My Cousin is Dead and I Had to Call the Cops on My Neighbors

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Another Fourth of July has come and gone. I am glad to see this one go. The last few days have been sad, as my cousin was taken off life support after experiencing complications following emergency brain surgery to treat a burst aneurysm. She is gone now and she leaves behind two minor children, who her adult son is trying to get custody of, I guess. If someone had told me when we were younger that she would die at the age of 41, I don't think I would have believed it. But nobody lives forever, even people who you take for granted will always exist. Our town was turned into a war zone tonight as tons of inconsiderate people set off illegal fireworks. Our city doesn't have an official fireworks display anymore, so the illegal ones have gotten increasingly worse over the years. This year our city ran a big ad campaign encouraging us to narc on our neighbors, but a lot of good that did. I called the cops two hours ago on my neighbors for setting off illegal fireworks in the parking lot right next to our building (an area that is surrounded by other buildings and very large trees) but the cops never even bothered to show up. I don't know how the city expects people to take their threats of fining them seriously if they don't even bother to enforce the law. Allegedly people who get caught setting off illegal fireworks will be fined $1,000, but I doubt anyone actually got caught. And they know they won't get caught so they just keep on doing it. Anyway, things are finally quieting down over here and my poor cat is starting to relax. He's been terrified all evening. Too bad people can't bother to celebrate the Fourth of July in a legal way that doesn't turn the neighborhood into a mock war zone or put the safety of their neighbors' homes at risk.