It's not up to the police department, it's not up to the mayor and council to solve our problems all the time. Sometimes we need to step up and be accountable for what's going on in our neighborhood.

It's all intertwined. All these things lead to blighted neighborhoods and that's what has happened.

We talk for people who won't come forward and complain about a situation. It's hard for one person to do it. But if you have a bunch of people doing it, you can get done so much.

I haven't seen where there's a problem with the police. The only way you have problems with them is if you're not doing right. I don't think they're doing anything wrong by people ... and I don't see where blacks and whites don't get along.

No serious incidents or problems were reported. We posted police officers at all major intersections to regulate traffic.

He was no more than a street thug in a police uniform, the likes of which this city has never seen before. His coldness, his callousness, his evil knew no bounds.