Friday afternoon at Legion Field there was a baseball tournament going on that had just started when shots rang out just a block away. The Rocky Mount police advised all there and mostly players and family members to get into the dugouts until the situation was under control.
Now the next time the possibility of those teams looking to come to Rocky Mount to play baseball is never. Just in the last three months two football players have been shot in drive by shootings. One the SouthWest Edgecombe player survived only recently being able to return to action for the Cougars.
Those visiting Rocky Mount heard that the JV Gryphon football player did not survive. My wife Pat and I while living in Fayetteville in 1994 were in a restaurant on a Friday night and about half mile in another eating establishment a Fort Bragg soldier shot and killed eight with an AK-47. After thinking it could have been us it wasn't long before we moved. I doubt you will ever see those visitors here in Rocky Mount again.
I feel safe living here in Rocky Mount after our police chief told us all last week there was no gang activity in Rocky Mount and there was no need to join a coalition to work combating gangs in Rocky Mount.
If we are going to stop all of these killings first of all the officials whether it's the mayor, city council or police chief have got to want it stopped. Apparently nobody wants to stop it. The most important people who need to help stop all this violence is the people who live in the combat zone.
You can no longer peep through the curtains looking out on the street corner and when shots go off close the curtain and act as if you didn't see anything. I Understand the retaliation for being the person who turned in the guilty but you can call crime stoppers and no one knows who called.
I have a great idea. Let's build a 58 million dollar convention center that no one will ever go to because they will not feel safe to want to come to Rocky Mount. We as citizens must demand that our town officials do something besides look like buffoons. They are really doing a good job looking like they could care less.
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I think you mean : They are really doing a good job looking like they could NOT care less.
Well said. It all starts with the citizens and police cracking down on the violence, drugs and gang activity. Businesses who hire will not want to relocate or expand in Rocky Mount unless the crime rate gets under control. Schools will not get any better unless crime gets under control and businesses want to relocate to Rocky Mount. People move to an area because it is safe and great schools exist. Right now that is non-existent. Yes Hurricane Floyd, Centura pulling out and Hardees corporate no longer in Rocky Mount in existence but those things are in the past. it is now time to look forward and taking a stand.
There is a reason why people want to move to Apex, Holly Springs, Cary, etc and want to go to Panther Creek, Green Hope, Apex and Holly Springs High Schools. Safe, jobs and great schools.
The City of Rocky Mount can go a long way by starting the process of clearing out the abandoned and dilapidated houses. They are an eyesore and and make it look like inner city Detroit. It promotes drugs, crime and prostitution.
So what harm would it do for the city police not to participate in the task force with the other agencies? Makes no sense not to participate. By the way ... where is the Black Lives Matter group? Why hasn't Obama spoken out?
We need to take care of our own city. Obama doesn't know about rocky mount....we do!
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