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Living with staggering violence in South L.A.
Los Angeles Times ^
| March 28, 2008
| Scott Gold, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
Posted on 03/30/2008 6:11:12 AM PDT by Haddit
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"I don't ask questions," she said. "I don't call the police." No one does, she explained, not so much because the police are feared but because you will become a target yourself if you are known to have ratted out a criminal."
So much for Special Order 40.
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posted on
03/30/2008 6:11:14 AM PDT
by
Haddit
To: Haddit
The people who live in these places are very tolerant of high crime. That's the main problem. The police will always be shackled because the local culture encourages people to not cooperate (even though there may be witness protection programs in place) under any circumstances.
Most cities could end gang violence tomorrow if the people elected leaders who would throw everything they had at the gangs. But until they do... it would probably wise to stock up on flak jackets.
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posted on
03/30/2008 6:14:33 AM PDT
by
pnh102
To: Haddit
Not surprisingly, gangs fester in the inner-cities and not in the countryside, where we could get a good shot at them.
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posted on
03/30/2008 6:17:20 AM PDT
by
Eurale
To: pnh102
If they would end the “war on freedom” they have nothing to fight over and most of the gang violence would disappear.
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posted on
03/30/2008 6:18:15 AM PDT
by
Total Package
(TOLEDO, OHIO THE MRSA INFECTION IN THE STATE)
To: Haddit
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posted on
03/30/2008 6:19:31 AM PDT
by
Dad yer funny
(FoxNews is morphing , and not for the better ,... internal struggle? Its hard to watch)
To: Haddit
"I don't ask questions," she said. "I don't call the police." No one does, she explained, not so much because the police are feared but because you will become a target yourself if you are known to have ratted out a criminal." Seems to me that the internet would be perfect for this sort of thing - set up an anonymous tip site, and let people give tips anonymously.
Of course, if the average IQ of the potential tipsters is down around 85 [which it will be], then it's gonna be mighty difficult for them to figure out how to navigate a website and enter data into it [seeing as how they will almost certainly be functionally illiterate].
And, quite frankly, with AA, I doubt that the average IQ of the officers assigned to investigate the cases will be a whole lot greater than 85, either.
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posted on
03/30/2008 6:20:04 AM PDT
by
KayEyeDoubleDee
(const Tag &referenceToConstTag)
To: Eurale
... gangs fester in the inner-cities and not in the countryside, where we could get a good shot at them. That is, until the families of gang-bangers, and to a lesser extent, their victims, all decide to move out to the country to "escape the violence."
Of course, that means they bring the same mentality that led to many inner cities becoming free-fire zones right out to the country.
And they vote Democrat...
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posted on
03/30/2008 6:24:38 AM PDT
by
pnh102
To: Haddit
"There will be community meetings, calls for reform -- for jobs programs, mentoring programs, after-school programs." That's the solution, more 'Programs'. /sarc
Of course, all these programs will be run by the local community race-pimps and at least their standard of living will be improved.
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posted on
03/30/2008 6:25:06 AM PDT
by
TCats
(The Clintons Are Not Just Wrong - They Are Certifiable AND Dangerous! See my Page)
To: Haddit
As Newt said in a recent speech, it is an intersection of bad culture and bad government. The left has always encouraged lawlessness by denying the legitimacy of the law. They encourage bad culture by denying the legitimacy of Western culture.
As a result, you get areas such as this and Detroit.
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posted on
03/30/2008 6:25:08 AM PDT
by
marktwain
To: pnh102
Most cities could end gang violence tomorrow if the people elected leaders who would throw everything they had at the gangs. True but since so many politicians (and cops) are corrupt and part of the drug/prostitution/gambling hierarchy in the first place that will never happen.
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posted on
03/30/2008 6:26:45 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(A skeleton walks into a bar and asks for a beer and a mop.)
To: Eurale
I think you’ll find that gangs, especially Latin types like MS13, are growing in areas you’d call countryside, as they follow the path of migratory agriculture workers.
To: KayEyeDoubleDee
Seems to me that the internet would be perfect for this sort of thing - set up an anonymous tip site, and let people give tips anonymously.
That's assuming they have access to a computer. I suspect most don't have one in their homes either because they can't afford one or homeowners fear it will be one more reason for criminals in a high crime area to break into their homes.
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posted on
03/30/2008 6:28:06 AM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
To: Haddit
The Boss Tweed Democrat plan live on....
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posted on
03/30/2008 6:28:25 AM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Thank God for every morning.)
To: Haddit
We are probably headed toward the “no go” zones of some European countries. The police will simply withdraw from these areas and they will be “self policed” according whatever code by the gangs themselves with justice being determined by the strongest.
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posted on
03/30/2008 6:28:40 AM PDT
by
Truth29
To: Haddit
And they could end all this tomorrow by decriminalizing drugs.
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posted on
03/30/2008 6:28:48 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(A skeleton walks into a bar and asks for a beer and a mop.)
To: pnh102
You can’t throw everything at these poor misguided yout.
They need midnight basketball and compassion.
They need govt. handouts and sympathy.
These poor uneducated yout need hard jail time and serious ass whoopings.
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posted on
03/30/2008 6:29:08 AM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
(An enemy of Islam)
To: marktwain
"As a result, you get areas such as this and Detroit." Actually, and I know it would be very un-PC, I would imagine a study of the incidence of this lawlessness and local corruption would find that areas/cities of majority Black populations are where this type of Societal breakdown is centered.
Unfortunately, it's a fact that few want to face.
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posted on
03/30/2008 6:29:57 AM PDT
by
TCats
(The Clintons Are Not Just Wrong - They Are Certifiable AND Dangerous! See my Page)
To: TCats
The local programs are usually run by Community Action agencies, a creation of LBJ.
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posted on
03/30/2008 6:30:15 AM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(ENERGY CRISIS made in Washington D. C.)
To: xkaydet65
I think youll find that gangs, especially Latin types like MS13, are growing in areas youd call countryside, as they follow the path of migratory agriculture workers.
A perfect example is University Of North Carolina Student Body President Eve Carson gunned down by a gang banger in the street just a mile from campus.
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posted on
03/30/2008 6:30:58 AM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
To: Man50D
That's assuming they have access to a computer. I suspect most don't have one in their homes either because they can't afford one or homeowners fear it will be one more reason for criminals in a high crime area to break into their homes. I was thinking they could use a computer at work, or at the public library.
But, again, people with IQ's down in the 80's & 70's tend not to have stable employment, nor do they tend to frequent public libraries.
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posted on
03/30/2008 6:31:44 AM PDT
by
KayEyeDoubleDee
(const Tag &referenceToConstTag)
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