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Two teens get 50 to life in drive-by shooting; advocates protest sentence
LA Times ^ | Jan 6, 2010 | Molly Hennessy-Fiske

Posted on 01/07/2010 9:22:21 AM PST by smokingfrog

More than two dozen youths and advocates gathered in front of the criminal courts building in downtown Los Angeles to support two young males who were sentenced today to 50 years to life in prison for a fatal drive-by shooting.

A jury convicted Steven Menendez, 17, and Jose Garcia, 19, of murder in July in the March 2007 death of 16-year-old Danny Saavedra.

Saavedra was playing basketball in the 500 block of 82nd Street in South Los Angeles when he was shot in what police described as a gang-related attack. Afterward, officers pursued a vehicle matching the description of the one used in the killing, and when Garcia and Menendez got out, they were arrested.

Both later said they were just passengers and identified the shooter as Noel Velasco, a 26-year-old member of the Street Villains gang. Velasco was never charged and was shot to death three months later.

Saavedra’s parents and siblings spoke at the sentencing and told prosecutors they considered the sentence appropriate, said Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for the district attorney’s office.

“These were two admitted gang members who went into rival gang territory, and they drove around not once but twice, slowed down and shot and killed a 16-year-old boy who had no gang connection,” Robison said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: anchorbabies; banglist; gangcrime; gangs; immigration; latinogangs; thanxmexico; thugculture
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1 posted on 01/07/2010 9:22:23 AM PST by smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog

Let’em rot.


2 posted on 01/07/2010 9:24:42 AM PST by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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To: smokingfrog

Lock ‘em up so deep ya gotta pump air in....


3 posted on 01/07/2010 9:25:25 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR... Monthly donors welcome!)
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To: All

I no longer care about the plight of minorities in this country.
They (as with all of us) are the architects of their own misery.


4 posted on 01/07/2010 9:26:28 AM PST by Maverick68 (w)
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To: smokingfrog
Velasco was never charged and was shot to death three months later.

Never charged, yet Justice was served.

5 posted on 01/07/2010 9:27:30 AM PST by Michael.SF. (At least Hitler got the Olympics for Germany)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I disagree.. they ought to shoot them and save the tax payer’s money.


6 posted on 01/07/2010 9:27:30 AM PST by maddog55 (OBAMA, Why stupid people shouldn't vote.)
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I’ll do ya one better...death by drive by...put ‘em in a large fenced in yard, and have cars drive by and shoot at them...allow them to duck, dodge and hide as long as they can until they are shot to death....let the parents and relatives of the deceased do the drive by’s...


7 posted on 01/07/2010 9:34:57 AM PST by joe fonebone (A third party does need the majority to control the house...they only need 10%)
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To: Maverick68
I no longer care about the plight of minorities in this country.
I couldn't agree more. I'm a baby boomer and was glad to see the civil rights movement of the 60s.
But all it did was make welfare a career choice and unleash the greatest crime wave this country has ever seen.

8 posted on 01/07/2010 9:37:45 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: smokingfrog

Guess the gangsta-thug life sucks. Would assume such a lifetstyle has a major Darwin component attached to it anyway.


9 posted on 01/07/2010 9:38:26 AM PST by Made In The USA (The only thing better than bacon, is bacon wrapped in bacon.)
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To: joe fonebone

I am sure two grandmothers were there dressed in rags and saying what good kids they were, and how badly they were treated in this country.

Hang ‘em ,High.


10 posted on 01/07/2010 9:39:23 AM PST by Venturer
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To: maddog55
I disagree.. they ought to shoot them and save the tax payer’s money

And, like China, bill their family for the bullet.

11 posted on 01/07/2010 9:39:46 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: smokingfrog

Tell you what, it may be very draconian and harsh to say this, but you start publically hanging these individuals and I am near certain that the message will be sent that this type garbage is not and will not ever be deemed or viewed as acceptable. It is time that examples are made and made in such a way that a clear and distinct message is sent ... and understood.


12 posted on 01/07/2010 9:47:24 AM PST by cranked
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To: smokingfrog
Two teens get 50 to life in drive-by shooting; advocates protest sentence

How long does the guy they shot have to stay dead?

13 posted on 01/07/2010 9:50:50 AM PST by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: oh8eleven

The libtards (supported by our PC attitudes & sheer laziness) have let the “trash” bloom in this country. Gone are personal accountability and simple family values. Hard to have family when you can’t name your father isn’t it? We have created 3 generations of entitled welfare and protected them thru outlandish laws and penalties to the just. We’ve spent $15T since 1965 to “help” these people. How’s that worked out? And to compound it, we have let this rabble gain control and now they have their messiah in the WH. Sorry for the rant. Just tired of watching our country go into the shi**er. I’d shoot all the miscreants.


14 posted on 01/07/2010 9:51:55 AM PST by dumpthelibs (dumpthelibs)
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To: cranked

The Chinese have a saying: “punish one educate many”. I’m all for it.


15 posted on 01/07/2010 9:53:21 AM PST by dumpthelibs (dumpthelibs)
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To: smokingfrog
Oh, boo-hoo. I trust they both will get caring husbands in the slammer.
16 posted on 01/07/2010 9:53:21 AM PST by JPG (Mr. Gore, we have a warrant for your arrest...put your hands behind your back.)
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To: smokingfrog

“They learn much more in the community about what it means to be a good human being than they do in prison,” McGill said.”

How’d that work out?


17 posted on 01/07/2010 9:54:08 AM PST by rae4palin (islam is of the devil)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

And no backup generator for the air pump. Let them spend their time hoping the power doesn’t fail, in NIMBYized Kalifornia.


18 posted on 01/07/2010 9:54:29 AM PST by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: smokingfrog

Never met a live gang member I liked.


19 posted on 01/07/2010 9:54:50 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: smokingfrog

But this is in California. 50 to life means probable parole in about 90 days or whenever the state government employees need another pay raise. Then it is “open the prison doors!”


20 posted on 01/07/2010 9:55:57 AM PST by Temujinshordes
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