I just heard on the radio that Ted Hayes (homeless activist) is planning on having a protest in the downtown Los Angeles area this Sunday @11am. The protest will center around the growing issue of the negative impact illegal immigration is having on the Black community in that area and how the local government is not addressing the issue. According to Hayes, he is being advised by some unnamed sources not to have this event in fear of some backlash by some members of the Latino community who support illegal immigration. If I am able to, I plan to check out this event with cameras in tow.
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While I was unable to find any additional information on this event, but I did manage to find an article that goes into more detail about the gang situation. Although illegals are not solely responsible for gang activity here in the southland (that’s Southern California for the rest of you), a significant number of them are involved in this growing problem. This first article sheds some light on this issue.
“Rather than deal with gangs and racial tensions comprehensively, as an expression of overcrowded schools, unemployment and the utter failure of urban development policies in pre- and post-riot South LA, the preferred approach here has been “suppression.” Most resources for addressing gang violence go not to drug prevention, counseling and job development but toward surveillance, armed sweeps, mass arrests for minor offenses and the criminalization of everything perceived as gang-related, from graffiti to tattoos. This punitive approach is reinforced by gang injunctions and laws facilitating increased incarceration. Gangs and racial tensions provide the LAPD with a raison d’être, an opportunity to redeem itself as an army of good soldiers in a “war” on gangbanger “superpredators” dividing and terrorizing communities.
Police Chief William Bratton marched into his new job in 2002 calling for a “war on gangs” and gang “terrorists.” After drawing fire from community groups, Bratton tamped down his language, but his policies have been impervious to important insights like those offered in a just-released evaluation of the city’s antigang efforts, funded by the City Council. Led by eminent civil rights attorney Connie Rice of the Advancement Project, the study examined the role of twelve city departments, from police to social services, and concluded, “After a quarter century of a multi-billion-dollar war on gangs [$80 billion, according to Rice], there are six times as many gangs and at least double the number of gang members in the region.” The report calls for a major overhaul of gang policy that balances suppression with a more comprehensive program that includes appointment of a “gang czar” and unprecedented funding increases for cash-starved prevention and intervention programs.” (more…)
What I bolded above is something I heard about a month or so ago, but didn’t comment on it because I think I was thrown in a state of low-level state of shock until now.
$80 billion dollars!
This is why I have a very hard time with folks who preach about certain areas and groups lack necessary funding to make sweeping change. When you challenge these people on how the money is spent, all of a sudden you are the evil tyrant that just won’t “understand”. Anyway, please do not ask me to address the $1.5 TRILLION dollars that is being suggested as a fix for California schools. Mind you a significant percentage of school budget money out here gets funneled into special educational programs for illegals.
Here is another recent article found in the LA Times regarding the the crime aspect of illegal immigration.
Illegal immigration is a topic I have written about quite extensively here. I’ll highlight a few of those posts, but also use the search tool above to get a complete view on my take on this issue.
Just think how that $80 billion could have redeveloped many of the dilapidated communities in that area where there is a high percentage of Black Americans. Something to think about as you listen to those who are running for president.
Some of the “minor†details left out of this summer’s illegal immigration protests
Build the Great Wall of America or give Mexico a good talking to. This is insanity, it truly is. Mexico is a parasite nation. We are a debtor nation. We use cheap Mexican labor to cut costs. We give tax breaks to the filthy rich. Corrupt Mexican government agencies are complicit in assisting Mexican nationals cross the border illegally in disregard to our laws. If we do the same, like “Dog the Bounty Hunter”, pursuing scum on 2 legs, we are treated worst than demons. Drug dealers crossing our border bribe their government officials, then sue our government. We thus lock up our border defenders. This is insanity.
Mexico does NOT have a border patrol- Google it! I saw a 1943 movie involving that group, but today, in reality, there is no Mexican border agency.
We need to take Mexico by the collar and say enough shenanigans, act like a leader in the world and we’ll treat you like one. Send *A* troop to Afghanistan - Canada did!…They are gonna screw around and let a bin Laden boy slip through the country with a glowing package and it’s over…