... the police were ineffective.
Myself and other families joined community civic organizations to try to combat it.
The police really just let things fester.
The drug sellers and customers and the violence and gangs that comes with it spread.
There were break-ins. I even found my back door had been busted into.
And about the civic organizations... one was organized by a fellow we thought was a real neighbor... I happened to do research on who owned what houses and was renting out what houses. In the research I discovered a single operation that was buying up tons of houses... owned a lot... and was renting them to the druggies and gangs.
And the fellow leading that civic organization... I found he was connected to them.
Soon after that many families sold their homes and left.
I still remember the Puerto Rican fellow and his wife and 2 kinds... we both had similar houses.
We both were really into that organization.
And... even after a big bust, I got word from people that before the cops came in and closed of the street for the raid, that the sellers in the houses on the street were leaving the houses and heading down the street together.
Then all of the girlfriends left with all of their kids down the street in the same direction.
When the cops came, it were the low peons who were scrambling into the streets and getting caught.
After a few days, the gangs returned to the houses.
I wish we could have dumped our police force.
After I left the town... then left America... all through that time, thing kept getting worse.
Killing were happening like daily.
Their were homes going up in flames.
Finally, the FEDs moved in and took control of everything.
It as necessary.
These gangs and drug sellers had infected lots of towns. Daily killings had become normal.
Now, things are not so bad.
There are still killings. But not so many like before.
Yeah... if I were in Camden, I'd take that deal, too.
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