Gangs, Police, and Criminal Justice in America

District clears S. Phila. student of gang charge

Chris — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:26:25 +0000

Jeff Gammage (Philly Inquirer) Mar. 19, 2010 City school district officials formally acknowledged yesterday that 17-year-old Hao Luu was not connected to a street gang – an allegation that was used to ban him from South Philadelphia High. Evelyn Sample-Oates, the district’s vice president for communications, said a letter had been placed in Luu’s file to acknowledge his [...] Related posts:

Commission hears of violence in many city schools Kristen A. Graham (Philly Inquirer) Jan. 29, 2010 PHILADELPHIA –...
Venice High School student arrested in threats to shoot rival gang members by Andrew Blankstein (LA Times) January 13, 2010 An 18-year-old...
Third Teen Arrested In Butler High School Student’s Severe Gang Beating Barclay Bishop (WJBF News) March 3, 2010 Lt. Peebles has...

Nerves frayed at Calif police department targeted by series of booby trap attacks

Chris — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:16:47 +0000

THOMAS WATKINS (Associated Press) March 19, 2010 HEMET, Calif. (AP) — Police in this picturesque city in rural Riverside County have been on edge in recent weeks. Someone is trying to kill them. First, a natural gas pipe was shoved through a hole drilled into the roof of the gang enforcement unit’s headquarters. The building filled with flammable [...] Related posts:

Police Investigate Third Possible Booby Trap Attack Against Gang Officers by KTLA News March 5, 2010 HEMET — Police say...
Anti-Gang Police Officer’s Car Booby Trapped With Deadly Device Fox News Monday, March 08, 2010 An anti-gang officer in...
A day after biker gang arrests, officials to discuss new developments in attacks on Riverside County officers by Robert J. Lopez (LA Times) March 18, 2010 A...

Suspected gang members rounded up in El Paso

Chris — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:02:46 +0000

The Associated Press March 19, 2010 EL PASO – More than 200 federal, state and local law enforcement officers swept through El Paso on Thursday, picking up suspected members of the Barrio Azteca gang in an effort to find new leads into the killings of three people who had ties to the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juárez [...] Related posts:

Officers round up suspected El Paso gang members in effort to find leads into Juarez killings by Christopher Sherman (Associated Press) March 18, 2010 More than...
Gangs blamed for killing 3 with US consulate tie By OLIVIA TORRES (AP) 03.15.10 CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — U.S....
Slain Gang Leader Planned Juárez Massacre JOSé DE CóRDOBA (Wall Street Journal) FEBRUARY 3, 2010 A...

$200,000 Reward For Those Who Have Tried To Kill Calif. Anti-Gang Police

Chris — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:56:10 +0000

Mark Memmott (NPR) March 19, 2010 After three attempts on the lives of officers working on a Riverside County, Calif., anti-gang task force, authorities are now offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. The Los Angeles Times and Riverside Press-Enterprise report that since December in Hemet, Calif.: – A utility line [...] Related posts:

$100,000 reward proposed for leads in Hemet gang task force attack JOHN ASBURY (The Press-Enterprise) February 25, 2010 Riverside County supervisors...
Anti-Gang Police Officer’s Car Booby Trapped With Deadly Device Fox News Monday, March 08, 2010 An anti-gang officer in...
Nerves frayed at Calif police department targeted by series of booby trap attacks THOMAS WATKINS (Associated Press) March 19, 2010 HEMET, Calif. (AP)...

Brainwashed, book about how blacks by into their own stereo-types

Alex Alonso — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:04:30 +0000

By Alex Alonso for Streetgangs.com March 18, 2010 Author Tom Burrell, publishes new book entitled, Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority, which is about how American society has desensitized mainstream black thinking to accept all the negative imagery that surrounds them in music, art, comedy and society and then perpetuate it themselves. This book examines [...] Related posts:

Lawsuit alleges that Hispanics taunted blacks at Dr Pepper Snapple Lawsuit says Hispanics taunted black employees at Dr Pepper...
Light Skin v. Dark Skin black people Trailer: Light Skin v. Dark Skin Get the latest Flash...
T. Rodgers speaks on Gangs, the Past, and his New Book By Alex Alonso February 26, 2005 AA: Whenever I read...

Mexico border city relives nightmare of violence

lepak — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:46:39 +0000

By Ken Ellingwood (LA Times) March 18, 2010 Residents of this scruffy border town thought they had seen the worst of the violence five years ago, when rival drug gangs staged wild gunfights in the streets and a new police chief was slain just hours after being sworn in. The warfare gave way to an uneasy calm after [...] Related posts:

Police find 6 decapitated people in western Mexico The Associated Press 02/18/10 MORELIA, Mexico — Mexican authorities have...
Gunmen storm town in southern Mexico, killing 13 people, including rancher and his sons IXTLI X. MARTINEZ (Associated Press) February 24, 2010 OAXACA, Mexico...
Mexico arrests four over drug gang revenge killings from BBC News Thursday, 24 December 2009 Mexican police have...

Officers round up suspected El Paso gang members in effort to find leads into Juarez killings

lepak — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:41:53 +0000

by Christopher Sherman (Associated Press) March 18, 2010 More than 200 federal, state and local law enforcement officers swept through El Paso on Thursday, picking up suspected members of the Barrio Azteca gang in an effort to find new leads into the killings of three people with ties to the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez last weekend. “The [...] Related posts:

Suspected gang members rounded up in El Paso The Associated Press March 19, 2010 EL PASO – More...
Slain Gang Leader Planned Juárez Massacre JOSé DE CóRDOBA (Wall Street Journal) FEBRUARY 3, 2010 A...
Gangs blamed for killing 3 with US consulate tie By OLIVIA TORRES (AP) 03.15.10 CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — U.S....

A day after biker gang arrests, officials to discuss new developments in attacks on Riverside County officers

lepak — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:18:58 +0000

by Robert J. Lopez (LA Times) March 18, 2010 A day after a sweep of a local motorcycle gang, top law enforcement officials on Thursday will talk about new developments in a series of attacks on Riverside County officers. Thirty members of the Vagos motorcycle gang were arrested Wednesday in Riverside County in an ongoing investigation against the [...] Related posts:

Authorities arrest 30 members of the Vagos motorcycle gang in Riverside County by Robert J. Lopez (LA Times) March 17, 2010 Thirty...
50 arrested in Riverside gang sweep by David Kelly (LA Times) January 28, 2010 Reporting from...
Riverside Gang Officers Targeted in Second Assassination Attempt from KTLA News 10:00 AM PST, February 25, 2010 HEMET...

House passes bill to curb gangs in schools

Chris — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:51:11 +0000

The Associated Press March 18, 2010 The House of Delegates unanimously approved Thursday legislation designed to keep gang activity out of schools. The measure requires Maryland educators and law enforcement to report the arrests of students for certain offenses to school personnel. The idea is to increase awareness about students committing crimes that could indicate gang membership. The Safe [...] Related posts:

Improving communication about juvenile offenders: Bill would open information to schools in anti-gang battle By Peter Hermann (Baltimore Sun) February 17, 2010 A youngster...
Busch’s gang bill gaining support Measure would require police, schools to share crucial information By...
Bill Prompted By Richmond Gang Rape Passes Committee KTVU.com January 22, 2010 A bill that would require witnesses...

2 questioned after girl, 7, shot in the head

Chris — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:39:49 +0000

William Lee (Chicago Tribune) March 18, 2010 When shots echoed across their South Side street on a sunny Wednesday afternoon, an 11-year-old girl tried to pull her little sister from the path of the flying bullets. But Desaree Sanders, 7, was struck in the head, an unintended victim of what police say may have been a gang-related shooting. Authorities [...] Related posts:

Suspect questioned in shooting of 4-year-old boy WGN News January 8, 2010 CHICAGO – Chicago police were...
Girl, 10, Injured In Compton Shooting Associated Press 03/03/10 COMPTON, Calif. ? Authorities say they are...
72 Year Old Store Owner Shot in the Head During Robbery KTLA News 7:00 a.m. CST, December 22, 2009 LOS ANGELES...

Osceola guard jailed, accused of aiding escape

Chris — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:35:50 +0000

By Henry Pierson Curtis and Willoughby Mariano, Orlando Sentinel March 18, 2010 The investigation into gang leader Michael Rigby’s escape from the Osceola County Jail produced its latest arrest Thursday: a guard accused of assisting the escape for a promised bribe. Corrections Officer Milton Caraballo, 28, was booked into the jail he once patrolled. And on the same [...] Related posts:

Osceola jail escape: Diary tells of teen’s affair with gang leader By Henry Pierson Curtis (Orlando Sentinel) March 14, 2010 A...
Gang leader burrowed out of cell to escape Florida jail By Henry Pierson Curtis, Orlando Sentinel February 24, 2010 Gang...
Trial begins for 2 accused gang members Opening statements made in Tree Top Piru case By Tricia...

Gang member sentenced in killing of Echo Park boy, 4

Chris — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:04:05 +0000

L.A. Now March 18, 2010 A parolee and documented gang member was sentenced Thursday to 93 years to life in state prison for the 2009 slaying of a 4-year-old boy in Echo Park. Roberto Lopez Howard Astorga, 26, was convicted in February of the killing of Roberto Lopez Jr, who was hit by a stray bullet as he [...] Related posts:

Gang member convicted in slaying of boy, 4, in Echo Park by Robert J. Lopez (LA Times) February 8, 2010 |...
Grief propels an Echo Park community By Esmeralda Bermudez February 14, 2010 Araceli Gonzalez Rojas’ grief...
O.C. gang member sentenced to death in killing of 13-year-old boy August 14, 2009 | 3:22 pm LA Times An Orange...