Comment 62393

By Undustrial (registered) - website | Posted April 17, 2011 at 22:02:51 in reply to Comment 62364

"Gangs on the rise"...yet not a single line from the article can justify that statement. There are more than there were last year, but no word on why - have established gangs fractured, or are more starting up? Is the lack of "turf" truly because gangs are evolving? Or is it because none actually have the manpower to enforce borders?

There's a total lack of any numbers that might put this in perspective. How many crimes are they committing? Is that up or down? What percentage of all crime is gang-related? What are the membership estimates? Are they connected elsewhere? And who are the gangs they aren't mentioning?

The best quote is where the Detective from Gangs and Weapons states that 85-90% of their work is gang related. Uhh...yeah. The police invest enormous amounts of time and money looking for "gangs". It makes for great press - and sometimes that's needed. Like when the opposing story involves the anguish of family members of a kid shot by police.

"Today, the notion of progress in a single line without goal or limit seems perhaps the most parochial notion of a very parochial century." — Lewis Mumford

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