Rabbi Will McCubbin, China Grove, N.C.
♦ Several years ago Salisbury City Councilman William “Pete” Kennedy prophesied that one day Salisbury would become the Silicon Valley of the East. He might’ve been talking about Fibrant, but sometimes the Almighty works in strange and mysterious ways. Saturday Pete’s prophesy came to pass when silicon went flying from shot out windows at Wendy’s and at Captain D’s Seafood Restaurant on East Innes. Both are up the Street from the Waffle House whose window glass went flying from a similar shooting.
Is the Bury on a permanent mischief night? Or were these errant shots from someone with bad intentions desiring to leave a victim facedown in a stack of waffles or a pile of fish sticks?
What is chilling to many people I’ve spoken with in the Bury are that they believe the Salisbury Police are downgrading crimes or not even bothering to record reports so the city will look better statistically. Bad game to play. It puts people in harms way by creating a false sense of safety where none is deserved.
I even hear people in Fulton Heights tell others the crime in the Salisbury is the same as anywhere else. Denial or cover-up? Make no mistake 11 unsolved murders are on the books in Salisbury. Likely more if that 77 year-old woman, who was murdered, doesn’t get spun as a “falling” accident.
Salisbury has become a place to avoid. The violence can’t be hidden. If you have to go there, carry heat. Get a concealed carry permit. Learn how to effectively utilize your firearm so you will know what to do in the tight space.
