Brookfield
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This programme is running on TV over here, & last night an English cop was seconded to the Chigago police force, while he was there, they allowed him to make comments, as you will all know Chicago is a tough neighbourhood, one of the points our guy made, [a huge guy, very muscular, shaved head, who wrestled an offender to the ground as we watched] remarked on their cool attitude to D & D, drink & drive offenders, automatic question "how many drinks you guys had", same answer every time, "two", Officer, "no more, OK, on your way", as he said that would never happen in Britain, a response vehicle would be called & they'd be taken off, he reckons that they are only interested in gang crimes, which are admittedlly a huge problem there, as they are in New York, & many other cities, we witnessed running battles between rival gangs, also between police & gangs, plenty of gunfire, we were shown the wounds, the Chicago cops said that a gang member would pick out an innocent guy on a street & shoot him just because of the way he was dressed, the guy might be wearing a green shirt, & would be shot or knifed just because that was a colour that his gang wore, I'm not naive, but I was blown away by this.