Posted on 08/03/2023 1:57:26 PM PDT by grundle
After recent violent incidents in Watts that injured nine and claimed two lives, community leaders have decided something must be done.
“We done hit bottom, everybody,” said Cynthia Mendenhall at a news conference in the neighborhood on Tuesday. The former gang member, who has lost loved ones to gang violence, said it was evident in the fact that family members couldn’t even be sure of their safety when crossing certain streets to pay respect to fallen loved ones.
Leaders have now called on Watts residents not to congregate in large groups for the rest of 2023.
Cummings and his peers on the Watts Gang Task Force determined it’s best for Watts families to avoid big crowds and large gatherings for the remainder of the year.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Good advice. Everyone knows gang bangers can’t shoot straight, so if you don’t congregate in groups, they have a very low chance of hitting anyone.
This is what the government wants for all of us.
To so terrorize us that we lock ourselves down voluntarily and fear to go anywhere or do anything, while criminals and gangs run rampant and create chaos and anarchy.
Well, because the gang that stops shooting first loses.
Avoid large gatherings for the rest of 2023? What are they going to do for 2024, 2025, 2026, and on and on and on?
Is something magic going to happen when 2023 ends?
They defund the police and use the money elsewhere. The elsewhere is then funded forever. Crime goes up so they will say they need money to hire more cops. They will get new tax money to pay for cops. Ultimately it will be the same number of police officers as before they defunded, but they will have been able to create more jobs for their relatives who want to be social workers.
If Watts had leaders, they wouldn’t be in this situation.
Napalm the mobs and it would stop.
Question from the back: What makes 2024 sooo special???
Those descendants of slaves sure are naughty.
“Watts leaders, shaken by shootings, tell residents to avoid large gatherings for rest of 2023..”
Got you covered.
That’s what the Maxim was invented for.
If you want to go to where the cool cats meet,
Just follow me to 103rd Street.
There's a hot dog stand and a liquor store,
Drinking half-gallons and begging for more
In Watts, ooh, that's Watts.
W-A-T-T-S spells Watts.
The abode of the man in question sounds more like dystopia than utopia. It is said that the song may have been inspired by Utopia Cleaners, located on Easdt 98th Street in Watts. The cleaners is long gone, but the building was still standing as of 2020, when I last visited Watts.
Some aspects of it did go too far, the facilities for blacks weren't the same quality as whites, but it was a necessary barrier. And desegregation would have happened anyway. You saw it with the military, professional sports, etc.
Do you see what's happening now? Blacks are robbing, killing, and committing crimes with impunity. A large percentage of those crimes are against whites. I'm sorry, but we need to separate.
How about teaching the people how to DUCK?
No, most blacks are not doing that. A segment is.
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