28 February 2008

Just what they needed (not)

Seems that California has a new problem: gangs moving to small towns.
The lower end of the Sacramento valley has long been known as the Mason-Dixon Line of California's major Latino gang rivalry. But now clashes between the Sureños, or southerners, and the Norteños, northerners, have migrated through the state. The Sureños wear blue and the Norteños wear red. People get shot on the street for wearing the 'wrong' color, even if they're not part of a gang.
Police, school officials, and community groups say gang violence cannot be curtailed without prevention and intervention. Some towns teach parents to be on alert for signs, such as red or blue clothing, shoes, or handkerchiefs, that show their children might be drifting toward gangs. Other towns have stepped up recreational activities to keep youngsters busy.
Even when law agencies record successes against a gang, members often move elsewhere, as some may have done after crackdowns on Fresno's Bulldogs gang. It has an estimated 6,000 members.

Rico says this has gone too far, as usual; this is illegal immigration taken to the next level...

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