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Posted on 01/28/2006 8:48:07 AM PST by Seattle Conservative
A multilevel gang task force in Houston yesterday announced the arrests of eight hurricane refugees from New Orleans -- a group Houston police say is responsible for at least 11 slayings and numerous burglaries and thefts in the metropolitan area since November.
"We're talking about what appears to be a rivalry between two groups of individuals who were associated with two different housing projects in New Orleans," Houston police Capt. M.D. Brown told The Washington Times. "Their rivalry began several years ago -- certainly prior to Katrina -- and carried over to Houston."
He said the arrests came after "weeks of cooperation with Louisiana police and the FBI."
Houston's crime rate spiked noticeably in the final months of 2005, and police officials have attributed much of the increase to lawbreakers who moved to the city after Hurricane Katrina.
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Tensions have risen throughout the city's heavy crime areas since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, said one Houston police officer, who added, "some real bad boys have joined us and apparently have picked up where they left off in New Orleans."
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Some of the killings have been gang against gang, he said, but "when they run out of money, that's when innocent citizens get involved -- with carjacks, robberies and kidnappings."
Violence has risen not only on the streets but in the schools: Houston's district, which absorbed about 6,000 student refugees, increased security this month after reporting at least a dozen major fights involving displaced students. The worst was a near-riot in a high school lunchroom last month that ended in the arrests of 15 refugees and 12 local students.
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• Kalvin Forcell, 21, charged with murder in a shooting Nov. 20.
• Alvin Sims, 20, charged with capital murder in a shooting of two Louisiana men Dec. 31.
• Jason McMaster, 24, charged with aggravated robbery and aggravated kidnapping.
• Cornelius Gordon, 21, charged with engaging in organized crime and possession of a weapon.
• Daryl Robinson, 27, charged with murder in a shooting Dec. 25.
• Tyler Mackyeon, 23, charged with deadly conduct and aggravated robbery.
James Taylor, 24, charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
• Keith Ron Williams, 20, charged with assault-family violence.
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That would not be the Chocolate in the bar...but rather the nuts.
Nagin's family.
Ping - more info on Katrina refugees in Texas.
Finally they're being called what they are: refugees.
No more ev-ac-yew-ees.
We are so happy that our liberal/moron Mayor took this human filth from N.O. in. Cant wait for ALL of this human garbage from N.O. to get the hell out of Houston.
Eight down and 10,000 more to go... (sigh)
LOL!
I think Houston is perfectly capable of cleaning this mess up. Much more so than NO. Look at what they have done already. I just think that lancing the boil is the first step in beating back the infestation. I mean, they are in Texas now. Land of the Alamo, Davy Crockett, the Texas Rangers ....
Man,do all those yutes have dead eyes, or what?
Great points! Plus, I suspect that Houston PD has actual boots on the ground and bodies in those boots, rather than a shadow, invisible force like NOLA had.
I live in Texas on the Louisiana line. We had MANY evacuees from New Orleans in our town before and after katrina. We had a rape and a child molestation in two different shelters and much vandalism. One church offering shelter had to shut down; it was too much.
Gee, if Bush would have just done something sooner to help these people, this wouldn't have happened...... (sick sarc.)
Next time there's an evacuation from N.O., put the wild animnals in cages until they can return home to Mayor Ray Nagin and all the other inept idiots running that city and state.
Why do we have to step all over these gang members, why didn't the N.O.'s police long ago arrest and jail these scumbags? These guys should've never been around to even evac to any place, let alone Houston.
Because NO's Police Department was on paper only. Plus, if it is anything like Los Angeles, City Hall bends over backwards to soothe the criminal element and harass the police for any law enforcement they dare to do -- past asking the criminals nicely to stop what they are doing.
Lest they offend them, I think. God forbid.
The murderers from NO will be taking out a lot of Texans before they are all rounded up. This is a surprise to NO criminals because no one cared if they murdered in NO. Texas is a different animal.
It's all Bush's fault --- these poor fellas resorted to this 'activity' because they were cold and hungry!
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