To stop this happening, we must at the very least overcome the feeling of impotence - that whatever we as individuals do makes no difference. But curing existing sores is only the first step. Next comes preventive medicine that stops crime happening in the first place. For example, San Diego churches organized to close a market selling alcohol to minors. By getting involved in the political process, citizens stopped the fostering of negative and illegal activities.
Farmers are currently on the receiving end of a crime spree.
By the laws of any land, they are criminals, pure and simple. Thus far, we have responded to their acts in patchy fashion, but the Wisconsin indictment last month of two animal activists shows what we can achieve when we do things right. Without key evidence provided to law enforcement by an alert fur farmer, those indictments would never have been issued. First and foremost, as potential targets of crime, we must be constantly vigilant. The police cannot possibly guard all of our farms.