Were I to give bits and pieces of information and opinions to someone who has come from afar and wants to visit multiple places in the USA, one thing I would say is if there’s a Martin Luther King boulevard/avenue/road, stay away from it.
Memphis police are investigating a shooting that left a woman injured outside a Downtown Memphis hotel this weekend.
Police were called to the scene near the Arrive Hotel on South Main Street just before 8 p.m. Saturday.
The police report shows the victim was a woman from England. Police say she and another person were walking down Main Street when they heard gunshots and ducked for cover.
The 28-year-old was grazed on the left side of her head and in the right foot.
Police say people in a black Dodge Challenger and silver sedan were driving by and firing shots at each other.
The Challenger was reported stolen about two hours before the shooting. Officers later found the stolen car in the area of MLK Avenue and Second Street with several bullet holes.
The hotel these ladies were staying at is about six blocks away from where the car was found on MLK Avenue.
When I lived in Seattle, MLK Boulevard had the same reputation. Every city I’ve gone to that has a street named after MLK, has had the same problems.
It makes one wonder.
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Oakland ,Ca mlk street is not the place to be , unless your a negro lookin for trouble.
What was named Santa Barbara Avenue in L.A. was changed in 1983 to MLK Blvd, in time for ’84 Olympics. And, it fits. Did you ever go to the coliseum, exposition park or sports arena? It’s their southern border.
This is the Democrats fault and in particular Lyndon Johnson and Ted Kennedy. It was planned to change the culture of blacks and make them vote Democrat. The intent was to lock in the vote the cultural change to criminals and murders was the side effect. Free stuff gets you votes and the rules required to keep getting the free stuff destroys families and children.
Now look at the crime statistics for roads named for Cesar Chavez.