return of the bunco gangs?
those who know me, know that crime corruption and con me are my thing-
so surprise! here it is again. along with a court system mistrusted, and more.
this article covers al the bases: poverty, a corrupt police department, social stratification, racisism, leading to hopelessness.

The Australian: Poverty rules in crime capital of the South [September 05, 2005]: "Blacks, who comprise 67per cent of the city's population and 88per cent of its unemployed, have long mistrusted the police. And not without reason, as the force was often accused of racism. The black community looks to its own churches and social networks for protection.
The NOPD says it is reforming, but in the past year one officer has been convicted of murder and four have been charged with conspiring to rob banks. Senior officers are also investigating a gambling racket called the Razzle Dazzle, which for years has fleeced tourists of thousands of dollars on Bourbon Street, without the police seeming to notice. "