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Senator Murray Urges Attorney General Holder to Step Up Anti-Gang Activities in Yakima
U.S. Senator Patty Murray ^ | June 10, 2010 | U.S. Senator Patty Murray

Posted on 06/11/2010 4:14:39 PM PDT by mdittmar

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder urging the Department of Justice to place additional law enforcement resources in Yakima County. The letter is being sent after the brutal daylight execution of 18-year-old Daniel Rivera marked the ninth gang-related homicide in the City of Yakima this year. 

“The Yakima County Gang Initiative and the people of Yakima County understand how to combat gang violence but they need support to succeed in their fight,” wrote Senator Murray. “I request that you deploy all necessary Department of Justice resources, led possibly by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Marshals Service, to aid the people of Yakima County.”

Last year, Senator Murray secured $500,000 in federal support for the Yakima County Gang Initiative which develops service programs to address the most pressing needs and problems associated with youth gangs in Yakima County. The initiative brings together a coalition of federal, tribal, and local law enforcement to work cooperatively on this issue. The funding assists law enforcement in Yakima County put in place a comprehensive gang-fighting initiative that focuses on prevention, suppression, and intervention.

The full text of the letter appears below:

Eric H. Holder, Jr.
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20530-0001 

Dear Attorney General Holder:

The Department of Justice has provided invaluable assistance in fighting violent gangs and drug-related violence through gang abatement programs.  On many occasions, the Department has brought additional resources and manpower, as well as coordinated the abilities of local law enforcement, to address serious crime issues in our communities.  I have been working with Yakima Police Chief Sam Granato and Yakima County Sheriff Ken Irwin for years on this issue but due to increased gang violence in Yakima County, Washington, I am writing to request the placement of additional Department of Justice resources within that region to assist local law enforcement. 

As you may know, gang numbers and gang membership continue to escalate within Yakima County.  On May 30, 2010, the brutal, broad daylight execution of 18-year-old Daniel Rivera marked the ninth gang-related homicide in the City of Yakima this year and the fourteenth overall. 

I have supported comprehensive law enforcement efforts in Yakima, and I have fought for federal funding for the Yakima County Gang Initiative, a coalition composed of federal, tribal and local law enforcement, teachers and community leaders.  These agencies have been cooperating in a program focused on gang prevention, suppression, and intervention with the aim of eliminating gang violence and reducing gang membership.  Despite the efforts of the Yakima County Gang Initiative, gang-related violence persists which is why I am making this request.

The Yakima County Gang Initiative and the people of Yakima County understand how to combat gang violence but they need support to succeed in their fight.  I request that you deploy all necessary Department of Justice resources, led possibly by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Marshals Service, to aid the people of Yakima County.  Thank you for your consideration of this request.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: bushlegacy; ericholder; holder; immigration; washington; yakima
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U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder urging the Department of Justice to place additional law enforcement resources in Yakima County. The letter is being sent after the brutal daylight execution of 18-year-old Daniel Rivera marked the ninth gang-related homicide in the City of Yakima this year.
What a racist, calling this gang-related just because the dead guy's name is Rivera.
21 posted on 06/11/2010 5:18:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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To: mdittmar
Eric and Barack Hussein will send their guys down right now to go fix it.

_____________________________________________________________________

"Prepare to be ruled by the black man, cracker!"***

***Actual quote

Black Panther Voter Intimidation

Then, they said it again.

Another chilling tape:

Philadelphia Voter Intimidation

22 posted on 06/11/2010 5:41:52 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: mdittmar

YBYSA :)


23 posted on 06/11/2010 7:56:36 PM PDT by MindBender26 (Prezdet Obama is what you get when you let the O.J. jury select a president !)
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To: mdittmar

Why should Holder step to do a damned thing when this twit in tennis shoes won’t even step up to her responsibilities under her oath of office.

This absolute coward refused to approve a measure that would limit EPA’s enforcement of ‘greenhouse gases’, effectively handing the power to tax - delegated by the People solely to the Legislative Branch -(and by extension, the power to destroy) over to a bunch of unelected (and unaccountable) apparatchiks in the Executive Branch.

Unconscionable. Impeachable.


24 posted on 06/11/2010 9:07:21 PM PDT by castlebrew (Gun control means hitting where you're aiming!)
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To: Cold Heart

Send in a Panzer Division and tell them to clean house.
Or carpet bomb the place and start over again.


25 posted on 06/12/2010 4:01:13 AM PDT by Yorlik803 (better to die on your feet than live on your knees.)
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To: SkyPilot
No Black Panthers in Eastern WA... will send MS 13 instead.
I promise,
Barry
26 posted on 06/12/2010 4:18:59 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine .. now it is your turn..)
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To: mdittmar

Darn! Are those Amish gangs at it again?


27 posted on 06/12/2010 4:47:19 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: mdittmar

Osama Moma Murray would be better to look at the enforcement of our immigrations laws. This is the same situation Arizona has endured for too long until they passed their own law.

Osama Moma Murray has been in Washington DC too long and the voters of Washington State are going to jerk her chain.


28 posted on 06/12/2010 10:27:25 PM PDT by jonrick46 (We're being water boarded with the sewage of Fabian Socialism.)
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