Gang threatens police... (born, illegal immigrants, laws, employment)

[migee]

Recently in Charlotte NC a gang threatened police...

Charlotte Observer | 11/04/2007 | Police threatened by gang after shooting

This is what can worsen without something being done about the illegals here...

And, I know the first question form the pro-amnesty group will be..."How do you know they're illegals?"...And, my answer to that is...If they are here legally, things are even worse than we thought!...

Historically, there have been other gang threats against the police...By other newly arrived ethnic gang members, and even deep rooted Americans (gang members).

But, that does not diminish the fact that the threat can be lessened with proper immigration controls, and enforcement of immigration laws...

And why are threats against the police more severe than threats against civilians?...Because the police are doing the job of protecting society as a whole...keeping law and order, preventing anarchy....

And, every group feels that the police are targeting them, or being unfair to them...Even me, a white guy...I had experiences where I was treated unfairly by police...And, no...I was not shot at by them...Probably because I never had a gun in my hand when I was confronted by them, and because when they told me to do something (like stand still), I followed their instructions...They were the police, they had their protocol, and common sense told me that in any time of confrontation, they were in charge...

This is a serious issue, not just in Charlotte, but in Houston and other areas where these gangs operate...Let's face it, this is one of the problems that come with lack of immigration law enforcement...And, even the Hispanic population (for their own safety) must recognize the severity of this...

[GH0ST..]

Originally Posted by migee

And, I know the first question form the pro-amnesty group will be..."How do you know they're illegals?"...And, my answer to that is...If they are here legally, things are even worse than we thought!...

which doesnt answer the question at all...

[ProLogic]

Parts of the United States have a lot of Gang problems such as L.A for example.. I think its mostly Latino on Latino warfare. I believe most of the people who are in those Latino gangs are in fact troubled youth citizens. Very unfortunate indeed. Its not really the Illegal Immigrants themselves joining these gangs, its their LEGAL sons and daughters (for the most part). They're giving their parents and Latinos in general a bad name.

[migee]

Originally Posted by GH0ST..

which doesnt answer the question at all...

I think it does...It says that if they are immigrants admitted under the present system, the screening process is completely flawed...

Who is supposed to be admitted into the country?...People looking to find a better way of life, people that are supposed to be contributing to their new society as a whole (no matter what their work skills are)...Certainly not someone that is a gang member...

[GH0ST..]

Originally Posted by migee

I think it does...It says that if they are immigrants admitted under the present system, the screening process is completely flawed...

Who is supposed to be admitted into the country?...People looking to find a better way of life, people that are supposed to be contributing to their new society as a whole (no matter what their work skills are)...Certainly not someone that is a gang member...

so how do you screen for "gang member"? how do you screen for the potential to be a gang member?

[migee]

Originally Posted by ProLogic

Parts of the United States have a lot of Gang problems such as L.A for example.. I think its mostly Latino on Latino warfare. I believe most of the people who are in those Latino gangs are in fact troubled youth citizens. Very unfortunate indeed. Its not really the Illegal Immigrants themselves joining these gangs, its their LEGAL sons and daughters (for the most part). They're giving their parents and Latinos in general a bad name.

That's a tough one to determine...

There certainly is a large number that are carrying their gang membership into the country with them...And, this is not unique to the Latinos...In the old days it was the Irish gangs, the Mafia and more recently the Russians and Albanians...

The significance of the Latinos is the numbers...It's a far greater number than any other group...And, if the probability (%) of gang members is the same, that is also a far greater number...

[migee]

Originally Posted by GH0ST..

so how do you screen for "gang member"? how do you screen for the potential to be a gang member?

Number 1 - Actually do some screening, correctly and on equal par...Right now for Latinos it's just an open border, isn't it?...There are no controls, and haven't been for almost 20 years now...

Then screen for employment history, references, education, family, criminal records...You know, demand some cooperation from their own governments...Real cooperation...

I have business associates from Europe that have been going through nearly 8 years of pure hell to get in here legally...They are businesspeople, with real references (even with the banks here, who they do legitimate business with..), they have spent at least $10,000 for lawyers...They are people that can come here with their own (legally earned) money and create economic activity..But, they are following the rules...And getting screwed...

They are certainly being screened, aren't they...And, there is nothing wrong with their backgrounds...They are simply caught in the bureacratic system of INS...And that system is.. "See!!..We're screening people..Nobody get's in here so easily..Look at our numbers..."

..In other words, making scapegoats our of the people going by the rules....Rather than simply doing the job equally and efficiently...Which can be done...

[ArizonaBear]

Originally Posted by ProLogic

Parts of the United States have a lot of Gang problems such as L.A for example.. I think its mostly Latino on Latino warfare. I believe most of the people who are in those Latino gangs are in fact troubled youth citizens. Very unfortunate indeed. Its not really the Illegal Immigrants themselves joining these gangs, its their LEGAL sons and daughters (for the most part). They're giving their parents and Latinos in general a bad name.

And you are correct:

Typically; the first generation of Irish, Italians, generic Latinos and even the Blacks who had first hand knowledge of the Jim Crow laws in the old South-----all of the above try to 'fly under the radar' and avoid any trouble even if it means not defending themselves. Their 'present' condition was still light years better than back 'home'.

The first US born generation are the ones who tend to get involved in gangs because they did not have 'first hand' experience of what their parents endured------yet, culturally speaking, are not truly 'American' either.

Second and subsequent generations tend to be full on American due in large part because their former gangbanger parents do NOT want their children being 'Cholo's', etc.------and, those kids tend to intermarry with the 'dominant' culture whereupon they disappear as a specific race/ethnicity.

Even 60 years ago it was something of a scandal for Americans of Italian and Irish heritage to date let alone marry in New York City-------today: they are all Noo Yawlkers.

[GH0ST..]

Originally Posted by migee

Number 1 - Actually do some screening, correctly and on equal par...Right now for Latinos it's just an open border, isn't it?...There are no controls, and haven't been for almost 20 years now...

Then screen for employment history, references, education, family, criminal records...You know, demand some cooperation from their own governments...Real cooperation...

I have business associates from Europe that have been going through nearly 8 years of pure hell to get in here legally...They are businesspeople, with real references (even with the banks here, who they do legitimate business with..), they have spent at least $10,000 for lawyers...They are people that can come here with their own (legally earned) money and create economic activity..But, they are following the rules...And getting screwed...

They are certainly being screened, aren't they...And, there is nothing wrong with their backgrounds...They are simply caught in the bureacratic system of INS...And that system is.. "See!!..We're screening people..Nobody get's in here so easily..Look at our numbers..."

..In other words, making scapegoats our of the people going by the rules....Rather than simply doing the job equally and efficiently...Which can be done...

all of the aforementioned screening processes do nothing to determine if someone is a gang member or a potential gang member.

[greatbasinguide]

You might want to research MS-13, not your typical gang, actually a product of the Reagan intervention in the El Salvador Civil War