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Originally Posted by MAB32
Sigaba,
where do gangs fit in in Los Angels, New York, Cleveland, Chicago, and etc., etc? These guys and gals aren't so much as split down the line on Cultural diversity as they are about committing crimes. These are the types of people who are very dangerous when things get really nasty in the economy along with former inmates from state penitentaries. Most, if not just about all of them, will turn into predators like the gangs and those with violent histories noted as domestic violences. I believe that when these "Criminals" start to really suffer at the bottom of the food chain and begin to protest on their treatment, then we will have reached the ignition point for the streets to ignite into riots.
FWIW, we will always have one or two people who will not go with the flow and side on common sense or for the goodness of common man. They will be the flame.
just my $.02 worth
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Sir--
My information on gangs and gang violence in the L.A. area mainly comes from the local news coverage (which can be quite good when it isn't preoccupied with Paris Hilton's un-pantied pudendum) and an unexpected run-in I had several months ago on the train
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The situation is, in a word, volatile. Some Latino gangs are trying to cleanse ethnically a couple of neighborhoods of African-Americans. This past spring, the violence and subsequent retaliations led to a massive inter-agency effort by law enforcement to crack down on both groups. Meanwhile, the communities attempted to come together to protest the violence. The fact that so many people were reluctant to show their face or use any part of their real names for television news interviews shows how tense things are.
Since L.A. is perpetually in the shadow of disaster (floods, earthquakes, fires, and Britney Spears), it is hard to know how people will respond if things got very bad very quickly. Will we stick together or will we be at each other's throats? I have no guesses, only hopes.
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