The only way we’ll ever be able to overcome this horrific spiral of escalating violence we find ourselves in, is to tackle these three main issues head on. We need more police. We need to see a “zero tolerance” policy similar to what former Mayor Rudy Giuliani brought in to fight crime in New York. And finally we need to empower our community through changing our laws to protect the victims and by legalising non-lethal self defence options such as pepper spray. Until these changes are made, we’re going to continue to be held captive, if not by Apex then by the next gang that develops because the system allows it to. SHARE this latest article if you agree.