Is this healthy, good for our cities, to conduct such gang sweeps?
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More than 45 people had been arrested by 7 a.m. Thursday in a major gang crackdown in South LA.
Hundreds of police officers and federal agents served warrants on the Rolling 40s. The gang has a "vice grip" on the neighborhood, according to police.
Authorities said the operation involves about 1,100 law enforcement agents. They plan to serve warrants for 75 individuals.
Authorities set up a booking area in a parking lot in Exposition Park.
Gang Crackdown in South LA
They have a vise grip on the neighborhood, and we are going to release that grip this morning," LAPD Deputy Chief Kirk Albanese said.
The operation is part of a 16-month investigation.
Neighborhoods in which the warrants were served included Crenshaw, Jefferson Park, West Adams, Baldwin Village, University Park, Athens Park, Gramercy Park and Hyde Park.
Families get to raise their children, send the kids to school, without as much fear involving this particular street gang. ... The communities are held hostage, in a sense," Albanese said.
The FBI's Laura Eimiller said more than 500 people have been arrested since May in 10 Southern California anti-gang sweeps.
The sweep occurred during nationwide raids against a Mexico-based drug cartel. Eimiller said the LA raids are not related.
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local-beat/Officers-Swarm-South-LA-in-Gang-Crackdown-65523132.html
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Gangs are lame! sad to see these gangs formed in prison and for prison matters are now out here in our neighborhoods.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see LAPD did something about it. at least to get them off of our streets. ONe thing to ponder about, will this not create even more gang members thus adding to the volume of members? Think about it, people in prison recruit "free" people to do their bidding out here. While they recruit people in prison for protection and "brotherhood". The more people they recruit the more families are touched by the violence, the more everyone will be exposed to the lifestyle.
just something to ponder...anyone else think like me? differently? come on! let's dance!
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why join a gang man. itz noot kewl givin ur life for nothing. idk getin shot doesnt seem very cool to me then again i have always been the scardy cat type hahaha.
ReplyDeletedrugz are bad kidz stay in skewl..unless ur playin hookie for a semester or two, like we used to do jajajaja ^-^ nah real talk tho succeeed in life be happy and prosper yo
hey its their life let em do wat they want....
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