Soaring crime, gunfire shuts down iconic section of St. Louis roadway
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- čas přidán 19. 04. 2022
- It is perhaps St. Louis’s most scenic, iconic, romantic, stretches of roadway, but Leonor K Sullivan Boulevard in front of the Gateway Arch is now completely “off-limits” to vehicle traffic amid reports of soaring crime and gunfire there.
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This is why we can't have nice things.
Over the last 30 years the city has done this panic do nothing response and shut it down many times before. And like every time they did this in the past its not changed a thing to prevent crime. It just moves it a block over.
So they literally did nothing about the crime and gunfire part, they're just forcing the criminals to move the crime and gunfire parties to a different location so they can wreak havoc at another spot. Personally, I think I preferred it better when they were all the way down at the riverfront where it's isolated.
Pretty much the typical st louis area response to crime. Move it down the road and let someone else.deal with it. Both the County and City have been dealing with crime like this for years.
What else can they do if they can't keep criminals in jail because when they get charged somebody won't do their job and prosecute them
People won't let Cops do their job. Ya can't have it both ways👍
This is what happens when you have a district attorney who is more interested in removing a sitting governor than she is in punishing criminals.
And ruining his life.
Too bad, we have some stupid, ignorant people who cause problems, as a teenager in the 80's that was our cruising spot
Yeah, went down there too.
Now i wouldn't without a armored personal carrier. And you know what lousy mileage they get.
When I was young(20 years ago) there was some violence & they shut it down then...the violence didn't stop it just spread out through downtown 🎯🎯
Let's see.
* Defunded the police.
* Closed a city jail.
* No or low bail release.
* Hire more Social Workers.
Nope, absolutely nothing more, nor different, anyone can do.
Nothing wrong with police. Even if they do their job it is pointless if the prosecutors are not doing theirs....any normal place in the world mayor, prosecutor and the chief of police would resign.
Instead of actually policing the area STLPD just closes the street? 😶
When you're under funded, understaffed and have a mayor and prosecutor out to destroy you there isn't much else you can do.
Old time police work is needed. Use those billy clubs and bust some heads. Load the wagon and book them for a made up charge and resisting arrest.
@@arkybaldknobber8062 If the cops are so bad, fire them, send social workers instead and then we can all live out our "Mad Max" fantasies. It's starting already.
I guess that mayor is going to use that 500 million to stop people from coming to the riverfront tours and locals. That's going to be a lot of money lost so I guess the July 4 is going to be back at art Hill not on the riverfront. 🤣🤣🤣
4 july at keener plaza this year.
@Andrew Exactly!
This is plunging a knife into our city - damn shame.
Lou...your city is a shi# hole. Move to Jefferson County.
I have not been down there in decades but the block offs and gates is not the answer this ugly and sad
that got Ghetto - Soon as they finished the renovations. Too dangerous be there after dark
It's getting warm outside, the scumbags will be everywhere!! It's killing season in St.louis!
It’s been freezing in Saint Louis.
Heat makes people more aggresive. Gonna be an interesting summer.
I live across the river in East Alton and my family simply doesn't go to St Louis anymore.
Haha Real men don't use pistols, they use knuckles. Smh... Weak.
Not a whole lot of real men left!🤔
Maybe we could use some of the Rams settlement money for added security
I have hung out as a youngster on the Riverfront so so many times with no issues at all. It's sucks that a small minority messes it up for everyone. So many hours spent siting in my car at night drinking a beer, smoking some weed & just peacefully watching the River & boats, even stepping back to look at our skyline. Watching lowrider cars & other old school cars drive by bcuz everyone is out & of course u gotta bring out your nice car. Memories that are more positive than negative for me🤷🏾♂️
Who didn't see this coming...
So many great things to do and see in St Louis. It's a shame there's so many hoodlums there keeping that city down.
Jeeze that is an ugly waterfront. Blocking the road wouldn't make a bit of difference.
I got that experience tonight when they had a shootout at the Arch. 05/10/22 around 7:50-8pm
The stats provided by police should be fact checked and not automatically parroted
Yes, clearly, the police are to blame. Just like in Baltimore. And Detroit. And south Chicago.
@@HC-cb4yp I don't known what to think of this. I haven't assigned any blame but stating a truism. Something every citizen should be behind that cops provide accurate data (they don't always) and media shouldn't repeat it without checking
Sight it’s incredible that one race can cause so much destruction and Mayham and yet nothing can be nationally said about it.
So you! With democrats letting criminals run free, wouldn't it just be easier to make black on black k crime 100% legal? Sure would solve so many problems like low test scores in schools, enormously disproportionate crime rates, government's wreakless spending, blight, etc.
The human race is destroying itself
That was hellas ago, how about that black dude in ny? That was the other week? The news clames white people are the biggest terrorist threat in america, what a joke
@@sunbird3614 Sandy hook? What is TPTB?
Please
@@sunbird3614 ... 13/90
Soaring crime? Gunfire?! Can't be! The illustrious "leaders" of this fine metropolis just announced a Street Fair to celebrate how "safe it is to come back downtown again" for business and/or entertainment!
Seems to me, SOMEBODY has to be misleading us..?
Democrats don't care.
block off the entire city!!
Escape from New York was a how too
Hit it with napalm!
Everything is tagged up and litter everywhere. Looks like a filthy wasteland….GOOD JOB, ST. LOUIS..
Do you know what iconic means? Please stop overusing this word. It makes you sound ignorant
Let cops do their jobs and stop shoving cameras in their faces👍👍👍
Okay everything shut down what it's funny
It would be nice and appreciated if the ‘news’ would tell the audience what the demographic is, of the perpetrators of all the crime and shootings….you know, so we know who to watch out for…..
Sounds like you just want to hear the reporter say BLACK PEOPLE did it
I remember reading an article about some City up north where they did a airplane fly over the city hours every day and then they would go back and look at the cameras it was shutting down so much crime that one black organization started complaining that it was catching manly black people but the crime went down drastically so they made him cut the program out it was working they need to fly a plane with some cameras in this area as well on
Great country saint louis hood rats. Thanks, want a bees🌿I KNOW I LIVE HERE.
If the dims close every road in stl that has gangbangers all the roads in stl will be closed...
Lol you mean Republicans!🤔
@@rickyedwards5480 the mayor approved and she's a democrat so nope. Don't think there is any Republicans in stl not that would change anything
@@Greyteam4291You don't think there are Republicans in the police department?🤔🤣😂🤣
@@rickyedwards5480 that has nothing to do with it.
It's the mayor's decision
If cops arbitrary decided to shut down the river front it would make national news.
@@Greyteam4291Well call the national news because the police shutdown the riverfront!🤔
How is that defund the police mayor working out for you?
Police hasn't been defunded, but good guess.
Why should we pay the police if they won't do their jobs?🤔
Amen Amen
Really sad today that the people who cause these problems have no recourse for their actions...years ago it never was this bad...been going to cardinal games for years and could walk downtown in the evening without ever having to fear of any criminal element but never now...explain why the thugs have the upper hand in all this...
Police are but hirt and won't do their jobs!🤔
black people are "special"
We have a larger police force than any city in the country of 300000 people. How about having a couple patrol cars down there at night. Where are they...too many police in STL have desk jobs!!!
Block it off and park up the street and walk lol
Stop and frisk is the only solution and prosecute criminals to the fullest , you close one place they will go to another place do the same thing.
HARD PASS
How can you prosecute criminals to the fullest when the prosecutor is completely incompetent and unable to try a case?
@@chasg8376She has been winning a lot of white collar cases! Why does that scare you?🤔
@Andrew very racist statement
@@rickyedwards5480 It is difficult to tell from your comment if it is intended to be facetious or if you are really that obtuse. Check your facts. Gardner is not winning many of ANY cases. Further, nobody with a fully functional brain is scared of Kimberly Gardner. Finally, why would white collar cases scare me? I've been retired for over three years and always refused to do business in St. Louis City because of the incompetence and resulting corruption. What is shocking is not the ignorant presumption of your post, it is that Kim Gardner is the most incompetent prosecutor in the history if the great city of St. Louis and now she apparently has an Apologist. Stick a fork in it, the City of St. Louis is DONE!!!
How about Security guard
What's the difference between security and police?🤔
@Duane... YOU wan't the job?
Exactly. Shutup..!
How's that 80 years of exclusive Democratic party control working out for you kids?
The police have been controlled by the state (Republicans) for the last 150 years!🤔😂🤣😂🤣😂 Do you want to try again?
@@rickyedwards5480 Yeah - and sounds like you need a WHOLE LOT MORE cops and a WHOLE LOT MORE Republicans. Or just become the next Baltimore... Detroit... South Chicago...
@@HC-cb4ypLol Do Republicans control any citys? 🤔 Wonder why not?
@@rickyedwards5480 Plenty of Republican mayors. You don't hear about those cities because they are SAFE and SUCCESSFUL.
@@HC-cb4ypLol you don't hear about them because they don't exist!🤔🤣😂🤣
Why should we pay police when they wont to the job?🤔
Oh... but they DO "do the job". NOBODY is more frustrated/furious with what's going on downtown that the PD.
The problem is nincompoop "prosecutor" Kim Gardner who refuses to prosecute the thugs/ghetto trash they arrest.
She literally just admitted being inept & useless in her job performance. In exchange for not being disciplined by the city for her worthlessness. In other words, the same thing SHE does for criminals.
See the pattern here? Don't blame the PD!
Push God out and this is what will happen 🙏