Third Ward neighbors blame strip of bars for uptick in crime

Neighbors in Third Ward blame the nearby strip of bars for the uptick in burglaries, shootings, and auto thefts on Emancipation Avenue.

[@caramelking-zf8wu]

Cars don't "Steal Themselves" !! 🙄

[@kencook7924]

Are we talkin about Kia's or Hellcats

[@rubywarner34]

3rd Ward doesn't have the best reputation. I live on Cleburne. Hearing gun fire is normal. Just because 3rd is near downtown and going through gentrification does mean its safe. No where is safe.

[@kencook7924]

I just don't think you've been many places

[@rubywarner34]

@@kencook7924 that's fine. You're entitled to your assumptions. Have a wonderful day. 🦆

[@GlobalJGlobal]

It's safe for black race people

[@kencook7924]

@GlobalJGlobal what's better than being the victim and the perpetrator and then demand change

[@GlobalJGlobal]

@@kencook7924 no it's not no dam safe for none black race people maybe for you

[@lalo80adams71]

Third ward was ever safe?...😂😂😂

[@GlobalJGlobal]

Only for black race people but not for none black race people

[@lalo80adams71]

@GlobalJGlobal The non black ones are naive for even living there... Thats like a black man living in the Appalachian mountain "he doesn't belong"...

[@GlobalJGlobal]

@@lalo80adams71 why dam naive ? What the fuck is naive if you don't know none black race people. A black person don't gotta go and live in Appalachian either. If usa has all the benefits for black men such as food stamps housing program government apartments Medicaid and social security checks. Other places doesn't have it

[@radfoo72]

​@@lalo80adams71 So it should just be accepted as common knowledge that non black citizens will be victims of crime if they live in a primarily black community? Why is this promoted as acceptable and a status quo? Aren't there also black residents who get tired of constant crime and shooting near their homes and where their kids play? We're not talking about skid row here. General safety and security in and around your home is not a big ask. You speak as if we're still living in times of segregation. My landlords are Asian and they never gave me any notice that because I'm not black that I had chosen the wrong house to live in.

[@phatbackbeat6553]

I blame young black men with guns who shoot each other.

[@PassportKingMarineVet]

They don’t do that to public schools, churches, college campuses and movie theaters .or storm the capitol. What’s that stone you hiding behind your back ?

[@tbh-Ostrich]

@@PassportKingMarineVet Actually they shoot up school yards all the time. They are bad shots and it's usually 42 rounds fired, two grazed. Maybe it's due to holding it sideways like a movie clown.

[@Kilo-js9ge]

How dare you notice

[@robertanderson1986]

$50,000 in police money all that does is advised that much more hamburgers and tacos and pizza for the cops when they're doing nothing because they've been told to do nothing by the district attorney and the chief of police so they're no longer into the crime prevention business there just into the getting ezpaycheck business

[@fallonnugent7951]

right; the head of the district needs to be on the ground during these late nights to actually see what it is that is going on.

[@donsal.t.1765]

Wait didn't the bad guys see the no gun zone signs????? omgggggggg

[@UncleFjester]

*Emancipation & MLK? And Your Surprised? Culture of Mentors to the Youth!*

[@alexander1902]

@ABC13 please ban this troll. He does not live in Houston and only comes on here to comment racist posts. He is a troll and needs to be banned from our community.

[@pb1963]

But crime is down in Houston...how is this possible?

[@ThatFoo.frmTha713.]

Who said crime is down? Crazy shit happens everyday in Houston

[@donsal.t.1765]

yep they just don't arrest these fine young men bc it's part of their culture. They don't arrest and that of course shows the arrests have gone down so no arrest no crime. Easy math.

[@michaelsix9684]

too many bars in one area attract problems

[@donsal.t.1765]

It's part of their cultura y'alllll don't be judging those scholars like that!! REeeeeeee!!!!

[@rigomartinez9395]

Where is y'all BOY..." Quanell X".......

[@htownforever0510]

“Changing the complexion of this side of THIS particular part of the neighborhood”….?? 🥴

[@mytowntrill5441]

Every part of 3rd Ward is majority black. She needs to leave.

[@fallonnugent7951]

more like "changing the behavior"

[@johndoe-zz1nr]

When I hear emancipation it reminds me of MLK

[@BulletBobTx]

It's not the bars - it's your residents!

[@fallonnugent7951]

its the people at the bars; maybe not the bar itself

[@radfoo72]

You're ignorant if you claim that none of the residents frequent their local bars. It's a fly trap yet you're blaming the flies for the uptick in crime.

[@BulletBobTx]

@@radfoo72 maybe you misconstrued my comment - it's every BLACK neighborhood in America dealing with violent crime = blaming the bar and not the people in and around the bar is what got them into this mess! Accountability!

[@radfoo72]

@@BulletBobTx Ok I'm not arguing with you regarding the facts but when you give people an outlet to congregate and imbibe a mind altering substance, even more issues are bound to arise than if the same locations were only serving waters and cokes. With My example- You can't fill a bowl with sugar water and then complain that there are suddenly 100's of flies swarming in your kitchen that are being too noisy and sh¡tting everywhere while completely ignoring the main attraction that's responsible for bringing them in. Yes, Some people can participate in drinking responsibly without exhibiting undesirable behaviors such as becoming criminals or going on crime sprees but if you're complaining about an uptick in crime in a specific area that is littered with bars, you can start with the process of elimination because those hotspots tend to become dens of lawlessness or they attract lawless behavior so we first address the locations because you cannot simply eliminate the customers from the equation. Consumers will always be there but you don't have to enable them by providing the booze and locations that the criminal behaviors consequently stem from.

[@rickyeager5460]

Force Shelia Jackson Lee to move in her area, guaranteed she'd never leave her Washington Dc. Penthouse, to confront her ignorance

[@kencook7924]

Who is doing the crime

[@caramelking-zf8wu]

Col0n!zers !

[@eveharris30]

Black men.

[@kencook7924]

@@caramelking-zf8wu I live in all colonizer neighborhoods and we don't have any idiots shooting each other

[@kencook7924]

@@eveharris30 who raised them

[@robertanderson1986]

Well I thought that young black people were all about peace and love and joy and they weren't about all this abusive violence that goes on and the people that live there they better understand the third Ward was a thug Central before they ever moved in and it's going to remain a thug hotspot so you know what tough luck you should have done your homework

[@radfoo72]

Unsavory behavior from unsavory people. Big shocker.

[@713Mexi]

Lady got tha xanax voice

[@secondchance6603]

They don't care until it creeps into their nice neighborhood and then it's... different.

[@AY-nr5uy]

MOVE OF GHETTO HOUSTON

[@mandybradley3079]

That whole area are democrats. 😅😅😅😅

[@fallonnugent7951]

Good people should flood the area and rid these youths from taking over. Giving funds to the area will only exacerbate the corruption in this area. Move the bad guys out.

[@marksmith4602]

Wow, Deep Discussions. I bet majority of these people aren't born and raised in Houston on the tv interview. Outta towners. It's a movement in the area. You have all these lofts being built. An young Career minded people who have taken over the area. Due to the fact it's in the heart of town. But these issues have been here for many of years. But ignore when the area was basically own by certain people. Now your getting a New movement demands attention from the law enforcement.

[@mytowntrill5441]

Bullsht. It's Houston ppl.

[@fallonnugent7951]

I still foresee that there will be nothing done.. They keep talking about shoving money at the problem and will somehow magically solve the issue. oh, and an added "community discussion". The district head should be on the ground, in the middle of the night, and actually seeing the problems that is occuring in the late evenings. Then... she can either decide 1) we need "this type of police here" or, she can decide 2) there is no issue, "that's just our community; live with it"

[@youngkwak9931]

Take guns away this is what you voted for more guns

[@tbh-Ostrich]

Yep if we come down hard on guns them criminals doing human trafficking and bringing in ship loaded with illegal drugs will never figure out there's money in it. Lets call it prohibition 2.0.

[@radfoo72]

Legal guns don't mean shİt to criminals.

[@marcosreyes6485]

FEAR BOOKS!!! NOT GUNS!!! SAY NO TO LIBRARIES!!! BIBLE BELT!!! MERICA!!! 🤠

[@GlobalJGlobal]

Fear GOD only