Jackson Jambalaya

Woo Hoo! I made the list! I figured if I lived in this town long enough, I would finally get some recognition! (dammit)

This is not looking good.

something seems odd.

I'm probably way wrong, but it feels that many of the same crimes and locations were also on the report the week before

505. Umm yeah. Notice the patterns. Shocking ain't it. Kind of like me knowing and predicting that week in and week out the eggs and milk are going to be located in the same places at Brookshires.

That's why many informed Jackson folks aren't really scared about crime. We know that it happens, but it generally happens over and over in limited locations between people who know one another. Now if I was in those areas, I would live in fear.

912, you obviously did not pay close attention to the list. These are totally spread over the whole city, maybe the armed robbery is somewhat limited, but property crimes are mostly in the wealthier areas. The addresses are listed.

Lots of problems downtown. Reports of cars being broken into on the uptick.

If you consider 5 incidents "lots", then maybe...

I counted 16 on the list south of Fortification, just saying. That does not include Belhaven NOR Fondren.

But, it just must be my perception.

Quiet TD. The downtowners don't want the news to get out that their special precinct set up by their special police chief isn't working.

Well, Two Dogs, according to KF, just last week (maybe the week before) he considered downtown as south of High Street, north of South Street, west of I-55, and east of Gallatin. And no, Fondren NOR Belhaven are part of downtown. So yes, it is your "perception" that is the problem.

My favorite part about Jackson bringing back Harvey Johnson is that he is talking about revisiting the Maple-Linder study based on a population almost DOUBLE of what it was ten years ago. Cute.

Why not just hire one police officer for every person in Jackson? Wouldn't that work to reduce crime?

Now go back and try counting again Mr. Architect - y'all never were very good with numbers anyway.

Anon, 1223, like I stated, that is south of Fortification, there is only ONE of those that I counted between High and Fortification.

I was WRONG, 15 then. That is only three times what Anon 1118 stated, using KF's standards. Math is hard. Reading is FUNDAMENTAL.

And I missed the KF reference to what he considered to be "downtown."

If you want bad with numbers then look no further than current and former Jackson city council members.

But we've got some damn nice artificial turf at Smith-Wills.

It was a couple of weeks ago but generally speaking I consider downtown to be I-55 to Gallatin and High Street to South or Silas brown (behind the P.O. ). If someone wants to consider Fortification the northern boundary I'm cool with that because I dont' consider Belhaven Heights to be DT but the part where Byrd's office, Two Sisters, etc to be downtown however.

KF, your description is about like mine, I generally consider the old Hilton to be in downtown since they moved the HHS in the building.

I would not consider Fenian's to be downtown though.

PLEASE. You MUST stop. We're going to LOSE another CONGRESSIONAL district if you keep talking about CRIME.

HA! Do we really want those people from Jackson VOTING?

Disclaimer because of the litigiousness of this conversation: I want to state that I included two blocks west of Gallatin, because a maintenance facility of JPSD is there. I do not want to be UNCLEAR in my personal assessment and conception of the "downtown" area. (I hereby take ownership of comments made only by ME.)

Besides, downtown is not a set of boundaries but is rather a place, a mindset, a paradise where all your problems just fade away, its a type of wellness, a state of being, something you can't find anywhere else, a place where the rapper and the lawyer can lay down together in peace......

... a place where the rapper and the lawyer can lay down together in peace......


... and blow smoke up people's asses guided by their zen proctologist Master DJP Po.

Yes, it's nice to define boundaries differently on a week-to-week basis to fit the argument at hand.

5. That's wearin' it out. Suprised the National Guard hasn't been called in. 9:39 sleeps with a nightlight on.

... a place where the rapper and the lawyer can lay down together in peace......

Hilarious!!!

Probably the same guy that is afraid of County Line Road... LOL

the county line guy was priceless

I KNEW this would HAPPEN. If y'all don't STOP we're gonna lose TWO congressional seats.

Fresh bank robbery inside the boundaries of the special precinct which includes downtown Jackson, Mississippi.

Does anyone still have a branch bank open downtown? I thought that was why the LAWYERS started robbing the ones just north of Northside Drive.

Wait, is it the lawyers or the rappers that rob banks? I get them confused.

That's not downtown. go learn your jackson geography and then get back to us. and no, typically the branches aren't downtown although there are exceptions. the headquaters are downtown. can someone provide a link to the new hotel downtown they broke ground on today? thanks.

Correct, that bank is not downtown, but I would like to address a bigger problem...

That bank has bulletproof plexi, over 1" thick, that separates the tellers from the customers. So how did a robber with a knife convince the teller to fork over the cash? Hostage perhaps?

TD when the downtown cultists want to take credit for, say, something like the new City View condos (btw a stones throw from this afternoon's bank robbery) then lines between midtown and downtown get suddenly blurred beyond recognition. BUT when they want to mislead the public that downtown is safe and secure then they spin like hell to be sure that the public understands that downtown and midtown are seemingly two distinctly different areas.

4:32 = spin

I didn't even know there was a mid-town until some DJP peeps started referring to it as such.

@4:36 = Denial

@4:32 the Fondrenites do the same. All the gun holdups @ Meadowbrook @ State businesses are conveniently not Fondren crime.

@4:40 the suburbanites do the same. All the crime in the entire metro area are conveniently not metro crime. "My cat is stuck in the tree... it's Jackson's fault I'm sure."

Cat stuck in TREE = Bank Robbery. Awesome.

The difference between down-town and mid-town only exists in the mind of the denier. The public at-large considers mid-town and down-town as one in the same.

And the out-of-state visitor/businessman/passer through considers Madison, Ridgeland, Clinton, Brandon, Pearl, Byram, Terry and Richland all just to be... Jackson. You may want to think about that next time you trash talk your capitol city to a visitor ;)

@4:31 I'm interested in that as well. Any thoughts?

Sure doesn't look like it from the picture on the CL, 4:55. Probaly standard procedure to hand over the cash in that scenario for many reasons.

You mean to tell me that you don't see the thick plexi and screws/bolts in that picture? I guess it is possible not to see that if you've never seen it in person, but you can take my word for it (or go see for yourself).

Wonder if they'll run the grand opening of the hotel in downtown first or the robbery that is not in downtown.

Tongue tied after trying to make a mountain out of a molehill over a goofy pocket knife robbery?

Seeing stories on the news about home invasions off Meadowbrook on the East side of I-55. I'm on the other side of I-55 but am glad I'm armed.

@11:12 PM = Spin of a Denier

8:34 - let me know where to leave the replacement nightlight for you. I'll buy it for you and drop it off.

This is a little dated since the original post was last week, but I was able to convert the pdf file to a excel spreadsheet. Makes for interesting sorting. I created some tabs in the spreadsheet that break the crime down by type and precinct. Link to download is here