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Nadra Enzi

"Nadra Enzi aka Cap Black is a contributor to Canada Free Press, a security writer on touchy topics; security advisor/founder of Borrow A Brother volunteer safety escorts for female friends concerned about carjackings robbery and sexual assault. $realbrocap on Cash App."

Most Recent Articles by Nadra Enzi:

What Louisiana's New Constitutional Carry Law Means To A "Safety Creator" Like Me

In order to walk to my favorite neighborhood store two blocks away in a New Orleans neighborhood near the world famous French Quarter, I must stroll through a conflict zone where six people were murdered last year.

If I follow current law,.I can't legally conceal a firearm for self defense without a state concealed carry permit.

- Friday, March 1, 2024

Loitering Is Not A Good Look

I spent part of this afternoon watching two teen Brothers hang too close to unit beside mine and huddled around my front gate for roughly two hours.

Residents of stable areas where boundaries are reflectively respected might have puzzled looks on their faces after reading the above passage.

They may even rhetorically ask, "Why would these young guys linger so near your place?"

Aside from smoking marijuana, whose scent wafted into my living room through a damaged air conditioner screen from a thwarted home invasion attempt, their purpose was up for speculation.

- Sunday, February 11, 2024

Creating "Safe Fun" During Mardi Gras

Protectors and event planners have their work cut out for them during Carnival season, otherwise known as Mardi Gras.

Inclusive. Effusive. Streets, sidewalks, nightspots and "TPS"-temporary party spots- host huge, happy crowds in various states of inebriation.

- Thursday, January 25, 2024

'Here First!" Is My Policy Motto and Mantra.

'Here First!," is my policy motto and mantra as I see unhoused and barely housed people struggle while billions are sent to a proxy war in Eastern Europe with no end in sight.

Drug addiction enabled by bad border policy and broken psyches demand same attention as borders belonging to other countries.

- Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Strangers Sitting On Front Stairs

Voices outside my living room window tonight inspired the following addition to ongoing observation:

I'm not from here, and am a safety advocate, so the whole "strangers sitting in my front stairs" thing, especially at night, is concerning despite living in New Orleans since 2009.

Any odd sounds or voices near my home will be inspected, often with me easing the front door open and surprising person(s) on the stairs.

- Sunday, December 10, 2023

Borrow A Brother Coalition

Please don't tell my diehard capitalist friends nor private protection peers but most of my Safety, capital "S" creation is done for free!

See why I told you not to tell them! Lol

No, in case you're wondering, I haven't taken a monastic vow of poverty.

- Sunday, December 10, 2023

Targeted Vs Targeters

As an urban stakeholder and safety creator who is occasionally paid (lol) to create it, I talk to the targeted (good people who dont bother anyone) about mobilizing to displace bad intentions of those targeting them.

Well adjusted folks shudder at the mere thought of someone targeting them for physical harm and material loss. I advise them to readjust tactics not beliefs regarding those paying them the wrong kind of attention.

- Friday, June 23, 2023

Black Safety in This Era of 'Blue' (Police) Defunding

Part of what I call my "safety creation theory" involves passing the baton of probable cause to police officers for action.

Black safety in this era of 'blue' (police) defunding makes that baton pass prone to being pushed away or dropped as gale force political winds knock it out of officers' grasp.

Liberal refusal to adequately charge, prosecute and convict career criminals has led to a boom in violent crime, theft and burglaries accompanying a bust in police manpower and motivation to do the job.

For years I've combated policies and unofficial postures making officers and police executives look like they're either too scared or too disinterested to do their jobs.

- Wednesday, June 14, 2023

#SafeFun Is In the Palm of Our Very Hands

#SafeFun Is In the Palm of Our Very HandsBe VERY careful this Mardi Gras season of group fights and mass shootings outside or worse--inside Carnival crowded venues. Negative New Orleans trends in shootings and departing NOPD officers strongly suggest events will play host to unwelcome aggression seen daily in our neighborhoods. Any sign of drama getting too hot, too fast with too few #protectors and #protection protocols (pat searches and metal detectors, etc) is THE warning sign you should heed to quickly leave!
- Thursday, January 5, 2023

People Shouldn't Be Attacked

People Shouldn't Be AttackedSome things in Safety are no-brainers or at least should be: • People shouldn't be attacked because of how they look; who they love; who they loathe; how they vote; whether officials agree with their activism or for any other reason. Expanding reasons we shouldn't be attacked should easily include and is by no means exhaustive:
- Friday, November 4, 2022

Another Famous Young Brother Gone

Migos hip hop group, TakeoffI'm not going to editorialize overly long regarding the murder of Migos hip hop group member, Takeoff. Moments like this always underscore what I call an Urban Apocalypse brothers must fight with same evangelical zeal as we do outside opposition. A hungry death culture that didn't always exist among us nonetheless roams our community now and inflicts sudden violence that we must mobilize and mentor to displace and, through time, deprogram.
- Tuesday, November 1, 2022

'People of Color' Translated From White Liberal-ese

Nadra EnziThe phrase, "people of color," is White liberal-ese for avoiding addressing Black concerns as a unique category and mushing us into a White liberal-led lump with every other ethnicity as they shape our priorities to fit into their, not our, agenda. Surprise!, I'm not a "person of color." I'm a person of my own color, my own context and my own community.
- Wednesday, October 19, 2022

When Both Parties Count Politics As More Important Than People, Something Isn't Adding Up

When Both Parties Count Politics As More Important Than People, Something Isn't Adding UpI've learned that, so long as they aren't being disrespectful, I can converse with partisans on the Left and Right sides of the political aisle. When helping crime victims, doing security assignments or appearing on other platforms, I've engaged liberals, conservatives, libertarians, moderates, Black nationalists and everything in-between and beyond.
- Sunday, October 9, 2022

We must create our own safety

We must create our own safetyPlease consider: New Orleans mayor, DA and sheriff are content to produce insecurity while local parish executive committees of both parties are more interested in counting votes and donations than dead or wounded citizens. Creating our own safety amid such insecurity production enabled at the highest levels means organizing at the lowest common denominators. The following list is by no means exhaustive: Awareness practice; deciding what, if any, weapons one is comfortable with; making accompanying each other more intentional, reviewing access control of homes and public spaces; investing in or joining mentor organizations and deciding if engaging youth and adults in crisis as an individual mentor is an option.
- Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Street Piracy By Another Name

Street Piracy By Another NameJust like European pirates of old and African ones now off the coast of Somalia, streets of America are roamed by those I call street pirates, more commonly described as car jackers. Women I talk to drive on or near 'E' for fear of being attacked while pumping gas. This unsafe situation birthed my Borrow A Brother volunteer safety escorts, specifically in response to street piracy as part of advocacy and security advice.
- Tuesday, September 27, 2022

New Orleans Crowned America's Murder Capital

New Orleans Crowned America's Murder CapitalNew Orleans inglorious (and inevitable) milestone as America's murder capital once again, makes several systemic points which can no longer be ignored: • New Orleans police reform has been an epic failure, so much so that officers no longer feel obligated to answer calls not deemed "important enough" nor even classify rape as sexual assault, among many other outright derelictions of duty. • New Orleans charter school carpet bagging has not changed behavioral norms given the number of violent juvenile career criminals enrolled in booming businesses disguised as public schools.
- Tuesday, September 20, 2022

The Next Heroic Security Officer

The Next Heroic Security Officer, Aaron SalterThink of Aaron Salter, slain heroic Buffalo mass shooting security officer next time you see a bouncer, armed security officer in a supermarket like he was, or any private professional creating safety. It's not the old days anymore. The sight of somebody on watch isn't the safety slam dunk it once was and truthfully, ups the ante for that person to be assaulted or worse, first. Security professionals face sudden violence as a norm, just like popularly considered high risk occupations bounty hunters, law enforcement and increasingly, surprisingly (to some) store clerks, in these trying times.
- Monday, May 16, 2022

Shhhh, Don't Warn Trouble Show Trouble!

Shhhh, Don't Warn Trouble Show Trouble!The following came to mind during today's installments of daily deliberation upon limiting liberalism's role in rampant lack of security in society: We're under no mandate to issue warnings to violent egotists who may cross our paths. In fact, I urge not issuing warnings should you encounter such destructive mindsets. Let whatever defense (philosophical or physical) you so choose within comfort zones and the law, come as a total surprise.
- Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Power Watching At Night

Power Watching At NightI don't sleep much. In a city whose criminals have highest self esteem in America, deep slumber may actually aid and abet these malcontents. Hence, my Power Watches done at night as a safeguard. I call it a Power Watch because we must displace negative Power misused upon innocent people. My late maternal grandfather was a great Power Watcher who'd loudly rattle bedroom window blinds to let night time talkers outside know someone was watching. Another example of how he used his Power was always wearing a holstered snubnosed .357 revolver when going out after sundown.
- Saturday, February 12, 2022

What I Do About Car Break-ins and Car Jacking

What I Do About Car Break-ins and Car JackingI'm not super sleuth Easy Rawling nor Muhammad Ali but am inspired by them and more to stand up for my community. At my last two consulting contracts the ugly shadow of car break-ins fell over parking lots belonging to the building where I managed security. Not surprisingly, I stationed myself in the lot with the most break-ins and warded off area thieves. The direct approach is often the best one. Before and after the break-in spree I'd also walk female patrons and staff to their cars since harassment and robbery routinely happened in that area.
- Tuesday, February 8, 2022

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