ten people *at a party a block away from campus*. On Monday night.

D:

I should add that 4 suspects were rounded up within 5 min of the crime being reported, with two more arrested the next day. But still. I'm kind of in a 'how could that be allowed to happen!' sort of state. Also, following up from a post on speeding earlier this week by gwengothelf, I don't really see how their recommendations on safety really have any impact on this kind of crime. Don't walk alone at night? How is that going to stop a group (I hesitate to use the word 'gang' *really*) of armed people from crashing your party? Security cameras? Buses to and from campus and downtown at night? That shit is fine for mugging, but really that's not the problem here!

Bah.