Police Arrest 41 Alleged LA Gang Members

The Guardian (UK) ^ | 1-21-2004

[blam]

Police Arrest 41 Alleged LA Gang Members

Wednesday January 21, 2004 11:46 PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities Wednesday arrested 41 people they say belong to a violent gang with a history of attacks on police, including two last month in which officers were shot at.

The early morning operation targeted leaders of the Bounty Hunter Bloods, which authorities said operates in South Los Angeles and is one of the most violent gangs in the city's history. Police and FBI agents stormed the Nickerson Gardens public housing complex, the gang's base of operations.

``This morning we arrested essentially the hierarchy of the gang,'' FBI spokesman Matt McLaughlin said.

Federal agents arrested 13 people for investigation of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and other charges. Los Angeles police took another 28 suspects into custody on drug-related charges.

FBI agents and police knocked down doors at Nickerson Gardens and exploded non-lethal concussion grenades as they rounded up suspects.

Police shut down nearby schools and cordoned off a wide area, leaving some neighbors temporarily stuck inside their homes.

[kellynla]

Excellent! Last count, they only have 9,959 more to go...

[South40]

Authorities Wednesday arrested 41 people they say belong to a violent gang with a history of attacks on police, including two last month in which officers were shot at.

Sounds like a classic case of profiling to me.

Paging Mr. Cochhran. Will Mr. Johnny Cochran please pick up the white phone?

[KantianBurke]

Here's a pic of some of the gang members:

[BlkConserv]

The police is finally getting their revenge on N.W.A.

[Spok]

I hope none of them are illegals, in which case the LAPD is in serious trouble!

[F16Fighter]

String 'em up...

Oh that's right -- it's a new dawn.

The ACLU will assemble a fleet of 50 defense attorneys to sue Law Enforcement for "racially-charged hate crimes" and "brutality" on behalf of their "clients" -- murderers, thugs, and domestic terrorists.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Eazy E attended a luncheon with George H.W. Bush and Republican Senators.

SOURCE

[kellynla]

Man was I off on the count! "In Los Angeles County, law enforcement officials are aware of more than 1300 street gangs with over 150,000 members. In the City of Los Angeles alone, there are approximately 407 gangs and over 56,000 members. Los Angeles Almanac, 2002• Gangs account for approximately 51% of all homicides in Los Angeles County. Of the 1156 homicides in 2001, 587 were gang-related. The majority of all gang homicides are committed with handguns."
Los Angeles County Safe Streets Bureau, 2002Sources: "Report on the State of Los Angeles Street Gangs", Los Angeles County Interagency Gang Task Force, 1999-2000. Los Angeles Almanac, Gang Populations, 2001This fact sheet may be reproduced and distributed without permission provided the Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles is cited 9/2002

[Cindy]

http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~24652~1905840,00.html

Article Published: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 12:54:22 PM PST

"2 killed following rapper Slick Rick concert"

By Staff Reports

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "PICO RIVERA -- Two men were shot and killed and another man was wounded early Wednesday morning following a performance at a Pico Rivera nightclub by rapper Richard "Slick Rick" Walters, authorities said.

Walters, who served six years in prison for a 1990 shooting, was released from federal custody in November after immigration officials attempted to deport him to his native Great Britain."

[jaz.357]

Who is that one cat they said was #1 on the hit list?

An Asian fellow I think.

[truthkeeper]

You took the words right out of my mouth.