The following article downplays how dangerous the situation is, but since the reaction to the mayhem is to have armed guards stationed at pools to protect life guards from “unruly teenagers” we can assume that unruly here is a euphemism for murdering, raping, thieving criminality:

BUFFALO, N.Y. (CBS) ― Armed security guards have been posted at public pools in Buffalo after a lifeguard was pulled into the water by rowdy teenagers and other unruly behavior prompted safety concerns for parks employees.

The city’s eight public outdoor pools were shut down last Thursday after fights broke out and a locker room was vandalized.

At one pool, a 16-year-old lifeguard says she was yanked by her ankles into the water when she tried to restore order. She says she struck her head on a drain and then was repeatedly dunked by several teenagers until another lifeguard rescued her.

The teen was treated at a Buffalo hospital for a mild concussion.

City parks officials say security guards were on duty over the weekend and will be working at the pools for the rest of the summer.

Buffalo News has a more in-depth article including an audio interview with Public Works Commissioner Steven J. Stepniak. Read the article and notice the disconnect between what officials say is happening and the reports by people there. Packs of young men are terrorizing the public pools, and the only workable solution is to have armed guards there?

This is a break down of basic law and order that has nothing to do with the heat wave, the current financial situation or any other excuse people will use for these thugs’ attacks on women and children. These young men, described as between 16 and 21, have been raised with no respect for others, for rules or for their own safety. This is why the coming depression will be so dangerous, because if these men will damn near kill a teenage lifeguard at a pool for fun what will they do when their parents’ unemployment runs out? When the grocery shelves are empty? When the power is out indefinitely?

Arm yourselves. And if you live in a state that makes it hard for you to defend yourself move. I’d rather live in a van in a state where I am allowed to defend my family then a mansion where the state demands you allow thugs like these to rape your family to death while they send a patrol over.