My husband shared a story of his cousin.
His cousin lives on the Navajo reservation. Recently he went to the closest store by car and bought some snack. When he went back to his car, there were three teenagers hanging around his car.
The boys told the cousin to give them a ride to town. They said that, not nicely but in an intimidating way.
The cousin was not planning to go to town at that time. He replied to them he could not. The teenager boys started showing their attitude and trying to force the cousin to give them a ride. The boys called the cousin “old man.”
The cousin is just 37 years old. He is not an old man at all. The cousin needed to teach the boys a small lesson. I am not going to write down in details of what he actually did to teach them.
Luckily, the cousin was physically built up and able to protect himself. I am glad he was safe. But what about other local people such as elders or women who are not strong as him?
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When I heard this story, I felt uncomfortable. It was not in the middle of the night. It happened in the day time. And it happened in the local store where the local people regularly use.
According to my in-laws, the crime rate in their area has been getting higher recently. Mainly the crimes were done by teenagers or gang members.
Some families needed to install a burglar bar in all the glass windows and a security camera to protect them and their belongings.
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Now that our homesite is officially approved, we can move there anytime on our preferable timing. However, when we had a meeting with the broker for building a new house, they strongly suggested us to install a burglar bar in all the windows along with a security system. Their suggestions made us ponder to build a house there.
I feel sad about the facts that the holy land is not safe area anymore.
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