That is unfortunately becoming the mantra of Toledo's street thugs. Yesterday a man was shot and killed while bicycling to work. According to the Blade (sorry, my only current source) witnesses heard two men arguing, with the suspect "standing over" the man on the bike, and then shooting him in the head.
Another man was stabbed last night after a fight with a large group of people. Its a miracle Wednesday's killing was only the 11th of the year.
And last night ABC chronicled the tragic story of two teenage girls forced into the sex slave business IN TOLEDO, revealing TPD took 90 minutes to respond when her father found the house she was being kept (and then only after the criminals were beating him with rocks). That was a few years ago, but the pimp got 4 years in prison, the females who supervised the sex slaves got 6 1/2 each. Travesty.
As a father and armed citizen, the 90 minute response time would have been 89.5 minutes to late. I would have killed the pimp outright, and depending on the actions of the females sat on the porch and waited for TPD to arrive. Murder? Maybe. Any doubt in my mind? None.
I live in a nice suburb of Toledo, keep my kids out of the city, Toledo Public Schools, and the mall for these very reasons. We attend Mud Hens games which end after dark, but I park in my work building and walk with them to and from the car keeping them close. We even attended the July 4th fireworks downtown, but again parked in my work building and avoided Promenade Park.
Do I bring a gun to the games, not yet. But I avoid driving home along Dorr street after dark, a route I drive to work every day. Do I bring a gun to work, not yet. Have I brought a gun to a festival or event downtown, not yet. But as Toledo gets more and more violent I am faced with the very real choice of, Arming myself or leaving the field of battle.
TAHL
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