The Stats Tell the Tale About Gangs

I'm not surprised that the LA Times pussyfoots around the issues and again fails to find a quote from someone, anyone, who will speak the truth: LA's gang problem is a direct result of its status as a sanctuary city.

Gang crackdown raises touchy issue - Los Angeles Times

The immigration agency began last month, for the first time, to identify deportable gang members.

For the month of February, 290 inmates at Los Angeles County jails were determined to be in this country illegally, and 24 of those, about 8%, were determined to be associated with street gangs.

A similar survey was done for the 816 inmates red-flagged in jails in the seven Southern California counties served by Hayes' office. That survey, which includes Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, identified 59 gang members, or 7% of those facing deportation.

On any given day, Los Angeles County jails have about 19,500 inmates, including about 4,500 gang members, said Steve Whitmore, a Sheriff's Department spokesman. He said up to 25% of the inmates in the jail are believed to be foreign nationals.

Actually, I'd be more than happy to write LA off. I'd say let's wall it off in certain places and let Crips and the Craps kill each other off, but the bastards are exporting their criminal enterprises across the country. We've imported a culture that spawns dangerous subcultures that is being excused by local officials. The sooner we take this gang war out of the hands of LaRaza Mayor Villaraigosa, and let Americans of less politically correct persuasions put their boots down, the better.

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