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Anti-Gang Leader Says 4/20 Shooting Was ‘Crips On Crips’ (Denver)
CBS4 ^ | April 24, 2013

Posted on 04/26/2013 6:40:27 AM PDT by george76

Investigators are still looking for the person who opened fire during the 4/20 celebration at Denver’s Civic Center Park.

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Leon Kelly, leader of an anti-gang organization, says the shooting during the 4/20 rally was predictable. He says tensions in gang neighborhoods are already high and they spilled over in the park. He says the violence wasn’t between rival gangs.

Kelly says the shooting was violence between members of the same gang and Denver investigators agree.

“Over the last number of months you had friction between in-house battles, Crips on Crips,” Kelly said.

Nobody was seriously injured in the shooting, but they could have been

(Excerpt) Read more at denver.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: banglist; crips; druggangs; gangs; guncontrol; secondamendment

1 posted on 04/26/2013 6:40:27 AM PDT by george76
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To: george76

Got their guns at an Amish gun show?


2 posted on 04/26/2013 6:41:59 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory (ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government)
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To: george76

NOT Amish?

Color me surprised!


3 posted on 04/26/2013 6:42:28 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (LBJ declared war on poverty and lost. Barack Obama declared war on prosperity and won. /csmusaret)
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To: george76

So they threw the same signs at each other and knew to open fire.


4 posted on 04/26/2013 6:44:48 AM PDT by AppyPappy (You never see a massacre at a gun show.)
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To: george76

So why are crips allowed to have guns in this state in which law abiding citizens are harassed by democrats about their guns?


5 posted on 04/26/2013 6:44:49 AM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: showme_the_Glory

Oh cripes, crips on crips.
Such barbarity would never occur with the Bloods.


6 posted on 04/26/2013 6:47:15 AM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: george76

Nobody was seriously injured in the shooting, but they could have been...”

Brilliant statement.


7 posted on 04/26/2013 6:48:09 AM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: george76

So gang members are killing each other. I fail to see the problem here.


8 posted on 04/26/2013 6:54:31 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Some people take there grammar way to seriously.)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

The problem is that no gang members actually killed each other here.


9 posted on 04/26/2013 6:57:12 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring

Yeah, that actually IS a bit of a problem. There’s also the small matter of gangbangers being lousy shots...


10 posted on 04/26/2013 6:59:09 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Some people take there grammar way to seriously.)
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To: george76

It’s too bad that all of these media outlets don’t go after gangs with the same gusto they go after law-abiding citizens exercising their 2d Amendment rights.


11 posted on 04/26/2013 7:15:33 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Obama's vision - No Job is a Good Job)
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To: george76

I guess these gang members just had to have so much medical pot they got a little out of control.

Hey, if they confine themselves to killing each other, who cares?

More human debris from the drug culture.

Maybe we could get them a few tons of Paraquat laced pot.


12 posted on 04/26/2013 7:24:20 AM PDT by Wurlitzer (Nothing says "ignorance" like Islam!)
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To: All

WHAT 4/20 celebration??


13 posted on 04/26/2013 7:28:13 AM PDT by jackibutterfly (Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth. :-))
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To: george76

Red on red at no net loss to society?


14 posted on 04/26/2013 7:29:45 AM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: Little Ray

Blue on blue.


15 posted on 04/26/2013 7:41:39 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: jackibutterfly

Marijauna love fest.


16 posted on 04/26/2013 9:01:47 AM PDT by mykroar (Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.-Thomas Paine)
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To: george76
"Wait... whut?"


17 posted on 04/26/2013 9:05:13 AM PDT by SparkyBass
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To: george76

That’s what I figured from the start.


18 posted on 04/26/2013 11:17:13 AM PDT by TigersEye (If babies had guns they wouldn't be aborted)
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To: Ouchthatonehurt
Oh cripes, crips on crips.
Such barbarity would never occur with the Bloods.

LOL!! Reminds me of the old joke about the difference between lace curtain Irish and shanty Irish.

19 posted on 04/26/2013 4:34:53 PM PDT by Hardastarboard (Buck Off, Bronco Bama)
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