This is FICTION, but it might be interesting.
http://www.fox.com/24/
http://www.fox.com/24/trailer/index.htm
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070107/NEWS/701070410/1001/DWEK01
"Violent gangs increase presence in Shore area
Bloods connected to 3 recent killings"
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 01/7/07
BY JAMES A. QUIRK
AND KAREN SUDOL
STAFF WRITERS
(FIRST OF TWO PARTS)
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Riding around Asbury Park, it's easy to mistake the red and blue scrawlings on street signs, pizza shops, convenience stores and apartment row houses as everyday graffiti.
But to the roughly 500 members of gangs such as the Bloods and Crips active in Monmouth County, the graffiti is a coded system of communication.
At the corner of Fisher and Bangs avenues in Neptune, the words "B's Up" have been painted in red on the asphalt. The message, short for "Bloods up," is a warning to other gang members that the entire area is owned by the Bloods, and any non-Blood dealing drugs there does so at his own peril, according to the State Police.
The signs spring up faster than people can paint them over. A close inspection of the concrete walls of Mr. Pizza in Asbury Park, on the corner of Ridge and Springfield, reveals at least four different layers of paint. Despite the cleaning attempts, a fresh tag of "Blood rule" has been added to the wall.
The message is clear: Gangs are here, just below the surface, and superficial attempts to remove them will not solve the problem.
The Bloods, in particular, are sophisticated, organized and violent. In the past five years they have taken over most of the illegal drug market in New Jersey, according to law enforcement authorities. And gang members are now extending their influence from urban centers to the suburbs — including Monmouth and Ocean counties.
"You can call them "street gangs' all you want," said Detective Mike Smith of the New Jersey State Police Street Gang Unit. "They are all organized criminal enterprises.""
We are major "24" fans. Wish we had some guys like Jack Bauer on our side. He's a little rough, (okay, he's violent, and he doesn't like to follow rules) but he gets the job done.