With Murder Up, Alabama City Turns to Crime-Scene Evangelism
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http://www.thecrimereport.org/news/crime-and-justice-news/2013-09-with-murder-up-alabama-city-turns-to-crime-scene-evaThe Atlantic reports on Operation Good Shepherd, a publicly funded Christian outreach ministry started by the Montgomery, Ala., Police Department that puts Christian pastors on crime scenes to counsel and pray with victims and witnesses. Police claim the program is a way to regain trust in the community, but there's another motive, which they aren't at all coy about: evangelism—they believe a stronger sense of Christianity will reduce crime. But it’s not entirely clear that the program is legal, and there is no evidence a program like this can have any effect on crime.
So far this year, 39 people people have been murdered in Montgomery, the vast majority of them black. With a population of only 200,000, those numbers make Montgomery among the most violent cities per capita in the country. If the pace keeps up, 2013 will be the city’s most violent year in four decades. There are a few common sense explanations: a weak economy; high unemployment rates; the third-highest incarceration rate in the country; severe cuts to the state's rehab and mental health clinics.
Anyone think this will work?
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No.
The real cause of the high crime rate is right there in the last paragraph and that's what they did to work on to lower it. -
This sounds hilarious.
I approve. -
harry knucklez wrote: »No.
The real cause of the high crime rate is right there in the last paragraph and that's what they did to work on to lower it.
Exactly. I believe they have an abundance of Jesus down there and it's still bad, but the answer is more Jesus. Smh -
Well how bout a touch of Muhammad and Vishnu to add flavor
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They need to have those pastors walk those same streets and make the people of that community stand up. You know what stops most crimes. Witnesses! If you have a community full of people that are willing to be witnesses. Crime is low.
My neighbors are ex-military. I love it. Them mfers are nosey as hell but I aint got nothing to hide. -
lol
maybe the pastors should pray for the guns before they go off. -
They gon' be busy. Lots of crime in Montgomery. I went to college there.