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Marthe48

(21,504 posts)
8. The only enlightened sheriffs are fictional characters
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 02:26 PM
Jun 30

in mystery novels. In real life, we get idiots like this guy.

I live in a rural county in Ohio. In the last 2 years, here are crimes that made the paper: At the end of our street, a guy killed his baby. One street over, there was a murder suicide. Police regularly chase suspects who are armed and have committed anything from drug crimes to robberies to murder. Are these shootouts with cops? No, but it has happened in the area-just up the river there was a chase and a hostage situation. I don't even read a local paper or watch the news and I'm aware of the criminal activity around me.

According to recent stats, crime is more likely in rural areas than urban areas. Anyone who thinks it's the other way around is uninformed.

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