L.A. now leads U.S. in murders

Los Angeles Daily News ^ | 20 November 2002 | Jason Kandel

[45Auto]

California also has some very restrictive gun-carrying laws; this only keeps the citizens living in fear, while the gang-bangers don't give a hoot for ANY law.

[John Lenin]

The cops should do us a favor and get out of their way.

[riley1992]

Detroit and Philadelphia have slightly higher homicide rates per capita.

Yeah, but we have great Mexican food.

[GailA]

Sounds just like Memphis. Several innocent small kids have been the victims of crossfire between the gang members this year.

[kellynla]

What gun restrictions? we don't have no gun restrictions in LA...You want a gun? You can have a gun! For a price Mugabe... I just love the sound of choppers overhead and the smell of napalm in the morning...

[Deport Billary]

I've been reading Civil War II this week...odd timing it is. There is no way our police could handle street gangs if they all decided to take the cities. There are hundreds of thousands of gang members in the US.

[gaijin]

As long as the killing is internecine, who cares? Let them butcher one another in 1,000 creative ways, and by music accompanyment.

I'd wager that every 1 dollar spent on bullets supplyed to these impressively macho young men would save us 10 in the form of costs we'd otherwise incurr from having to encarcerate them...

Outdo yourselves this year, Angelinos!

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Having lived in California all my long life I can say without hesitation that "Our Diversity is Our Strength." There is a direct correlation between "Diversity" and the murder rate. So far the "Diverse Ones" are feeding upon themselves. God knows when it will break out and swamp the "Non-Diverse Ones." When my last little bird has flown the nest I'm out of here!

[Wolfstar]

Ah, yes. Such is life in a Left-wing "paradise."

[Gritty]

Interesting article here from the 11/24/00 NCTimes (two years old)....

LA gang replaces terror with charity

LOS ANGELES (AP) ---- The Rolling 60s Crips have gained notoriety as one of the city's deadliest gangs, but this Thanksgiving they're trying to prove they're not all bad.

Members of the gang, which has ruled a mile-long stretch of 10th Avenue in South Central for the past two decades, spent Wednesday night distributing boxes of food to needy families in the area.

"For so long, we have terrorized this community," said Kevin "Big Cat" Doucette, 41, one of the few original Rolling 60s still alive and not in prison. "We have run people out of their homes. We have turned the streets into a dope thoroughfare. The community has come to accept it.

"It's time the people stop fearing us behind closed doors and start to embrace us."

Doucette and nearly 20 other Rolling 60s gathered before sundown outside a 10th Avenue apartment building to hand out boxes of food. Each box contained roasting chickens, milk, fresh vegetables, juices and canned foods ---- enough to feed a family of four for a week.

Doucette acknowledged the giveaway was a small gesture, and neighbors gathered slowly to receive the goods.

But for Leona Abdullah and daughter Ameerah, 8, the donation a day before Thanksgiving was welcome.

"Thank you," Abdullah said, balancing the box on a stroller.

The box distribution was part of a Los Angeles food giveaway coordinated by the Nation of Islam. It was publicized by KKBT-FM radio personality Steve Harvey, whose listeners donated $145,000 for the needy, said Nation of Islam Minister Tony Muhammad. The amount was enough for more than 3,000 boxes of food.

Doucette said the partnership between the Rolling 60s and the Nation of Islam was unprecedented. And leaders of the groups said they hoped it would be a first step in reaching teen-agers and making amends to neighbors.

"No matter how notorious people say our young people are, if you never give up on them, they can be reached. They are redeemable," Muhammad said. "They have a heart."

http://www.nctimes.net/news/112400/wwww.html

[marktwain]

I've been reading Civil War II this week...odd timing it is. There is no way our police could handle street gangs if they all decided to take the cities. There are hundreds of thousands of gang members in the US.

Those figures are grossly inflated. Most of them are wannabe's and hangers on. There are only a few thousand hardcore gang members in the U.S.

There are 10's of millions of armed citizens.

[SCalGal]

We did ok during the riots. Remember, they tend to attack their own - no imagination.

[Michael Barnes]

And you came upon that number how?

[janetgreen]

I guess you've been reading the crime articles in the CA newspapers like I have.

[Minutemen]

Ahhh....the Rolling 60's Crips and the Nation of Islam...
Two of my favorite fraternities!

[janetgreen]

I'd wager that every 1 dollar spent on bullets supplyed to these impressively macho young men would save us 10 in the form of costs we'd otherwise incurr from having to encarcerate them...

One problem with that, most of these creeps are bad shots, and their shootees end up in wheelchairs, with free medical care forever via taxpayers. The bangers need to shoot with more accuracy.

[SCalGal]

Don't forget the lawsuits.... Somewhere in this, there are a lot of lawsuits.

[onedoug]

Well armed in LA bump!

"Come on in. Painless is waitin'."