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This is a community without gangs ...
Dec. 17th
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THIS
IS A COMMUNITY
WITHOUT GANGS
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THIS
IS A COMMUNITY
WITH GANGS
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| Clean,
safe parks |
Rundown,
drug dealing environment |
| No
graffiti vandalism |
Marked
turf areas |
| Safe
for kids to play in their front yards |
Kids
killed in their front yard by 'Drive-bys' |
| Non
existent car vandalism or car thefts |
Cars
parked at curb used for 'Pick your part', frequent neighborhood
car thefts |
| Most
male juveniles graduate from high school |
Most
male juveniles 'Jumped' into gangs |
| Very
low rate of female juvenile run-a-ways and/or pregnancies |
Extremely
high rate of female juvenile run-a-ways, kidnapping, rapes,
and/or pregnancies |
| Community
and neighborhood pride |
Communities
afraid of their neighborhoods |
ANY
QUESTIONS?
You know, with all the gang violence, deaths, crimes, etc., it's
very hard to understand how the gang culture is so glorified in
our society.
Shame on Time-Warner, and all those other entertainment companies
who make millions off movies, records ... you name it ... that glorify
gangs.
I am very surprised there isn't a 'Gangster' line of clothing out
there.
I recently quit eating at a diner in the area I grew up in (been
going back there a couple times a month to eat for over 37 years),
because the owner thought it so important to make a few nickels
from a 'Hommie' dispenser (overgrown gumball machine, with a plastic
ball containing a mini 'Hommie' figurine/key chain), which the little
gangstas like to hang from their belt loops.
And what is in the mind of a parent of a kid that isn't a gang member
in buying that kind of crap for their kid. Are they wishing junior
will go out there and get killed in some drive-by?
What's up with parents who:
| let
their kid dress like a gang-banger, |
| let
their kid shave his head like a gang-banger, |
| let
their kid get tattoos like a gang-banger, |
| let
their kid use a gang name instead of his real name like a gang-banger, |
let
their kid spray paint everything in sight (this years I was
in a house where "junior"
... had etched his gang moniker
on the 35 inch screen of the family room television) |
|
let their kid hang out at gang locations with gang-bangers, |
and
then get upset when the POO-LICE are constantly harassing
their "innocent" kid,
... just like they do to gang-bangers
!? |
I know, I'm preaching to the choir.
You all stay safe out there, you here!
Former LAPD Crime Analyst
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