—while I mostly agree with the “let ‘em stew in their own juice” philosophy, there must be some decent people in that six-block area —what about them and their property?
“there must be some decent people in that six-block area”
Homework time ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Hill_(Seattle)
They essentially have the following choices:
1) Do nothing
2) Appeal to their city appointed (Police Chief) and elected officials to do their jobs and enforce laws equally and take back the neighborhood streets
3) Bring a recall action to the elected officials
3) Take action into their own hands and raise their own neighborhood militia - vigilantism
4) Move
They can go visit their elected officials