Gang members targeted in Calif. sweep

[Psycho4Bud]

LONG BEACH, Calif. - Law enforcement authorities fanned out across the city early Tuesday in a huge sweep of gang members aimed at taking down violent offenders.

More than 400 federal agents and local police officers took part in the campaign that started at around 4 a.m., said Mike Campbell, a spokesman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

The raids would be conducted throughout the day, Campbell said. He said the operation was one of the largest he had seen.

The effort was part of a wider crackdown that has taken place in recent months in cities nationwide and spearheaded by the U.S. Justice Department. It is aimed at gang members suspected of dealing drugs and committing violent crimes.

During one bust early Tuesday, agents charged through the front door of a house in a quiet residential neighborhood, setting off "flash-bang" grenades to stun suspects inside.

Authorities detained four people at the ranch house.
Gang members targeted in Calif. sweep - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070731/ap_on_re_us/calif_gang_busts)

Cities Sue Gangs in Bid to Stop Violence

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Fed up with deadly drive-by shootings, incessant drug dealing and graffiti, cities nationwide are trying a different tactic to combat gangs: They're suing them.

Fort Worth and San Francisco are among the latest to file lawsuits against gang members, asking courts for injunctions barring them from hanging out together on street corners, in cars or anywhere else in certain areas.

The injunctions are aimed at disrupting gang activity before it can escalate. They also give police legal reasons to stop and question gang members, who often are found with drugs or weapons, authorities said. In some cases, they don't allow gang members to even talk to people passing in cars or to carry spray paint.

"It is another tool," said Kevin Rousseau, a Tarrant County assistant prosecutor in Fort Worth, which recently filed its first civil injunction against a gang. "This is more of a proactive approach."
washingtonpost.com (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/29/AR2007072900527.html)

HELL YEAH! It's about time we start taking care of our own insurgent problems.

Have a good one!:s4:

[king of the world]

damn i got to go on the lamb..............

[friendowl]

there are hundreds of thousands of gangsters
not to mention the ones who are incarcerated
add to that the thousands of wanna be's
it is more a publicity stunt to make it look like they
are trying to clean up the streets.
the reality is that the streets will always be more powerful than the law
think about all the normal citizens who use drugs on a daily basis.
the house wives the students the 9-5 office workers everybody gets high on something
and they must get it from somewhere.gangs have tapped into the source
so much money is being made that it wont /cant stop

its been that way since forever.just more people now a days
and they are figuring out that organization and power in numbers
is a valuable thing

los angeles is a straight up ghetto everywhere you go people are just cool as fuck

[Matt the Funk]

there are hundreds of thousands of gangsters
not to mention the ones who are incarcerated
add to that the thousands of wanna be's
it is more a publicity stunt to make it look like they
are trying to clean up the streets.
the reality is that the streets will always be more powerful than the law
think about all the normal citizens who use drugs on a daily basis.
the house wives the students the 9-5 office workers everybody gets high on something
and they must get it from somewhere.gangs have tapped into the source
so much money is being made that it wont /cant stop

its been that way since forever.just more people now a days
and they are figuring out that organization and power in numbers
is a valuable thing

los angeles is a straight up ghetto everywhere you go people are just cool as fuckThis is the truth. Except I really hate gangs. Well not really gangs, but violence. It's not needed.

[medicinal]

Of course you must know sometimes they get it wrong and bust through the wrong front door. How many innocent people are attacked by police breakins every year? I'll bet that is a figure they want to keep off the front page. What if the people next door are the criminals and they come at 4 in the AM and misread the address, and come through your door with flashbangs and 10 heavily armed police, do you think they are not going to find your grow room and justify the bust, even though the address is wrong? I wonder how many innocent pot growers have been busted like this. Kinda like they stop you after midnight if you're driving, cause the odds are 1 out of 3 you've been drinkin, pretty soon they'll be doin random house breakins for the pot growing chances. Even though we don't like criminals or gangs, we must hold the cops to the constitution, see my signature!

[Psycho4Bud]

its been that way since forever.just more people now a days
and they are figuring out that organization and power in numbers
is a valuable thing


LOL....I'm sure they's stand up very nicely to a few brigades of marines. These punks don't have shit!


Even though we don't like criminals or gangs, we must hold the cops to the constitution, see my signature!

"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" is one of the most famous phrases in the United States Declaration of Independence. These three aspects are listed among the "unalienable rights" of man.

The phrase is based on the writings of John Locke, who expressed a similar concept of "life, liberty, and estate (or property)". While Locke said that "no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions", Adam Smith coined the phrase "life, liberty, and the pursuit of property". The expression "pursuit of happiness" was coined by Dr. Samuel Johnson in his 1759 novel Rasselas].
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life,_liberty_and_the_pursuit_of_happiness)

It's time for the MAJORITY to regain their rights against these punks.

Have a good one!"s4"

[BlAzInIt4:20]

you might call the gangsters punks but to them its a way of life.. its the only life they have known most brought up in a gang society. I have met some gangsters that were cool as hell, yes they did their thing but some of those guys have huge hearts...

And its a good thing were trying to do something about this... But its just a waste of money and time...

[PharmaCan]

Get a grip, people, these are third-world barbarians. They don't have the kind of brain processes that allow them to function in a civilized society, so they want society to change to reflect their way of life.

To any of you who think that these animals are glamorous, or even that they are deserving of the basic rights that we give to most other human beings, you need to get a taste of reality. These people are sub-human, at best.

Before anyone gets on their high horse about inalianable rights, I suggest you first take a walk through the gang controlled sections of Los Angeles. You could then form an educated opinion about the barbarians. Well, you could except for one simple fact, you'd be fucking dead! The gang bangers would blow your ass away just for walking in their neighborhood.

PC :pimp:

[Th3 sand m4n]

"los angeles is a straight up ghetto everywhere you go people are just cool as fuck"

:jointsmile: haha yup

[medicinal]

"los angeles is a straight up ghetto everywhere you go people are just cool as fuck"

:jointsmile: haha yup

So you think doin drivebys and protecting a 1 square mile of turf are righteous endeavors eh? These people need to grow the fuck up and get a real life. Start a family and get a job. Hangin with the Bros. and packin is looking for a vacation in the big house, and that is where most of them end up. Selling drugs takes no fucking brains, and being tough just guarantees you a life of crime. The lucky ones get out.