Posted on 08/08/2005 11:27:09 AM PDT by JZelle
WEYERS CAVE, Va. (AP) -- Shenandoah Valley law-enforcement officials say they are seeing signs that gangs are on their way to the area, and police are not going to be caught off guard. The law-enforcement agencies have formed special investigative units to confront the emerging problem after signs of violent gang presence showed up on high school students' clothes, in graffiti and in a recent shooting death in Staunton. Officials said where there are signs, the gangs either are there or are on their way. "We don't use the word 'wannabe.' We use the word 'gonnabe'?" said Randy Crank, president of the Virginia Gang Investigators Association. The association recently held a two-day seminar to teach about 70 law-enforcement officers, juvenile justice employees and others about the signs of gang activity. Keith Applewhite, the association's vice president, said recognizing that there could be a problem is the first step to combating gangs. "The biggest issue we have with all of this is denial," Mr. Applewhite said. "They don't accept it and ignore the problem until it's too late." The seminar began just days after a 22-year-old Staunton man was killed at a gas station in a shooting that police say was gang-related. Last year, four persons from Staunton and Waynesboro were convicted of the stabbing death of a man who was trying to leave a local chapter of the Crips, a Los Angeles-based street gang.
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Hmm let me guess. High level of Hispanic immigrants - 1/3 to 1/2 illegal and now gangs (anyone wanna bet that one of the gangs is MS13?). King George II sitting on his thumbs on the illegal immigration issue - after all it only affects the little people.
What a shame. That's such a gorgeous area, back there in the middle of no where. My brother used to live in Weyer's Cave. We used to tease him "Weird where?" Sadly, it's no laughing matter now.
The government is not on your side on this one. Anyone caught trying to fix the problem that was created by and subsequently ignored by the government will undoubtedly feel the full force of the law. Meanwhile the gangs will continue to flourish.
Yeah, well, just wait until they screw with the Mennonites up around Harrisonburg. You'll find MS-13 gang members sprawled out dead in the middle of a country road with horseshoe prints and wagon-wheel tracks all over their bodies. They're hardcore, yo.
OK, seriously...I love the Shenendoah, I went to college up there (JMU), and this is sad. And yes, I expect there is a bit of Hispanic illegal immigration up there due to the agriculture industry, though I can't say for sure. I figure it would be more concentrated in the northern end of the Valley toward Winchester, where the apple orchards are. The agriculture around Staunton and Harrisonburg tends more toward poultry, mainly turkeys.
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I understand I-81 is becoming the avenue of choice for drugs moving south to north.
That only makes sense. If there's extra enforcement on I-95 through the mid-Atlantic corridor, I-81 becomes a viable alternative. Plus it runs through very few larger urban areas, or even counties with large police forces to patrol it.
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Should become a target rich environment.
"Anyone caught trying to fix the problem that was created by and subsequently ignored by the government will undoubtedly feel the full force of the law."
You got it. Any citizen (white citizen) charged with "ethnic initimidation" or it's ilk can expect the government to step in and basically ruin their life. The libs wanted "hate crimes" laws and they got them. Too bad the law is predictably, selectively enforced.
...but...but...you guys wanna pay $129 for a head of lettuce, or something?
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