Nadra Enzi

#SafeFun Is In the Palm of Our Very Hands

Be 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!

People Shouldn't Be Attacked

Some 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:

Another Famous Young Brother Gone

I'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.

'People of Color' Translated From White Liberal-ese

The 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.

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

I'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.

We must create our own safety

Please 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.

Street Piracy By Another Name

Just 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.

New Orleans Crowned America's Murder Capital

New 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.

The Next Heroic Security Officer

Think 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.

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.

Power Watching At Night

I 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.

What I Do About Car Break-ins and Car Jacking

I'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.

Will Constitutional Carry Magically Make Brothers into Cop Killers?

I just tweeted: "Real case: Years ago at a bus stop I was a block and a half from a drive by shooting, complete with ricochets! Had shooters circled back to fire on me and other person, obeying law would hav left me unarmed and in an untenable position. I'm human enough to deserve Constitutional Carry. -"Cap Black"

Snapshot of Liberalism

Not that I need reminders to oppose this ideology but this picture is the ugly daily sight (and sounds when work crew is here) greeting me after of a year and a half of ignored complaints about city ordinance violations the City of New Orleans refuses to enforce. This snapshot of liberalism is a warning shot of what America could easily resemble if such intense indifference isn't voted out of office.

Not a Sympathetic Figure!

New Orleans: So the big, bad woman killer in the Portia Pollock tragedy was waiting at his mommy's house yesterday for a ride to turn himself in- according to his mother in a media interview. Fortunately, NOPD officers and deputy US marshals were able to give him a ride to the Orleans Parish Justice Center for booking. This failed "man" is a member of my generation. This fact alone establishes he was more than old enough to understand how wrong this was. Political enablers of violent crime often use youth as an (empty) excuse.

RIP David Dorn, a Real Brother!

Retired St Louis police captain David Dorn was murdered one year ago, on June 2nd, 2020, bitterly ironic is his being a Black casualty of looters during protests against police brutality. I have a special place in my heart for community champions like him. Liberal media often overlooks Black men who lawfully patrol as private citizens, mediate and mentor in areas sorely needing such Internal support. Too often the career criminal or opportunistic rioter gets top billing because their behavior advances the Narrative to which liberals have sworn full allegiance.

You Can't Have Social Justice Amid Social Collapse

NOTE: This post is about conditions in New Orleans but it could dlscribe many urban areas. When your Black police superintendent tells the public his agency is arresting career criminals but your Black District Attorney isn't prosecuting them, it's time to sit the DA down and ask him, Brother, do citizens need to sue your office to make it do its job?

Americans are Real Superheroes

In 2008, inspired by lifelong love of epic fiction which is the American superhero genre and folks actually dressing up in real life as superhero activists, I selected the name "Cap Black" as an umbrella under which safety advocacy and outreach operated. The "Black" in Cap Black means, Brotherhood-Loyalty-Ability-Courage-Kindness, five principles available to anyone regardless of color. It's been a wild ride. The Depression during the second term of George W Bush set the bleak backdrop for homeless outreach and political advocacy as Occupy Wall Street factions sprouted across the country. Obviously, I'm not a conventional conservative. Bounty hunting, speaking up for police in anti police neighborhoods and speaking out against community crime and prejudiced policing aren't usual endeavors for conventional conservatives.

My Own American Heartbreak

For many, myself included, the American Dream became nightmarish since last year's entry into pandemic policy repercussions. Last year's national First Shutdown, subsequent city, county and state shutdowns, in addition to other restrictions, leave millions wondering how will they maintain an increasingly tenuous grip on solvency... and sanity. Unpaid bills raining down on heads from coast to coast hit harder than punches from an MMA champion.

As a Freedomist, Even If the GOP and Donald Trump Didn't Exist I'd Still Overwhelmingly Oppose Liberalism

As a Freedomist, Even If the GOP and Donald Trump Didn't Exist I'd Still Overwhelmingly Oppose Liberalism. A little known fact is my overwhelming opposition to liberal colonization has nothing to do with Republicans or Donald Trump. I wasn't red pilled or gulped another bit of righty pharmacology that transformed me from a liberal colonist to a free person. It was clear from childhood that liberals were playing bait and switch bigotry where they deflect across the aisle while becoming overlords ruling the Black community.