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Lakeview feels like it’s under siege. The car thefts and break-ins are in broad daylight now. The police can’t pursue (unless it is levee board cops or state troopers) due the consent decree.
The bigger problem is the revolving door on juveniles when they are arrested. There has been a big push to keep them out of jail with judges setting low bonds and organizations paying the bonds. A member of the mayor’s inner circle has bailed many of these teens out, not just for car break-ins but for rape and assault. Lakeview is pissed. A meeting is set in a couple of weeks that will have a massive turnout. The juvenile judges are being targeted through email and phone calls to protest this policy. Election dates on these judges is being circulated as well. The police presence in Lakeview on Tuesday resulting in some arrests after having three schools on lockdown twice during the day is because of pressure being brought on the police department. It isn’t just cars either. Couple that with police response taking hours and many people are arming themselves.