SPD not pleased

From http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article101473237.html

…Some Chinese community leaders have formed a task force to combat the issue themselves, frustrated by the slow response from civic leaders. The volunteers have launched armed patrols in south Sacramento and respond to calls for assistance from those using WeChat, a popular social media app that originated in China.

“This is a lifeline for Chinese people. This is the only way they can call for help,” said Wei Xin Yang, one of the organizers of the WeChat group…

…Sacramento Police Department spokesman Officer Matthew McPhail said the department “strongly discourages” such citizen patrols due to safety concerns.

“There is an inherent risk … when you opt to take the law into your own hands,” McPhail said…

Hmmmmm.

Somebody has to fight the bad guys, right? Btw, it’s the bad guys who introduce the inherent risk in the equation; most people are just trying to live a normal life. The other part of the equation is it happens in most Democrat run towns.

No democrats no bad guys. No bad guys no inherent risk. Holy moly. Did I just discover the crime theorem?

…“I don’t blame people for not coming out,” restaurateur Joe Liao said in Mandarin on Monday. “If they go out to eat, they have two things to worry about – robbery in the parking lot or burglary at home.”…

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article101473237.html#storylink=cpy

These folks deserve a link to Prudence and Perfidy