“But to respond would be “racism.”
How about “responding with 9mm “racism?”
The poor soul that does that is in deep. deep. deep trouble with the law. If the police don’t mess with them, you know that they are hot. As in poison. Best not to attend the downtown events. When the money men lose enough money, they will put pressure on the right individuals to clean it up. That is what happened years ago in Florida. The local hoodlums were robbing and raping tourists all over the State to the point that it was affecting tourism. Even at the Inter State rest stops. Then presto: The rest stops suddenly had armed guards or State Troopers 24/7 and the local police began arresting the hoodlums, the Courts began handing out stiff prison sentences. The robbing and raping dropped to about zero, the tourists came back and everyone was happy. With the exception of the ALCU.