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jeff47

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21. Yep.

Tue May 7, 2013, 06:48 PM

May 2013

Lived in an apartment many years ago. The neighbors had a very loud party on a Tuesday night. Complained, and they ignored it. Called the cops, waited two hours, nothing happened. Called the cops again, and said "I smell pot". Cops there in 5 minutes.

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Cops ignored or didn't follow through on calls to the house in Cleveland [View all] Renew Deal May 2013 OP

Shameful and lazy cops SummerSnow May 2013 #1

Working class neighborhood with mostly Hispanics malaise May 2013 #14

+1000 Baitball Blogger May 2013 #18

Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner here........... TheDebbieDee May 2013 #20

Yup. Made me think of the Tracy Chapman song suffragette May 2013 #61

I think you nailed it. Number23 May 2013 #64

Hard to say what you do, depends on the circumstances, elleng May 2013 #2

An embarrassment to ... GeorgeGist May 2013 #3

Only one occupant? Who were the other two guys that were arrested? Common Sense Party May 2013 #4

I'm not clear on that Renew Deal May 2013 #5

Next, Rush Limbaugh will say it was just a frat house prank, like Abu Graib. freshwest May 2013 #55

Land of the free, home of the brave, with liberty and justice for all!! Melinda May 2013 #6

And police never responded to that call. Renew Deal May 2013 #9

The police Berlin Expat May 2013 #24

I was just telling someone that I don't think I could sufrommich May 2013 #15

I don't think anyone can. I wonder about the LE climate in Cleveland tho... Melinda May 2013 #31

I think you're right and agree with everything sufrommich May 2013 #33

I would sue the everliving FUCK out of that PD. too many assume it's "only" bettyellen May 2013 #7

So the ugly truth starts to come out... reformist2 May 2013 #8

Hindsight is 20/20 magellan May 2013 #10

If the neighbors had called in reports of drug use LiberalEsto May 2013 #11

Yep. jeff47 May 2013 #21

Beat me to it mindwalker_i May 2013 #23

AND they would have checked every inch of the place, right then and there, Jamastiene May 2013 #72

Many questions warrior1 May 2013 #12

I know for a FACT that my husband and our excop neighbor DOug elehhhhna May 2013 #13

and on doing so with out legal probable cause galileoreloaded May 2013 #35

yep. this is texas, and it wouldn't be the first time our neighbor kicked a door in around here elehhhhna May 2013 #38

yeah, i dont think you understood what I was saying. nt galileoreloaded May 2013 #39

sure I do elehhhhna May 2013 #44

You would kick in the door if you were told a guy was bringing in lots of McDonalds? Travis_0004 May 2013 #42

lol sure elehhhhna May 2013 #43

Dont hang out around Chris Cristies houe Travis_0004 May 2013 #47

lol elehhhhna May 2013 #50

My wife has a collar and a leash... wanna kick down my door? opiate69 May 2013 #52

why not? she might like it. elehhhhna May 2013 #53

heh.. this may be true... opiate69 May 2013 #54

Ah, so that is how you got married. Jamastiene May 2013 #74

Yep.. my "Neanderthal 2000" club was in the shop that week! opiate69 May 2013 #79

Every time one of these types of stories come along, people SoCalDem May 2013 #16

Indeed. I am cautious when neighbors tell the media things, especially right after the story breaks. arcane1 May 2013 #56

This is my position too mythology May 2013 #59

WTF? Baitball Blogger May 2013 #17

It reminds me of the police returning one of Jeffrey Dahmer's victims to him. ScreamingMeemie May 2013 #19

I thought of that as well (nt) Autumn Colors May 2013 #28

yes, IIRC, the cops returned a near-naked screaming begging 14-yr-old to Daumer. nt Nay May 2013 #29

Because Dahmer told them they had a "lover's quarrel." ScreamingMeemie May 2013 #36

once again that was a mixed minority area in Milwk and the boy was Thai lunasun May 2013 #57

And now we know the truth: these girls- women- could have been rescued, repeatedly. Occulus May 2013 #22

A thousand recommendations if I could. I feel the same way, just can't express it as well. Melinda May 2013 #32

well they can't kick the doors out bUT elehhhhna May 2013 #41

Superbly stated. RedCappedBandit May 2013 #73

Leashes? And the cops did nothing? WTFHHFFFF? Should have reported DirkGently May 2013 #25

Check out the unedited interview gvstn May 2013 #26

Wow, cops failing to do their job. What a shock. n-t Logical May 2013 #27

Cops in my hood - I have called them about stealing things from foreclosed homes, all they did The Straight Story May 2013 #30

maybe someone in the police department knew about it. Whisp May 2013 #34

if PIGS did some actual fucking POLICEWORK instead of.. Phillip McCleod May 2013 #37

They are stretched to the limit in Cleveland. WCGreen May 2013 #48

i don't believe the myth of the 'dedicated professional'. Phillip McCleod May 2013 #51

Yea, well, I worked with a lot of those dedicated professionals WCGreen May 2013 #60

somebody who has no idea what's going on in *your* neighborhood.. Phillip McCleod May 2013 #62

Cleveland is in pretty bad shape in that regard. ellisonz May 2013 #70

the man is definitely a hero madokie May 2013 #40

Here's another missed opportunity in 2008. proverbialwisdom May 2013 #45

That area is pretty much a renting area. It's right by the commercial district. WCGreen May 2013 #46

Why am I not surprised? diabeticman May 2013 #49

As I said on Gawker ellie May 2013 #58

OTOH, Ramsey in an interview said he previously did not suspect a thing. RedCappedBandit May 2013 #63

I think I read he had only lived there a year. n/t ellisonz May 2013 #65

True, I forgot about that. RedCappedBandit May 2013 #66

I would suspect too that Mr. Ramsey was often at work. ellisonz May 2013 #67

And for TEN YEARS. RedCappedBandit May 2013 #68

I don't either. ellisonz May 2013 #69

I listened to both transcripts of his and Amanda Berry's 911 calls. bitchkitty May 2013 #71

Milwaukee? progressoid May 2013 #75

Derp derp derp bitchkitty May 2013 #76

heh progressoid May 2013 #77

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