Street Violence has escalated-a new dimension: Boredom motivated Assaults.<\/p>\n
A ‘game’ some call “knock ’em out” where city youth sucker-punch\/taze random pedestrians has resulted in some victims shooting their assailants a la Charles Bronson’s “Death Wish” (movie title). Whether motivated by boredom, turf wars, political pretexts, hostility toward photojournalists, or anti-state rhetoric, street violence is becoming increasingly pernicious and debilitating for equal access to our public spaces\/venues. Citizens are beginning to resort to self-defense because they cannot rely on the police or our justice system for protection\/public safety.<\/p>\n