"I say, take the cops out and let it go to survival of the fittest...then see who wants the cops back in...I bet it will be the residents"

How inane. Pay attention to your own argument, brainiac -- you think the initial problem was that there wasn't enough police presence in the neighborhoods, and then the cops come in and set up roadblocks and checkpoints and harass residents.

Notice anything? These checkpoints weren't there at first, and the complaints from residents started once the checkpoints ARRIVED. Nice job, brainiac.

And of course, we could always note that there is the still-unaddressed point that there are other responses available besides sending in armed forces to violate civil liberties, solutions that would in fact actually address the main problems in these neighborhoods -- problems which are not law enforcement issues, but rather economic and education related, not to mention the overall impact caused by treating people as inferior and unimportant and unwanted. But once again, you continue the grand ridiculous tradition of acting like the one and only option is "send in a bunch of guys with guns to harass the residents". Same old crap, exactly what is to be expected from people who don't really care at all about these neighborhoods, who never open their mouths about the problems the residents face, and only spout off uninformed babbling because of your knee-jerk tendency to defend any and all police actions.

You kids need to get lost, go play with your Freeper friends and wash your little pointy white hoods and get the message that your opinions aren't worth anything here, aren't wanted here, and will only continue to get you embarrassed here. Run along, scoot.