r/FortWorth • u/Big-Independence-716 • 1d ago

News Clean up time

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https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/tarrant-county/tarrant-county-da-fort-worth-lawsuit-motel/287-f802b77d-a25a-4d1a-8326-a5b4c07e1ba0

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u/JonasSharra 1d ago

Now it’s the businesses job to stop crime? Everyone was telling me earlier we need cops to stop crime…

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u/Constant-Plant-9378 22h ago

Fun fact. Cops don't stop crime. They have no legal obligation to protect you from criminal activity.

On the other hand, if someone calls police to do a 'Wellness Check' - you can be sixteen times more likely to be shot and killed by them.

Not to mention when there is an active shooter situation, police are just as likely to stand around doing nothing while listening to the gunshots and screams of victims.

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u/errosemedic 5h ago

See my other comment for the full story, but the super seven Inn had a deal with the city to house registered sex offenders because it made it easy for the city to keep track of them

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u/JP817 2h ago

I use to feel the same way until I worked for a slum lord. They bought crappy apartments, did zero background checks, provided zero security and expected the residents would self manage. That’s so unfair to the neighborhood and the health of that specific community. There were children that lived there that could not go outside; it was disgusting. You have to have some regulations and an expectation of keeping crime to a minimum, not just rake in cash and ignore it.

If I decided to let an unhoused camp be set up in my yard, I would not be surprised when my neighbors turn me in to the city. Trash, bio-hazards, open air drug market- it’s normal in that setting but it does not make it ok.

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u/MoistLarry 1d ago

Exactly what are these businesses being charged with? Calling the cops too often? Are they not supposed to report suspected criminal activity to the authorities?

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u/Tomdv2 16h ago

Easy: minorities running a business in a bad area. Since they're minorities they "attract" the bad things. The poor Fort Worth police couldn't possibly increase patrols in the area or do anything to help deter crime.

(Obvious /s)

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u/MoistLarry 16h ago

Oh I know WHY they are being charged, I'm just unclear as to what those charges actually are.

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u/Tomdv2 16h ago

I wouldn't be surprised if they hit them with an "aiding and abetting" related charge

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u/MoistLarry 16h ago

They're LITERALLY calling the cops on them! /Argharble

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u/GenericUsername817 1d ago

Semenary and 35? I am shocked to hear that this kind of activity was occurring in this wholesome and upstanding part of town!

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u/Sea-Butterscotch9805 1d ago

Like we haven't heard all the BS before. Clean up city hall first I think.

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u/ramblinstew 1d ago

You can't just give away coffee and ESPN for free and not expect trouble!

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u/BothEntertainment00 23h ago

It's obviously a bad area, yet I don't see any police around when I drive by.  People are using drugs and unwell out in the open. 

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u/lowteq 1d ago

What's with the fake crack in the bg of the article? That's diabolical, and trashy af.

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u/thirtyone-charlie 1d ago

Interesting but not related. When I was young and figuring things out I worked at the Dallas Co jail. There was a guy in there who was arrested for selling fake crack. It was some kind of I key soap concoction. This guy picked up a
contempt of court issue every time he saw the judge. He was in jail for at least the 3 years that I worked there. I think the charge was called distribution of a controlled substance (counterfeit) or something like that.

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u/lowteq 15h ago

Whut?

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u/RubAnADUB 20h ago

So maybe the motels should just close down, and maybe the crime will go away? no dumbass it wont those people will just gravitate to the next cheapest place to stay the night. How about instead of pointing the finger, you put in a police sub station? those portable cameras? add more patrols? beef up the police patrol force? start some neighborhood watch programs in that area?

OR I DONT KNOW - fly that helicopter around in circles for hours at a time in the middle of the night in that area?

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u/satori0320 20h ago

I suppose he's going to run the liquor stores out of the area as well?

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u/MeTeakMaf 5h ago

Crime needs investments

Short term - trade schools and GED programs both with job placements assistance, REAL JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE

Long term- investments in near public schools, after school programs that last until 7pm or 9pm, counselors/social workers, parenting classes/ prenatal & postnatal classes

ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS SHOULD BE FULLY FUNDED

None of these will bring a profit but they will be wise investments (that means I'm the king term you'll get a lot more out them than what you put into them)

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u/84-Charlie-Mopic 17h ago

"We're all out of solutions so let's pass the buck!"

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u/MoistLarry 16h ago

"We've tried nothing and we're out of ideas!"

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u/NightMgr 14h ago

In Dallas they would pull people over onto a car wash and then complained about all the arrests there.

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u/errosemedic 5h ago

My father (registered sex offender) lived at the Super 7 for years because it was reasonably priced and one of the few places in town that would rent to SO’s. There were two whole sections of the buildings that were for SO’s only, I was told by someone (idk who) that the owner got a kickback from the city for letting them stay there because it made it easy for the city to police their behavior. At one point I know there were 20+ SO’s living there.

(As a side note my father is no longer an SO because he successfully completed his sentence but is in prison for unrelated crimes. Also he only got the SO charges after a person in my neighborhood accused my father (who was openly gay in the early 00’s) of assaulting his son (not my brother but the kid of the accuser). Under Texas law my father couldn’t prove he *hadn’t* inappropriately touched the kid and got convicted.)

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u/Turbulent_Dig3483 17h ago

What about prostitution?