Reply #9: ..an increasingly dangerous adventure

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I live in Miami as well. The last week may well represent a turning point for Miami for the worst.
I have written on these pages earlier about the phenomenal gap between haves and have nots in Miami. The city is seemingly full to the brim with an abundance of people on the fringe.
Now with the economic dam breaking, Miami is becoming awash in danger and chaos.
Heavily armed thieves have taken to murdering their hapless victims for as little as $60 - as the unfortunate victim in Miami Gardens found out on Tuesday morning at a drive-thru ATM. Today, a carjacker stole a car with a passenger still in it. Ran it into a truck causing a massive fireball killing the thief and his victim and completely closing the main road to the Keys for the morning.
Wednesday, three armed thieves held up a Walgreens (also in Miami Gardens) at 9:30 pm - fully lighted, open, and busy. They shot at the lone cop responding (missed) and got away.
Armored trucks are being ambushed in broad daylight in busy shopping centers. Redskins player Sean Taylor was the fatal victim of a home invasion in upscale Palmetto Bay.
Several law enforcement personnel were murdered in the Maimi - Ft. Lauderdale area in the past few months as well.
I am normally an alarmist, but the tension in Miami is very high right now. Things could get out of hand real quick.
Several working people I know have told me that they no longer go out at all after nightfall anymore.