Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130804:16:39:00
Led to the understanding that if the criminal element sees that something is not being taken care of they'll take advantage of that absence of control of authority. think of it as weeding a garden, the idea if you don't weed your garden the weeds will kill even the strongest tree and certainly the flowers and police say broken windows can be described as things that affect a neighborhood that are not necessarily crimes against an individual but basically destroy neighborhoods such as graffiti, abandoned vehicles, trash that is not picked up, prostitution that's not dealt with, gangs hanging on...
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