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**Opens a bag...Here we go.Several packs of menthol cigerettes, Several of regulars and one hundreds...A few dollar bills and a stack of coins. (More later)Clothes that are nuetral and not a gang color. Learn about Crips, bloods, Vice Lords, latin kings and MS13. Learn thier grafitti and stay clear of those turf areas.When on foot, dont allow anyone to corner you, stay 6 feet distance and NEVER run in fear. Stand your ground. Display strength and clear mind. Be a lion. You might be very afraid inside your gut but as long as you are functioning (Dont let that voice shake...) you will be ok.The encounter usually starts "You got a light? (Smoke? Dollar etc) Keep this material in a front pocket.By the time that person approaches you; usually they have already evaluated you for attack or defense or other personal gain and made thier decision already how the encounter is going to play out... peacefully or with violence. YOU decide how it's going to go down by your actions, body language etc. Be a Lion. Lions are not prey and they are much harder targets than the weak ones.Im sorry if this is rather rough and not polite or other high class consideration. That street or corner is just the same as the african jungle. You or them. Anything goes.In really bad areas, the police will see you as a problem about to happen and frankly dont want it. One clue is they will be two to a crusier and have the 1300 deployed between them up front ready to use.Take care of thier want and then walk off wishing them a good day but using your hand in a sort of a sweep with the palm out and half down making clear that you dont wish further converstation.That is how some of these people trap you with converstation that suddenly deteriotes into several issues at once and try to confuse you. So My defense is no words, no problem.While trucking I used to hire certain people who work that street to keep the rig clear of spray paint grafitti from the local artists for a while. Anyone getting on my catwalk between cab and trailer is considered hostile and I find a turn street and knock em off with a hard jack turn. I dont stop for directions, I dont ask directions and always have a alternate route out.As far as I know I aint killed anyone or gotten too bad hurt. But certanily knives, meathooks and other implements are involved from time to time.Oh the coins? They get smashed into the face of the attacker as a opening move to fight. Usually the others will stop for a second to gather up the half dollars. They cannot resist it and give you an opening to finish the defense or get clear.Ive gotten old, slow and unfit and that is a very good reason to stay out of bad areas these days. The younger ones are quite quicksilver of mind, nerves and lethal in attack on that street. All the wonderful creations of laws, morals or other human considerations are absolutely worthless at that time.Having said this, I must tell to you that there live people who are good and are sort of Angels or defenders in certian neighborhoods, even in the worst of places you may find a few who will in thier own way take care of you so you can just leave quickly and not bother that area no more. Because you are considered a target, liability and a problem that disrupts the normal flow in the night or day.The best people I have seen are those who are working in the day time or on the market dock at night earning a wage for living. Those are the ones you want to be around as long there is no problem.Jail is quite the training ground and usually they come out of that jail hardened further and better and go down to the markets sometimes to start up from the bottom and working up if they want a place of their own and a family. The rest are simply there until they get rearrested and back to jail.The rest are lost and will not enjoy a good position off that street. They will die there at some point from one of the common infections, STD's drugs etc.If you have a city block full of homes, complete family units with mom and pop along with a good coordinated network in all the homes. Generally it will be difficult for the bad elements to move in. But as these people die off, move out or otherwise cease to care about their "Block" the bad elements move in and take hold just like a weed.Eventually only those without money, car or any resources are trapped there to be preyed on by the weeds. Then it is all used up and the weeds take over the next block and so on.
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