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by Met_Major11 from UW-Milwaukee

Last Post 32 days, 7 hours Ago


I have JUST finished watching Bryan Polcyn's excellent investigative report, "A Night In The Inner City".

Bryan, I would like to thank you for rolling up your sleeves and going on 29th and Locust to do this story. Thank you for talking to the people that live in the neighborhood, showing the man that set up the initiative on his block to fight violent crime, and thank you for setting up your cameras, dispelling the awful rumors and stereotypes that people have in their heads.

What irony...those so called "gunshots" were fireworks. Yes, illegal fireworks, but fireworks, and NOT gunshots.

At first, I was very nervous about this report. I thought you were just going to keep airing the bad news that the people in these neighborhoods already know about. But you showed what the people in the suburbs don't see on the news. A quiet neighborhood on a Saturday night. People riding bicycles, jumping rope, and throwing footballs.

Thank you for pointing out that the PEOPLE are violent, not the neighborhood. The people that come and cause problems don't even live in the area.

Thank you for this story. I hope people in the suburbs that constantly turn their noses up on the inner city will be encouraged to do something to HELP our communities, instead of running away from the problem.

Thanks Bryan.
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majinvegeta read my blog
Jul 30, 2008 | 11:07 PM

I just treated my godmother to dinner. She lives just off of 6th and Burleigh. She complains about people that make trouble in her neighborhood, that don't live there. She's been living there since before I was born. She raised her children in that house. Too bad you can't force people back into their place of residence after a certain time.

Here's a theory why these individuals travel to other neighborhoods, so they can't get in trouble with their parents. Because you know low lives like that still live with their parents.

Bryan_Polcyn read my blog view my photos
Jul 31, 2008 | 12:06 AM

I'm glad you liked the story. Honestly, it's not what I expected. And if we'd gone on another night, things might have been different. But we said from the beginning, if we're going to do this, our purpose is to open a window to a part of Milwaukee many people will never dare to see for themselves. Whatever we see is our story. We stayed true to our commitment.

I'll let the editorial writers and talk show hosts ponder what it all means.

Only1Antoine read my blog
Jul 31, 2008 | 3:38 PM

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aaro-nf read my blog view my photos
Jul 31, 2008 | 8:47 PM

i saw the story on the news last night. that story that polcyn did was very informative. great job on the positng of this blog and thanks for the post.

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Met_Major11

I'm a Journalism & Mass Communications major at UWM. I plan to take Matt Lauer's job on the Today show in about 6 years. I also plan to have my own talk show and magazine.

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