Posted on 04/06/2008 5:20:12 AM PDT by Haddit
Even as Los Angeles County's sprawling court system seeks to mete out justice, security is becoming a growing concern as the number of threats against its 600 judges, commissioners and referees has more than doubled in the past two years.
Threats against court personnel surged from 99 in 2006 to 267 last year, according to court records. And as violence and threats have risen, security costs have soared from $132 million three years ago to $169 million.
In recent years, a court commissioner and his wife were gunned down at their home, a judge's child was threatened at school, an attorney was shot repeatedly outside the Van Nuys Courthouse, and a judge's wife was kidnapped and killed.
"It's rare when a week goes by and I don't get some kind of call from the sheriff about a threat or something else involving our courts," Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge J. Stephen Czuleger said.
"We've had many cases in which a witness has been threatened or the local public defender says they have a gang member who is very upset and is going to take action against a witness, a lawyer or the judge."
In some threat cases, the sheriff's Judicial Services Unit is assigned to provide around- the-clock security for judges and their families.
The threats have resulted in arrests of about five to 10 people each year. snip
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It can be said that a government is a government solely because it is the largest organized criminal gang in an area.
As such, its #1 job is to keep out any other organized criminal gang, because if it can’t or won’t, then it needs to be replaced by a criminal gang that can.
Governmental natural selection.
Jobs Jobs is the answer or maybe it is Hope or maybe Change
That's only part of the agenda. They can also use the never ending war on gangs, drugs,crime etc. to justify ever growing budgets for additional personnel, tactical gear, etc.
Don't count on the police to ever deal with this problem. It works better for them the longer it goes on.
LA’s mayor: former(?) gang member.
Ah, how refreshing. To see the poor downtrodden, misunderstood gang members (as the liberal judges and ACLU lawyers portray them) revealing themselves to the same liberals in their own courtrooms.
I hope it keeps up. Then someday maybe these moron judges, who live in lilly-white, gaited communities, will get a taste of what it’s like living amongst the poor, low self-esteem, marginalized persons that the rest of us have to put up with. Thanks to their idiocy.
Maybe some of them will eventually reach down, grab the jewels and remind themselves “I’m a man” and start putting these animals in jail permanently.
Your guess would probably be better than mine. I’m in the PRNJ.
I should add that the RATS and RINOS in the PRNJ, are, even now, using gang violence as an excuse to essentially disarm law abiding gun owners.
We need an organized ad campaign!
“When the government advertises that it’s citizens are unarmed, VIOLENT CRIME INCREASES!”
Another reason I am happy that I no longer live in California
“in recent years, a court commissioner and his wife were gunned down at their home, a judge’s child was threatened at school, an attorney was shot repeatedly outside the Van Nuys Courthouse, and a judge’s wife was kidnapped and killed.”
Here is video for the Van Nuys Shooting. If anyone has any details on the other incidents please post em : )
http://www.wnbc.com/news/2600581/detail.html
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