Comments on: Downtown Boise Continues Crime Spree

By: ericn1300

ericn1300 — Fri, 04 May 2012 02:22:57 +0000

OMG It’s a veritable crime spree in downtown Boise. I know it because the Boise Guardian has highlighted the nightly violence occurring 360 days a year such as the gang related shooting in which no one actually died, just one wanna be gang banger with a leg wound, But wait, wait there was a Melee downtown also at 2 A.M. (prime family time) where a couple of drunks were arrested. OK that’s two nights without anything other than sensationalized stories plucked from the front pages. BG, what do you have for the other 358 days? I lived on 5th just south of Main and my brother clerked at the 5th and main market back in the 70”s when Vern was still on patrol. Things are a damn sight better there now.

By: dog

dog — Wed, 02 May 2012 21:33:13 +0000

Legalize pot. Stoners don’t get violent. Or better yet, can’t we just all be Mormon?

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:20:55 +0000

Explains why you don’t like people speaking the truth about cops

By: Clancy

Clancy — Wed, 02 May 2012 05:11:16 +0000

BG- You were a cop?

EDITOR NOTE–Yup. Also a state Law Enforcement Commissioner during the first Andrus administration.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:52:11 +0000

But Rifter, that doesn’t fit the narrative of the Boise Guardian that Boise is an awful place because of Dave Bieter.

EDITOR NOTE–Dave, why do you inject the mayor in the issue? There is more “action” downtown on weekends than there used to be in Garden City when I was a copper there! GC had a bad rep in those days if you have been around long enough to recall.

By: BigPic

BigPic — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:38:22 +0000

I agree, it is a few that ruin it for the rest. Anytime there is a bar area in a college town, there will be a few fights and disturbances, goes with the territory. Cops here are on the spot when there is a problem and keep them from escalating. A few times there are mass issues which mean more police come in, and they squash it fast, get the instigators out and it goes back to people having a good time.

By: Rifter

Rifter — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:16:11 +0000

Hmmm… crack down on the bar scene, because you have a minute number of bad apples. I have gone down there a lot of times, and had a lot of fun. Just be aware of your surroundings. Some people get stupid when they drink. Target them, remove them, leave the rest of the 99.9% of the people alone.

By: Dixieland Delight

Dixieland Delight — Tue, 01 May 2012 04:57:48 +0000

What do people expect when there is such a high concentration of bars in such a small area. So much so that the police department has deemed it such a problem they have designated a special team just to police this area. My solution is that the Alcohol Beverage Control needs to do more enforcement on the bars for over-service to their patrons and it would cut down on a lot of the fall down out of control drunks downtown

By: Zippo

Zippo — Tue, 01 May 2012 03:34:28 +0000

Ronin & Porc: Everywhere in the country the cities/states make a bucket off the booze sales and related rent/fees. Everywhere in the country they spill out into the streets and cause trouble/damage/DUI/death. This is an issue which the governments could moderate if they could get by without the money they haul in. (Which is proven possible by the past btw, just look at inflation adjusted budget vs. population for decades past.)

KR: It’s really bad in Minneapolis and the new $ trillion train did not fix it. Portland either. They do have a train in New Mexico; does anyone know if they still have bar fights and drunk losers in the streets down there?

By: Porcupine

Porcupine — Tue, 01 May 2012 02:59:22 +0000

Mr. g
Come to Idaho City at 1 AM at Harley’s on main street and you will see some real fights. Idaho City’s new logo is “A Gem in the Rough”….Well the Rough is right.

Boise is weak sauce.