Good points Scott, and I'll add that ending segregation in the High
School will help too.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburycouple" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> If you'd like to take credit for the obvious I'm cool with that.
>
> I don't think anyone has questioned that stepped up enforcement
and
> police presence is badly needed to deal with the immediate
problem.
> It can't be the only solution, though. The article you quote
below
> accurately frames the stepped up enforcement as "what is needed in
> the short-term". What is really needed is something that gets
> beyond an ongoing police vs. gang battle. We need a long term
plan
> that addresses both the immediate need to battle these gangs today
> with increased police presence and enforcement combined with plans
> and programs designed to prevent the next generation of potential
> gang members from making the choice to go in that direction.
Again,
> the article below clearly says that these kinds of programs are
> important.
>
> Neither increased police or increased programs can succeed in a
> vaccum. They are both tactics desperately in need of a strategy.
> It is the lack of a real plan, and the venomous political
> environment that exists right now which may not allow one to
emerge,
> that worries me the most. When you are at war, those who don't
work
> together die together. We are clearly at war with these gangs.
>
>
>
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright"
> <justifiedright@> wrote:
> >
> > So the Press is saying the appropriate response to these
killings
> is
> > police cracking down, not recreation.
> >
> > I wonder who was the first on this board to say that?
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Fred" <asburydogma@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Declare war on gangs, guns
> > > Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 12/8/06
> > > Another young person has been killed in Asbury Park,
triggering
> > > renewed calls for an end to the senseless violence, for the
> > community
> > > to pull together to combat it, and for expanded social
services,
> > job
> > > programs and recreational opportunities to help address the
root
> > > causes of the violence.
> > >
> > > All those things are important. But what is needed most in the
> > short
> > > term is a bolstered, visible police presence one dedicated
to
> > > getting guns, and those who illegally sell and possess them,
off
> > the
> > > streets.
> > >
> > > The shooting death Tuesday night of a 21-year-old woman in
what
> > > authorities say was a gang-related murder was the seventh
> homicide
> > in
> > > Asbury Park this year. That's the city's highest one-year
total
> in
> > 22
> > > years. And the seven murders are just one less than the number
> > > committed in all of Monmouth County last year.
> > >
> > > Things are out of control in Asbury Park, and something
dramatic
> > > needs to be done. Adding a few more street cops isn't enough.
> The
> > > city needs additional manpower from the county, the state and
> the
> > > Drug Enforcement Agency. And the extra personnel must remain
in
> > place
> > > until the city is stabilized.
> > >
> > > The environment that has spawned the violence can't be
> > fundamentally
> > > altered until the gangs and the thugs are brought under
control.
> > That
> > > is an essential first step. The state, the county Prosecutor's
> > Office
> > > and Asbury Park officials owe it to the residents of the city
> now
> > > living in a perpetual state of fear to give them the
protection
> > and
> > > peace of mind every citizen deserves.
> > >
> > > Ironically, the day after the latest shooting occurred, the
> Press
> > ran
> > > a front-page story about a statewide anti-gang initiative
called
> > > Operation Ceasefire, which is to focus on 13 cities, including
> > Asbury
> > > Park and Lakewood. That program needs to be ramped up in
Asbury
> > Park.
> > >
> > > The head of Operation Ceasefire, State Police Lt. Col. Frank
E.
> > > Rodgers, rightly refers to gang members who wreak havoc on
their
> > > neighborhoods as domestic terrorists. Those terrorists must be
> > > stopped. Attorney General Stuart Rabner must make certain that
> > > Monmouth County Prosecutor Luis A. Valentin, state police and
> city
> > > police work together, using every weapon at their disposal, to
> do
> > > just that. The response to the terrorism taking place in
Asbury
> > Park
> > > streets must be equal to the devastation it is causing in the
> > > community.
> > >
> >
>
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