Which Is It, Joe?

Here we go again with more Joe Mokwa doublespeak.

Last night, in the aftermath of a juvenile crime spree that resulted in a chase, and ended with shots fired both ways at Jefferson and Lafayette, Chief Mokwa told KTVI-Fox-2 that crime was down, and crime was up.

Actually, what he said was that overall crime is lower than what it used to be, “gun crimes” are way up (Politically angling for more gun control legislation, are ya, Joe?), and the ferociousness and severity of certain crimes is way up, especially when it comes (in his own words) to young men in the city and their relationship with his officers.

What he meant by that, translated from PCspeak to English, was that black thugs are getting more and more brazen about shooting police officers, and their fear of the police is declining.  It will only get a lot worse before it gets better.  I have thought for years that, in the absence of some real solutions to our racial problem, we’re going to get to a point in St. Louis and other heavily black cities where Islamic-themed and secret society-like black gangs engage in organized sniping against white police officers.

Jefferson and Lafayette is very near the Lafayette Park neighborhood, which is one of those centers of yuppie gentrification in the city.  However, the two grocery stores that used to exist at that corner, caddy-corner from each other, are now closed.  Tell me more about urban revitalization, Mr. Slay.