Hot and Cold

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.