UT student robbed after Memphis game

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myrobbins7 said:
I will agree with that to a point, but my point is about crime overall. Memphis isn't the only place that has crime, its everywhere. Heck, Bill Gates isn't even safe from crime.
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Of course there is crime everywhere. But are some places not worse than others? Reputations for citys are earned. People across the nation didn't just sit around and say "You know what, lets get together with other people from around the nation we don't know and give Memphis a bad reputation". I like Memphis but I know how to get around there.
 
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In most big cities there is a section or sections of the city where crime is rampant and almost out of controll.

I'll use Orlando as an example. We know that Pine Hills and the area around the Citrus Bowl are areas to avoid.
In Memphis it's not that way. Sure the dowtown area is bad. Lots of tourists to Beale Street and a great ballpark for The Red Birds make for easy targets. Hickory Hill, east Memphis and to a certain extent Cordova have become crime havens as well.Just a few years ago those places were great to live in. I think most cities realize they have a high crime area or maybe 2 and they try and confine it to those areas as a way of control.

Memphis can't do that.....And that stems from city leadership.....Slick Willy doesn't care about Mempians. And remember the term "white Devils of East Memphis" that was made a few years back by Harold Ford? A CONGRESSMAN no less !!! If something isn't done and the leadership changes fast, Memphis will implode....
 
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VolBeef88 said:
Citys don't just get a reputation, they earn them. Memphis made their bed. That is the truth. Until the residents who live there take a stand and make changes needed it will remain the same. It's not just the politicians. Remember who elects them and who does or does not hold them accountable.
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Very true. But in Memphis' case, the revitalization of downtown and elimination of abandoned public housing complexes has made a HUGE difference in city-wide safety. There are actually very few "random acts" of violence. The crime is mostly limited to areas that should be avoided unless you are looking for trouble.

That's why I questioned if all the facts are known in this thread's story. Seems strange that a college kid would leave a bar at 11:00 (shortly after the game) to turn in for the night. And it would take a pretty good walk in a crowded area to get from Silky's to a dark alley. Seems fishy to me.
 
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VolsRule said:
More crime in Gary than Memphis? :post-4-1090547912:
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Don't laugh 15 to 20 years ago Little Rock Arkansas had the reputation as a hotbed for gang activity and shooting deaths. It surprised me how bad it was given the size of the city.
 
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GoVols817 said:
Once again, you people making fun of him need to remember that at the point he's saying he'd have done this, there was no gun involved. The guy put him arm around him and ushered him, he had no idea the guy had a weapon.
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CD can correct me if Im wrong but police advise people to not go with the bad guy. But instead cause a scene, run but never go with them. Don't get into a vehicle or follow them. Make a scene and it could save your life.
 
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VolBeef88 said:
CD can correct me if Im wrong but police advise people to not go with the bad guy. But instead cause a scene, run but never go with them. Don't get into a vehicle or follow them. Make a scene and it could save your life.
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This is 100% correct. Once they get you to their environment you are essentially screwed. If a guy is willing to blow you away in public you can be damn sure he is more than willing to in private.
 
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VolBeef88 said:
CD can correct me if Im wrong but police advise people to not go with the bad guy. But instead cause a scene, run but never go with them. Don't get into a vehicle or follow them. Make a scene and it could save your life.
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This has been your "Vol Nation Safety Tip" of the day!:good!:
 
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VolBeef88 said:
CD can correct me if Im wrong but police advise people to not go with the bad guy. But instead cause a scene, run but never go with them. Don't get into a vehicle or follow them. Make a scene and it could save your life.
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That's why I contend there may be more to this story. This victim went a long way through a crowded area with a bad guy. Maybe, but it seems pretty naive.
 
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KB5252 said:
Wow you sir are a shining example of what is wrong with the world.
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Maybe so but I've lived in Memphis my entire life, been to Beale St. hundreds of times sometimes too drunk to walk, I've been split up with friends and had to take a cabs home, I've had to walk from Beale to the Pyramid at 3 in the morning bc the trolley quits running at 1 and never, and I mean never have I had anything happen.

That kid was stupid. If it happened at 11pm then the game had just let out and I doubt the street was empty. If you're stupid enough to let some guy trap you in an alley and kidnap you when 10,000 people are a street or two away then you need to grow a pair and your parents shouldn't have let you leave the house in the first place. Also I can't recall any residential neighborhood remotely close to Beale St., except for the million dollar neighborhood on the bluff.

I think it was all a fabrication.
 
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KB5252 said:
Don't laugh 15 to 20 years ago Little Rock Arkansas had the reputation as a hotbed for gang activity and shooting deaths. It surprised me how bad it was given the size of the city.
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Ah yes "Bangin in Little Rock". Nothing like an HBO special to give the country a legitamate view of one's city. That was a bunch of punks, not a gang.
 
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TennesseeT said:
Maybe so but I've lived in Memphis my entire life, been to Beale St. hundreds of times sometimes too drunk to walk, I've been split up with friends and had to take a cabs home, I've had to walk from Beale to the Pyramid at 3 in the morning bc the trolley quits running at 1 and never, and I mean never have I had anything happen.

That kid was stupid. If it happened at 11pm then the game had just let out and I doubt the street was empty. If you're stupid enough to let some guy trap you in an alley and kidnap you when 10,000 people are a street or two away then you need to grow a pair and your parents shouldn't have let you leave the house in the first place. Also I can't recall any residential neighborhood remotely close to Beale St., except for the million dollar neighborhood on the bluff.

I think it was all a fabrication.
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I will agree with that, just not the original statement you made before. Fair enough?
 
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TennesseeT said:
Ah yes "Bangin in Little Rock". Nothing like an HBO special to give the country a legitamate view of one's city. That was a bunch of punks, not a gang.
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So you are saying they are "punks" not "thugs".
 
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#95
Thugs, punks, gangs, all the same to me. If a man can't stand on his own two then he isn't one.
 
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TennesseeT said:
Ah yes "Bangin in Little Rock". Nothing like an HBO special to give the country a legitamate view of one's city. That was a bunch of punks, not a gang.
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Was not speaking of an HBO show. I had family that lived there at the time and some neighborhoods were out of control for a while. That special didn't come out until a few years after the fact. Aren't all gangs nothing more than a bunch of punks? I believe they are, trust me I should know.
 
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#99
You know what that sounds like the best explanation yet. "Sure man I can get ya some, just follow me"
 
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KB5252 said:
That is what came to my mind but didn't want to add to the speculation. Either that or he had way too much to drink to comprehend he was making a very dumb move.
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As a matter of fact, I thought better of it myself. I was typing out of my rear end.
 
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