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Well, it's quite basic. There is an open ability on the part of, uh, lawbreakers to burglarized homes and apartments, uh, Negroes and whites, and to do it with such impunity that not one single arrest has been made over a period of several months, and you find

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it difficult to sell homes. In this climate, it's a little more difficult than usual. Yes, we are not to be facetious, we found that people are unafraid of an interracial community as long as the facilities there are quotas, good as they are anywhere else. But when

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one thing begins to break down, such as law enforcement, then you, uh you cannot continue in any kind of normal way. My house was burglarized twice on. There was one attempted burglary, which was not completed. Three Insurance company has canceled out on um, my young sons

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who had their occasionally by themselves, are not safe, you know, to be left alone at home. The situation is intolerable. You talk about police relationship with the community. What about your relationship with the community? The majority of the residents in Marin City have been there for

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20 and 22 years, and they have no relationship at all with the younger people of the community, and they have sat there and watched most of these kids grow up from babies, and they have no relationship with them at all. Why do you think this is

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all happening in the last couple of months? I think there's a great deal of resentment against us, in particular against the phase who bought houses on the hill? Do you agree with his assessment that it is an armed camp? No,

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it's not an armed camp, So we do have a few individuals that have disrespect for law and order, and these are a few individuals out of what we're talking about in Marin City. We have over 95% of law abiding good citizens living there that want good

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law and order, and we're going to do that. Do you anticipate any really problems when your patrols going? I don't thio participate Any real problems? The officer's gonna do their job and do it to the best of their ability. If anyone wants to break the law,

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they're gonna be arrested. Mr. Quiet, what do you think would happen if the Sheriff's Office of Marine County but very active concentrated 24 hour patrols in Marin City. I think this would assist people, perhaps in getting in touch with the sheriff immediately. But I don't think

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he's going to solve any of our basic problem. As I see it, the basic problem will have to be solved. The grassroot level of people in the city that is, everyone getting involved young people and all people is well known that the police is not there

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as an enemy, but there as a friend in the community. Mrs Scott, what would you suggest? That residents who are now complaining do. I would suggest that they call, give some kind of meetings, dances, recreation, something to get to know the kids. And if you know

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someone, then they're not your enemy. The people who now live in the high rise that's used to live on the hill. It's a beautiful hill, and it's a very beautiful place, and they would have preferred to have remained there on that. It's part of it. I'm

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sure, sheriff, two or three people who live down in the public housing areas in Grand City tell me that the situation is so bad now, that they describe it as an armed camp. They say that Children, some of them is youngest 12 years old, have guns

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on that, their citizens patrols who go out occasionally armed just to try to keep the peace. Well, first of all, there are citizens who are trying to keep the peace, and we're certainly cooperating with the citizens and want the citizens cooperate with us. But any given

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area that doesn't have sufficient manpower and equipment, the field law enforcement will show an increase in crime had really actually hurt the community, which will take quite some time to get it established, where it should be in proper form.