It’s Monday, and that means Chief Hurtt is back from Phoenix just in time for the MLK holiday. Here’s what he missed:
Man found shot to death in trunk:
The body of a man who had been shot was found inside his car early Sunday by police investigating reports of gunfire in northeast Houston. The victim, Jamaya Akeem Meyers, 23, was found shortly after 6 a.m. on Tidwell near the Eastex Freeway, police said.
Separate shootings leave 2 dead in southwest Houston:
A man was fatally shot about 6:15 p.m. by a neighbor at an apartment on Dumfries at Sandpiper. The men were arguing over an unknown matter, police said.
Two men were shot, one fatally, about 6:40 p.m. after a long-simmering dispute erupted into gunfire in the 9600 block of Kapri. Police at the scene said the dead man had been arguing with the cousin of his girlfriend for some time before the men confronted each other tonight.
Gunfire was exchanged and both were shot.
Welcome home, Chief!
UPDATE/CORRECTION (1/17/06): The headline above (”Man found shot to death in trunk”) is inaccurate. The victim was found dead in the driver’s seat of the car. The faulty headline was due to a Chronicle editor’s error.
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Maybe this city can be dumb enough to hire Lee. P. Brown as a crime consultant after he gives his wisdom and knowledge to Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans. If Chief Hurtt learned anything from one of his predecessors, it’s that great concept “out-of-town”. It worked for Brown, so it should work for Hurtt.
It’s a holiday. Who said he was back in town ?
Matt, I’m not trying to defend the chief, but some of these incidents seem to be the type that would happen no matter who was in charge.
We will always have a subhuman scumbag element out there.
As far as the rise in crime on innocent victims, that is inexcusable and that’s what he needs to address.
Let the animals keep killing themselves and use our resources for better things.
How can we hold him responsible? He wasn’t even here! It’s Bush’s fault! Let’s blame him! Might as well….He has been blamed for everything else… from hurricanes, global warming, bird flu, tsunamis, earthquakes, dams braking, electrical blackouts, diaper rash, litter, hiccups and for NOT doing anything about illegal immigration. At least we can’t blame him for inventing the internet. That’s been taken!
Hal: What did you do with my missing last sentence?
For those of you that may be interested… IMHO, very good first two hours premiere last evening. http://www.drudgereport.com/24.htm
We could call the Borden plant and get his picture on the next batch of 1/2 gallons
The “animals” aren’t always the best shots.
Yeah, we’ll always have the criminal element. But even a dedicated criminal element can be deterred by tough, visible policing.
As long as I have Matilda in the car with me I am happy - let em shoot cause Matilda is loaded and ready.
I wonder what would happen if Chief Hurtt decided not to return to Houston for fear he would be mugged, robbed and beaten? Perhaps that is why he is gone on the weekends…he can’t handle the possibilities.
Lee P., “outta town” Brown? He’s just what New Orleans needs. I mean, he fixed Houston, Atlanta, New York. He eliminated drugs as the drug czar. He eliminated so much crime in Houston, Chief Hurtt can practically live in Phoenix and just call in once in awhile. He’ll have New Orleans straightened out in no time.
unfortunately when the “animals” are killing each other, we all are drawn into the violence that permeates in our city.
car jacking’s, home invasions, a stray bullet from a drive by shooting, etc.
Letting the animals keep killing each other is not the answer and remedial thought at best.
IMHO, letting the police do their business and removing the PC crap that hinders every law enforcement agency along with neutering the aclu, lulac, to name a few who protest civil law is a place to start.
One major area to consider would be to close our borders and implement a guest worker program.
rj
Do you suppose that Chief Hurt wants his family to live in Arizona because they have better Police protection than we have in Houston?
#13 yes they do have better protection than us - rememver who their sherrif is?
#13 yes they do have better protection than us - rememver who their sherrif is?
Is there any truth to the rumor that Chief Hurtt is a clone of Lee. P. Brown?? Being “out-of-town” on weekends is a good practice or example of the original. Unfortunately for Chief Hurtt, he hasn’t been able to play the “race” card because most of the complaints come from black people and his use of the taser gun. Those shootings don’t help either.
Where is Andy Taylor and Barney Fife when you need them?
#12 rj
I don’t disagree, but it’s impossible to eliminate the animal element. Just look at other cities who have “gotten tough” with these subhumans.
We have limited resources, so let’s use them to protect good citizens while the scumbags are blowing one another away over a bad drug deal.
Shakey, I understand your thinking, but it’s impossible to put into practice. How would you turn that concept into reality?
Seems to me the only real way to do it would be by location. Ignore calls from known crack houses — where “the scumbags are blowing one another away” — so you can focus on protecting decent people.
The problem is that the “good people” can live right next door to the crack house. Even in bad neighborhoods, most of the residents are good people. How would you deploy resources?
#19 Matt
You’re right. My original point though was that we shouldn’t blame law enforcement for the subhumans killing each other. They’re going to do it no matter what LE does.
If we could make the criminals serve out the punishments they recieve and make serving those punishments less enjoyable, instead of having a revolving door policy that puts them right back on the street, that might be a deterrant for crime. However, a police chief’s lack of participation in a city with barely 50 percent of the force needed is completly unacceptible.
See, I disagree.
There are crimes that a stepped-up police presence probably won’t stop. Spousal abuse comes to mind, or white-collar crime.
Then again, that’s not what the average Houstonian is afraid of. We’re afraid of violent street crime — gas station robberies, carjackings, rapes — and those are the sorts of crimes that visible patrols deter.
Yes, a lot of drug dealers have their careers ended by other scumbags. No big loss there. But those scumbags likely financed their operations with run-of-the-mill street crime, the kind that can be prevented by patrol officers.
It is a simple fact that Houston’s population growth has outpaced the growth of its police force. Simply put, the average Houstonian has less police protection than he did last year.
There are 7 major crimes tracked in most statistics: murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, theft and car theft.
We’re worse than Los Angeles in all seven. Ditto New York. Worse than Chicago in 5 of 7, including murder.
It’s a sad reality, but Houston has become one of the least safe big cities in America. Morgan Quitno’s study said Houston ranked 323rd out of 344 cities.
Our companions in the bottom 25 included such wonderful utopias as Flint, Memphis, Shreveport and Miami.
This is kinda funny, but Phoenix (where Hurtt used to be Chief) was ranked just below Houston. So much for his leadership.
Speaking of holidays; I am wondering what the cost to the City of Houston was, for having that second MLK parade. Dare we send the Black Heritage Society a bill for the expense?