There was criticism about his articulation. Really? Who articulate anything about that mess? Seriously. There are no words to describe the imprisonment of those women.
"How the door is." Exactly.
"How the man is." Exactly.
I was impressed by the kind and gentle nature of Mr. Ramsey. He was also very polite. He never ventured into off color language. He was rather intelligent actually. I doubt he was a internet computer whiz either.
One other thing about the statements surrounding this community was the realization they are interacting a great deal with McDonalds. I remember when the 'Food Desert' was being discussed in this country how it was noted there were poor communities where fast food restaurants dominated food choices. There are many references to McDonalds in the dialogue of the community in regard to this issue. It's true. There are food deserts in the USA. One exists right here.
There were concerns about activity in the neighborhood, but, no different than any other poor community there are varied opinions of police. The police were definitely involved with the community all these years. But, with the lack of success they were finding even with law enforcement involvement it didn't lead to greater confidence in the police, but, hopelessness instead. All that matters. When a community has profound problems and have their beautiful women disappearing repeatedly, they become cloistered. The community seeks their own solutions. I don't blame them for being skeptical about authority. As much as they want to have their problems solved within the infrastructure available to them, they remain traumatized with feelings of abandonment.
This tragedy is profound. Three beautiful women disappeared and were brutalized for years. A decade to be exact. The community has to recover as well.
There is a void between the community and the police. It is a cultural void. When the police responded to reports of banging on the door to the house in question in 2011 they saw a boarded up house without anyone to answer the front door. They spent 20 minutes trying to assess what might be the fact and not simply a misguided report.
The community understands their own reality. Social anthropologists would help create a better understanding of the communities challenged with unreasonable odds. Anthropologists with credentials could be witnesses to city and state governments to seek to resolve the deficits these communities have to move THEM forward. It's cultural. Definitely. It is not the fault of the police, it is a huge void of empowerment within the community.
I look at it this way. The void is where the danger lies to responding police to communities. It is where crime hides, obviously. But, the real danger is the ability of very dangerous people to hide in our cities. That void. Has the capacity to cause problems society believes are impossible to understand, yet alone find.
Think about it. Could those interested in sincere damage to our country find a hiding place among kind and gentle men such as Mr. Ramsey?
