Huge sweeps target Latino gangs that allegedly attacked blacks

Federal authorities said they would announce today a huge sweep of Latino gang members allegedly responsible for violence against law enforcement and racially motivated attacks against blacks.

The announcement followed the arrests of dozens of suspected gang members during raids early this morning. A news release from the U.S. attorney's office called it the "largest gang takedown in United States history."

U.S. Atty. Thomas P. O'Brien, along with officials from the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, is scheduled to speak at a news conference at 11 a.m. at the Lakewood sheriff's station. 

The indictment is the latest of several investigations that found gangs participating in race-based violence. Federal prosecutors two years ago charged members of a Latino gang with a violent campaign to drive blacks out of the unincorporated Florence-Firestone neighborhood that allegedly resulted in 20 homicides over several years.

In the Harbor Gateway district of L.A., police launched a crackdown last year on another Latino gang accused of targeting blacks, including 14-year-old Cheryl Green, whose death became a rallying point. In 2006, members of the Avenues, a Latino gang, were convicted in federal court for a series of assaults and killings in the early 1990s targeting blacks in Highland Park. 

-- Scott Glover

Photo: Weapons confiscated during this morning's raid. Credit: Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times

Comments

[Fed-Up In L.A]

Good its time to take the city and or county back street by street or block by block sound familiar

[Rob55555]

I grow up in the 70's in a small central valley town in California and experienced gang problems. The only gangs were Hispanic and they always were openly racist towards the white community. The town was 90% white and 8% Hispanic. They would beat up the elderly and small children just because they were white. It always has been accepted that Hispanics can be openly racist. It’s just amazing it takes the racism toward African Americans to make an issue of it.

[Shelly]

Send m' back - to wherever they're from! If they don't have a green card, adios! (Many) of you move to this country (illegally!) and have the audacity to want the territory already occupied by another people (blacks, in this case) - get over yourselves!! This is NOT your land and the 'reconquista' is never ever gonna work! So, get your welfare-loving, violent asses back across the border!! [And, those of you - the very few! that're here legally and work hard, you are the exception and are welcome to stay, of course!!] Oh, and btw, the fact that California's broke is a direct result of the asinine behavior of allowing illegals to collect welfare!! Talk about Stupid!! We deserve what we get!! But, rounding m' up and sending m' (again, only the illegals!) back, is the first step!! The second?? Start Requiring proper ID that identifies one as Legal!! Martial Law?? Maybe... this is beyond ridiculous!!! Congrats on the 1st Step!!

[willie]

just stop targeting none gang members.if u call yoselves real gangsters.why kill some one who hasnt done any thing to u.to me thats a coward.it is rules and respect that goes with thr streets.keep it real.god will revenge in the end and he will win .and no one can win over our creater.u will answer to him for the little children that did not have a choice to keep living.stop taking they lives its not right or fare to all the kids across the globe.please stop the gang voilence.lets learn to love one another that way our children can be thr best they can be in life with lots of love and happiness..no matter what color they are kids dont care about race unless some one teaches them about it in a negetive way.lets be good rolemodels to our kids in the homes and streets god bless.

[Peter]

Our problem has a feedback loop. These poor,uneducated (and many times lazy) people collect welfare checks. In order to receive more cash, they breed and have children (if you're in California, the evidence is very visible..). Consequently, we end up with more uneducated people who become tomorrow's criminals. Horrible, HORRIBLE, feedback system we have in place. We need to cut the incentives immediately.

[JimmyBean]

The problem goes both ways, Black Gangs like EAST COAST CRIPS, GRAPE STREET CRIPS, and BOUNTY HUNTER BLOODS have targeted latinos in their neighborhoods just like Mexican gangs like AVENUES target blacks and there are a few Blacks and Hispanic gangs that hare loose alliances (i.e 18th Street Gang and Hoover Criminal Gang which was formerly Hoover Crip Gang). Alot of the Asian and Somoan gangs have alliances with the Black gangs and might go after the Mexicans, it just shows that some of it has to do with race, some of it has to do with drugs, turf, gang politics, all in all, California (partly because of poor governing, policing, and lack of good and solid legislature, and illegal immigration is a mess.

[Snuffer]

We need to simply remove all minorites and the problem disappears. Voila!! You will still the Armenian cesspool known as Glendale but I guess you can't fix everything!!