Re: [Harp-L] NJ cops hassle Dylan

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Aug 18, 2009, at 12:00 PM, Bill Kumpe wrote:

> RE:  They must have been racial profiling.
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> I don't know if race really has as much to do with it as location.   
> Minority
> on minority crime in many of these neighborhoods is just as bad or  
> worse
> than cross racial crime.  I would see it as just the wrong person,  
> wrong
> place, wrong time.  Also, the British tabloids are reporting that  
> good ole
> Bob has "wandered away" before.  Eccentricity, boredom, senility,  
> Howard
> Hughes syndrome, who knows?
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> Bill Kumpe
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> Tulsa, OK

Bob Zimmerman was born in 1941. I can see where a number of people  
would know who he was in 1961 (20 years). I can also see where some  
people would know who he was in 1981(40 years). But, (apparently)  
these police were born AFTER 1981 and so, by logical assumption by a  
normally prudent person, knowing who he was by 2001 (60 years) would  
already be a little iffy. For example. I happen to be almost 67 and  
could feaseably have 47 year old children and 27 year old grand  
children (and 7 year old GREAT grand children) lololol. I (for one)  
wouldn't expect my grandchildren to know who he was.

Now I can't speak for anyone else, but If, for example, I found a 68  
year old man who LOOKED like a 68 year old man walking around in ANY  
neighborhood, I would want to know why? My reasons would be:
1... was he disoriented
2... possibly a 'walk away' from a 'home'
3... seeking a prostitute (some areas have high incidences of stds)
4... seeking drugs (isn't as far fetched as you may think)
5... was he lost
6... did someone dump him (like an irate wife) lolol
7... did his car break down...and where was it? was it being stripped?
8... Is the neighborhood generally safe
and yada yada yada

In other words, our outfit had a primary goal: It was: "Safety to the  
public". Anyone who has ever watched 'Dr. G. medical examiner' has  
seen where dead people are found and the good doctor has to find out  
why. It's always better to prevent an unnecessary death. It would  
sure bother me if Bobby was found dead after tripping off of a curb  
in the dark because some street light was out.

AND, here's the FIRST question I had when I read the story. "What was  
a person in Dylan's position doing looking at houses in an  
(obviously) run down neighborhood? Was he looking for inspiration for  
a song? Like Paul Simon's 'My Little Town', or Billy Joel's  
'Allentown'? " lolol

just food for thought.          smo-joe Il Morte Forte