hudsonhorizons wrote:
Dial *67, and that blocks your information from all Caller IDs. No name, no number. Comes up as either "Private Caller" or "Blocked ID".

elvis wrote:
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Dial *67, and that blocks your information from all Caller IDs. No name, no number. Comes up as either "Private Caller" or "Blocked ID".

If you think the cops can't tell who it is if you use that, I have a bridge you may be interested in.

Dial *67, and that blocks your information from all Caller IDs. No name, no number. Comes up as either "Private Caller" or "Blocked ID".

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coronalime wrote:
From a payphone

Ha! Seen one lately?

And did it work?

Besides that, the idea that I might leave my home to call from a payphone, when I see something from my back window is ludicrous.

Got any other ideas?

Binky wrote:
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coronalime wrote:
From a payphone

Ha! Seen one lately?

And did it work?

Besides that, the idea that I might leave my home to call from a payphone, when I see something from my back window is ludicrous.

Got any other ideas?

coronalime wrote:
From a payphone

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pchops wrote:
... YOU CAN ALSO CALL ANONYMOUSLY.

Not pertaining to the subject of this particular thread but in general;

How can one call the police anonymously, considering that our caller ID, along with our name and address will be shown to the switchboard operator?

That has been an issue of concern to me on a couple of occasions over the past few years.

pchops wrote:
... YOU CAN ALSO CALL ANONYMOUSLY.

Vigilante wrote:

You are forgetting the most important one. Chemical dependency.

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jennymayla wrote:
Other motives for crime may include but are not limited to:
Passion
Revenge
Anger
Rage
Jealousy
Insanity
Desperation

All poor people are not criminals. All criminals are not poor.

Not everything fits into a nice black and white (pun intended) box.

Here are some more:

Depravity
Maliciousness
Hatred
Psycopathy/sociopathy

Poverty is probably overrated as a cause for crime.

You are forgetting the most important one. Chemical dependency.

What about opportunity / opportunists and GREED that could relate to poverty!
Then you have crime that relates to gang initiations and everyone's favorite - random acts of violence / crime.

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injcsince81 wrote:
If Mr. Parikh had a right to keep a loaded .45 under his counter, he could have blown this punk's head off.

At least he would have a chance to do so, depending on the situation and his inclination.

But because NJ gun laws favor the criminal, all Mr. Parikh had at his disposal during the robbery was his courage and his pride.

That is no match against a thug with no conscience and a nine milla in his hand.

I blame the pathetic, corrupt, and totalitarian State of New Jersey for Mr. Parikh's loss of life.

Your answer to gun violence is more guns?

Perhaps if the person who commited this crime had access to good schools, a stable community, a stable home life, and opportunities to do things like go to college, this wouldn't have happened.

I understand that I'm making assumptions and I understand that I'm being a bit of a pollyanna but I don't think these assumptions are too far off the mark.

The solution to violent crime and drug use isn't to have every man, woman, and child armed to the teeth. The solution to the problems that drive these kinds of violent crime is giving people the same opportunites in life regardless of socio-economic class.

Please do not misunderstand. I in no way think that any cirumstance excuses this horrible action but the resulting call to arms should not be for more guns, it should be for better schools and communities.

It's a tragedy for everyone involved and I feel for that family.

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stani wrote:
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jennymayla wrote:
Other motives for crime may include but are not limited to:
Passion
Revenge
Anger
Rage
Jealousy
Insanity
Desperation

All poor people are not criminals. All criminals are not poor.

Not everything fits into a nice black and white (pun intended) box.

Here are some more:

Depravity
Maliciousness
Hatred
Psycopathy/sociopathy

Poverty is probably overrated as a cause for crime.

You are forgetting the most important one. Chemical dependency.

stani wrote:
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jennymayla wrote:
Other motives for crime may include but are not limited to:
Passion
Revenge
Anger
Rage
Jealousy
Insanity
Desperation

All poor people are not criminals. All criminals are not poor.

Not everything fits into a nice black and white (pun intended) box.

Here are some more:

Depravity
Maliciousness
Hatred
Psycopathy/sociopathy

Poverty is probably overrated as a cause for crime.

jennymayla wrote:
Other motives for crime may include but are not limited to:
Passion
Revenge
Anger
Rage
Jealousy
Insanity
Desperation

All poor people are not criminals. All criminals are not poor.

Not everything fits into a nice black and white (pun intended) box.

Adonis wrote:
Poverty is a motive for crime. And if you want to throw in bad parenting, societal injustices or any other forms of disenfranchisement that's fine. But they are all only motives at best.

What causes crime is a conscious decision to become a criminal.

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Adonis wrote:
It sickens me how many people here seem jump to the defense of minorities the minute somebody intoduces the notion that "non-diverse" communites might have better aspects than "diverse" communites. It's as if the very second anybody dare insults the minority communites you are a rascist or (worse) an un-intellectual conservative neanderthal.

Bottom line is I don't need an astonomer to tell me that the sun rises in the east and I don't need some possibly scewed statistics to tell me in which communites I'm most likely to get shot in and what type of person is going to likely be the shooter.

Poverty, not race, breeds crime you un-intellectual conservative neanderthal.

K-Lo wrote:
The issue was diversity being part of violence - and I mentioned Columbine as counter evidence.

injcsince81 wrote:
If Mr. Parikh had a right to keep a loaded .45 under his counter, he could have blown this punk's head off.

At least he would have a chance to do so, depending on the situation and his inclination.

But because NJ gun laws favor the criminal, all Mr. Parikh had at his disposal during the robbery was his courage and his pride.

That is no match against a thug with no conscience and a nine milla in his hand.

I blame the pathetic, corrupt, and totalitarian State of New Jersey for Mr. Parikh's loss of life.

Adonis wrote:
It sickens me how many people here seem jump to the defense of minorities the minute somebody intoduces the notion that "non-diverse" communites might have better aspects than "diverse" communites. It's as if the very second anybody dare insults the minority communites you are a rascist or (worse) an un-intellectual conservative neanderthal.

Bottom line is I don't need an astonomer to tell me that the sun rises in the east and I don't need some possibly scewed statistics to tell me in which communites I'm most likely to get shot in and what type of person is going to likely be the shooter.

greenville wrote: This is what should happen when a thug tries to rob a store in JC:

djh101 wrote:
The vigil last night was obviously very appropriate, tastetful, and well covered with news broadcasts.

Certainly, parking in the immediate area was at more than its usual premium on account of the attendees, and I was wondering if anyone else noticed the JCPA buggies (two or three of them) swarming the area at the time.

You'd think a few red zone parkers (vigil attendees) could get some brief slack, given the ocassion. Nothing like JCPA buggies circling the park to bring dignity to such a solemn event.

As always, this city is a class act.

Adonis wrote:
It sickens me how many people here seem jump to the defense of minorities the minute somebody intoduces the notion that "non-diverse" communites might have better aspects than "diverse" communites. It's as if the very second anybody dare insults the minority communites you are a rascist or (worse) an un-intellectual conservative neanderthal.

Bottom line is I don't need an astonomer to tell me that the sun rises in the east and I don't need some possibly scewed statistics to tell me in which communites I'm most likely to get shot in and what type of person is going to likely be the shooter.