Nothing New..............

Saw this article and I could not believe it. This is defiantly a testament of what type of society that we live in . I just can't believe this issue had to be addressed in the media (see the article below) . East St. Louis is directly across the bridge from St. Louis, Missouri. I am originally from St. Louis and this type of thing has been going on for years and nothing has ever been said about it. I guess too many white folks got jacked for their cars, cause believe me they are primarily the people particapating in the "rentals". Tell me what you think.


Stolen car reports due to “dopefiend rentals” on rise in Illinois


05:48 PM CDT on Thursday, August 23, 2007
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(KMOV) - Reports of stolen vehicles in the Metro East are growing.
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In 2006 there were 560 reports of stolen of vehicles.
Already this year there have been 392 reports of stolen vehicles.
Stolen vehicles are problems on both sides of the Mississippi River.
On the east side of the river false reports of stolen vehicles are growing.
Sgt. Gary Brewer says "It’s frustrating we see a series of these we are tying up man power on these phony cases."
He goes on to say the source of the problem is what he calls ‘dope fiend rentals.’
The urban dictionary defines the term as:
"A vehicle obtained in trade for drugs usually for a set amount of time, and occasionally the owner will call it stolen."
Out of the fifty cars reported stolen a week in Madison and St. Clair County two of those cases are dope fiend rentals.
Sgt. Brewer showed News 4 where some of these false reports were coming from.
He took News 4 down 9th Street in East St. Louis.
Then Sgt. Brewer parked his truck and showed how sometimes even prostitutes get in the mix.
He says sometimes the women exchange sex for the use of the car and not returning it.
"If you come with intent to use your car for drugs and file a false report we will prosecute," Brewer says.
Reporting a false crime is considered a felony.
The chief of police in East St. Louis says the department is cracking down on dope fiend rentals.