[cinFLA]

including a half dozen drivers’ licenses from several states “with different identities on them.”

tip of the iceberg. Here in Sacramento, a gang was running a "license factory" in plain view in the parking lot of a strip mall. They even had regular business hours and used minors to hold the parking spots for their custormers only which was ruining the businesses in the mall. The police allowed them to operate for over a year while they "investigated". Thousands of fake licenses (driver's and SS) were generated during this "investigation".

[Floratina]

Your story about fake IDs in Sacramento reminds me of an expose on the local NBC affiliate here in L.A. that I saw just last week. Paul Moyers, the anchorman, confronted shop owners that were selling them. He showed tape of the uh, salespeople standing out on the street, making the gesture that is associated with the sale of fake IDs (holding up your hand as if you are presenting a card for someone else to read).

They even had footage of these guys gesticulating away as a policeman sat in traffic in his car - just adjacent to these guys! Moyer then shows all this footage to Police Chief Bernie Parks. Parks makes some excuse, "Well, there is a lot of activity on the street. The officer probably did not notice them." How can they not know this is going on?

Moyers said that in the week that transpired between the taping of the Parks interview and the airing of the piece, NOTHING had been done, no arrests. Damn these people to the craphole where they belong. They are responsible for the craphole this place has become. I hope they get rid of that SOB Parks, if this is his modus operandi.