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...There are a million kids out there who have no skills other than fighting," says James Galipeau, a veteran officer in the probation department. "They are not afraid of the police or jail or of dying." As demonstrated by the Good Friday attack, the gang members also show a grotesque disregard for the safety of innocent people. Of the 387 gang-related homicides in Los Angeles County last year, approximately half were innocent bystanders caught in the cross fire of shootouts...
...order to make room for the newcomers. "We have $500 million in jail construction in progress," says James Painter, who, as chief of the Los Angeles sheriff's custody division, oversees a jail system that is larger than the prison facilities in any of 46 states. "But our projections show that by the time those are completed in five years, we will be more overcrowded than we are now." The city's deputy police chief, Glenn Levant, is unmoved by the shortage. "Our philosophy," he says, "is that unfortunately this is the sheriff's problem." He asserts, "I'm going...
...police prepared for their sweeps last week, County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn took a drastic step. In a telegram to Governor George Deukmejian, he asked that National Guard military police be dispatched to South Central L.A. for a "show of force." While the Governor's office replied that such a move would be "doubtful," the full county board of supervisors and the Los Angeles city council began debating whether to formally to request the assistance of the Guard...
Carter then played numbers with Williams, Sargent, Browne and Dawson, and finished the show by joining with the Jazz Band for the last seven pieces...
Despite these facts, the press continues to establish a Jackson myth. Although the facts show that Jackson is no more qualified to be president than he was in 1984, we are forced to read stories of a Jackson candidacy that must be taken seriously. Jesse Jackson is the same man, with the same lack of credentials, he was in 1984. Too many unanswered questions remain...