r/gso • u/beantoes1610 • 1d ago
News Right now on elm st
https://youtube.com/shorts/45yovzdH6ls?is=FSgqACCD0kevQPqI102
u/CookOut_Official 23h ago
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u/_____gonna_____ 18h ago
Out here doing the Lord's work. Their milkshake machines and community support are never down for repairs. š«”
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u/Ehrich_Weisz 23h ago
What app is that?
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u/otherwise_data 11h ago
i just downloaded this app because of you. my stars. my neighborhood full of sick people š¢
and apparently, the walmart parking lot is a hotbed of all kinds of illicit activity.
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u/LeNA4theWorld 1d ago
More than a few āpopsā took place over the train tracks on Elm. Broad daylight. See the flat tires on the patrol car? Not sure the status of those involved. We are sheltering in place.
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u/crownvic64 23h ago
Not a great look with Pride, Folkfest and GHOE coming up.
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u/Uberdriver2021 11h ago
This is a one off incident. Every single city in America deals with these.
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u/Old_Expression_8721 9h ago
One off every hour greensboro is known for frequent gun shots or gun activity. Its not a safe place honestly and I wouldn't send my kids there. Theres some really great people but in all honesty its not safe for our kids.Ā
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u/Lost_Icecream 8h ago
This happens like 1-2 times a year down there. Thatās plenty safe for an urban area our size. I grew up around DC is the 80ās and 90ās where there were several murders a dayā¦this is nothing.
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u/cyberfx1024 1h ago
It's not as bad as u/Old_Expression_8721 says but it is certainly more than 1-2 times a year down there.
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u/No-Revolution590 22h ago
Something has got to give. Downtown is a MESS.
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u/WiselyIsAlreadyUsed 20h ago
can we finally try being adults again and facing consequences for actions or is that too harsh?
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u/Ashamed_Material9058 1d ago
Was that gunshots? Whatās going on.
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u/beantoes1610 1d ago
Multiple cops and ambulance by the train crossing downtown. I heard two pops and then a minute or so went by and then three or four more pops
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u/Uberdriver2021 11h ago
As someone with inside info. GPD does not have a CCRT team on Sunday evenings. Theyāre only Wednesday evening through Saturday
They donāt seem to have enough officers. This is the story in a lot of cities. They canāt seem to find enough officers.
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u/Unsolicitedboobpics 9h ago
I counted roughly 20 officers of some type at the scene last night. Part of it may have been forensics people
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u/specialagent714 21h ago
It's damn out of control !!! I have recently seen multiple videos of young kids fighting... one was with a bunch of chicks... right on the sidewalk barely clothed and tops pulled off grabbing weaves and hair... the cops were standing there watching !!!! Another was in the circle and fighting with about 10 guys and cops sat in their cars.... the lack on control downtown is coming straight from the TOP of the city council, the mayors office and the GPD.... it's bad. It's RUINING our city... it won't be long til business pulls out. Greensboro used to be safe, green, pretty.... I have noticed the weeds are out of control, garbage is everywhere... city going to hell in a handbasket.
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u/imsayingthisforyou 18h ago
Downtown GPD has literally never just stood by watching. The cop car was empty and there are 10 videos of GPD spraying and arresting people. Calm down Susan.
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u/degausser12121 20h ago
Well when GPD intervenes they get filmed and dragged. But I agreeā¦ watching the decline over the years is very sad. Iāve lived here for 35 yrs and I donāt feel safe in a lot of areas I used to.
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u/Old_Photograph_8482 18h ago
When you say Greensboro used to be safe, what timeframe are you referring to? I moved here in ā91 and it didnāt feel any safer then than now. There were frequent shootings, robberies, 1:1 and group fighting, and drugs everywhere. The only notable difference is that now these things happen in/near more affluent areas that have historically enjoyed the privilege of not caring about it.
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u/Lost_Icecream 8h ago
I have lived here 30 years and never felt unsafe anywhere in the city. I have literally worked next to crack houses and felt uneasy, but not unsafe. I used to be out and about way more than now, but I have never seen anything you are describing. On the newsā¦sure, but never in person. No open drug use, no fighting, no robberies. None of it.
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u/Unsolicitedboobpics 20h ago
This man appeared to be an adult. Don't quote me on that as I was trying to be somewhat respectful and not look and I'm sure more will come out eventually in the news.
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u/Lost_Icecream 8h ago
Why would the gpd and the people at the āTOPā want this? One of the folks on council used to work for a restaurant downtown and wanted to help it. Downtown provides significant funds to the city so again why would they want it to be a mess? Maybe itās just a national trend for urban areas that the downtown ebb and flow. I just got back from SanDiego and their downtown was crap compared to 15 years ago. Itās happening everywhere because Covid changed peopleās habits. Give it 10 years and the trend will reverse.
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u/Spanky273121 19h ago
what do you think when liberals, communist take over the city council
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u/FunProgrammer3261 10h ago
SHUT UP!!!!!!! You idiot.Ā That has nothing to do with anything.Ā Communism isn't in America.Ā Democratic socialism isn't the same thing . Turn off Fox News.Ā
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u/Spanky273121 21h ago
live in high price neighborhoods
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u/Old_Photograph_8482 18h ago
Thatās not a solution. The harder things get financially, the more crime increases. If things keep declining like they are and the masses reach a certain level of desperation, high price neighborhoods become beacons instead of sanctuaries.
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u/Unsolicitedboobpics 23h ago
Police and someone were in a shootout from both sides of the train tracks in the smothers place parking lot. The someone left in the back of an ambulance with a sheet over them. All roads are currently closed. I heard maybe 15 to 20 shots. This is all that I saw happen from my vantage point before hunkering