Comments on: Decatur Police Have Increased Patrols on Square Over the Past Year

By: MoveAside

MoveAside — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:25:19 +0000

It’s 4/20 and I would like to volunteer to be an undercover drug buyer. I understand it is an unpaid position. Not a problem.

By: karass

karass — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:22:26 +0000

Duh. That explains it.

By: Johnny Ego

Johnny Ego — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:08:52 +0000

I think marijuana should be legal and available for purchase by any adult. But people who stand on a street corner and sell an illegal substance (weed, meth, heroin, moonshine, beer stolen from the back of a truck . . .) to school children are not nice people, and we don’t need them around here. I’d put this higher on the DPD’s priority list than writing speeding tickets.

By: Parker Cross

Parker Cross — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:12:48 +0000

Karass, traffic was bizarre last night, particularly on the west side near the post office. Last minute tax filers, presumably. Lots of crazy U-turns, cars backed up both ways on Ponce. Had to take the long way home to avoid it.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 06:07:16 +0000

There’s always the citizen approach, if you’re on the square and see some nefarious drug dealing happening, do you
a) call DPD
b) call DPD, then video said actions with phone
c) ask said person to leave the square, and if they trip, and you trip as well and don’t let them up until DPD arrives
d) baton to the back of the legs, hogtie said dealer and wait for DPD

I’m NOT advising any solutions other than calling DPD,
just wondering what the mass populace would do

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 06:01:35 +0000

Tomorrow’s headline:
TEACHER SUSPENDED FOR ASKING KIDS WHERE TO BUY DRUGS! STORY AT 11!

By: karass

karass — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:07:12 +0000

Ditto for folks who think crosswalks only apply to daytime. Had wonderful evening tonight, sans enfants, walking around to, from, and around downtown Decatur. But twice I encountered long lines of cars racing through downtown Decatur after dark, completely oblivious to the crosswalks, never mind me standing in them. Made me think that maybe drugs on the Square are not the highest priority….

Visited Pita Pit for the first time and got a half-salad, half-babaganoush pita to-go and it was totally delicious. Perfect place when you want something tasty to go and need a break from Chick Fil A and McDonalds.

By: Keith F

Keith F — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:23:59 +0000

That has bad idea written all over it.

“Hey kids. Anyone know where to score some weed or meth?”