Central Washington town besieged by gang violence

King5tv ^ | June 1, 2010 | ELISA HAHN

[epithermal]

Royal City, a town with a population less than 2,000, has had its sixth drive-by shooting this year. A 10-year-old boy sleeping in his bed is the latest victim.

Royal City Police Chief Darin Smith says there have been six drive by shootings within city limits this year, that’s as many as all of last year. Chief Smith says the shootings are getting more blatant and are happening in the middle of the day.

[epithermal]

Yes, all the local papers have stopped publishing names to protect the illegal criminals. This just in: SHOOTING: Teen killed in Othello drive-by

[tallyhoe]

This is sad! The governor should be put in jail!

[sionnsar]

Isn’t Seattle a sactuary city? (I noticed that there was no description of the gangs, so I am assuming the obvious)

It's an hour or so away, over the mountains. Looked it up on a map because I had never heard of it. Small place.

[sionnsar]

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[Grunthor]

“Royal City, a town with a population less than 2,000, has had its sixth drive-by shooting this year. A 10-year-old boy sleeping in his bed is the latest victim.”

Damned Amish anyways!

[tacticalogic]

Royal City, meet Skidmore, MO.

[Rebelbase]

Midway between Seattle and Spokane. Just a gangbanger rest stop.

[archy]

They should round up all the gang members, castrate them, remove their tats and let them stink in jail for about 25 years.

Feed them for the next 25 years? Oh no.

[MarMema]

Chief Smith says it used to be a one-gang town. Several years ago, another gang moved in and that’s when the violence escalated. He says he does not know what the gangs are fighting over, but they are getting more violent.

I guess it was ok to have one gang but the second one moving in is just over the top.

[thethirddegree]

Good point. Fry ‘em instead.

[winodog]

The only problem with that is
Who decides what is a gang and what is not.
Gov.con will use it to control Christians and tea partiers, not illegal invaders.