Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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Monday, a letter carrier was robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight in Harvey. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Harvey Police Department are investigating and have announced a reward for the tip that leads to the arrest of the suspects still believed to be armed and dangerous.
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USPS should follow the lead of Amazon and other companies who stopped making deliveries in dangerous areas. Let those residents get their mail at a facility outside the danger zone. In areas where armed robberies are common, the mail carrier should not set foot.
Tell them to dial 911 for help like the rest of us.
Here’s a thought; mailman need to have range time included in their training.
Your mail isn’t worth a mailman’s life. The mail carrier isn’t going to risk his life defending himself against 4 armed thugs after some master key. And that’s the problem with the ‘hood. The saying “an armed society makes a polite society” doesn’t work in the hood. It works everywhere else on earth except the hood. They unfortunately just end up shooting each other. The problem is that society needs to operate in a way that prevents the mail man from getting mugged in the first place. But society has broken down in the ghetto and anyone with anything of… Read more »
Yep and even if they’re caught they’re too black or too brown to be incarcerated for their crimes.