Looks like they read Justified Right before their meeting. It's as
if they lifted the words right from the page.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Seek allies in gang fight
> Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 12/28/06
> Post Comment
> Some Long Branch activists want outside agencies to come in and
help
> address the city's gang problem. With two homicides in less than a
> week, residents have every right to be concerned about their
safety.
>
> Mayor Adam Schneider and Public Safety Director William Richards
> should reach out to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office and
the
> State Police, and use whatever resources are available to root out
> the gangs and drugs that give rise to so much of the violence.
>
> The city's police are not to blame. Nor should they be expected to
> handle this on their own. Gang problems don't start or stop at any
> municipality's borders. That's why it's so important for the
county
> and state law enforcement agencies to step in. Recent shootings in
> Neptune, Asbury Park and Long Branch shouldn't be treated as
isolated
> events.
>
> Long Branch and county law enforcement officials have contended
that
> crime statistics show there is no gang problem in the city a
view
> not shared by many of its residents. That contrarian perspective
has
> been reinforced by the two recent murders and the four murders
since
> August. At a Tuesday news conference, Lorenzo "Bill" Dangler,
> president of the local NAACP chapter, said no one is interested in
> statistics, and his organization "emphatically would say we do
have a
> gang problem here as well as Monmouth County."
>
> The city activists, with Councilman Brian Unger, suggested the
> county's Tactical Narcotics Team return, that more patrol cars and
> foot patrols be assigned to key areas of the city and that the
> federal Drug Enforcement Administration establish a presence in
Long
> Branch.
>
> A heavy, collaborative effort between the law enforcement agencies
> should include the city's school community, to keep young students
> from being lured into gangs. One of the shooting victims, Keith
> Mason, 28, was a standout athlete at Long Branch High School. In a
> letter to the Press, his aunt said the family hopes "his death can
be
> the catalyst Long Branch needs to crush the over-indulgence in
crime
> and mayhem that has become the norm." Using Mason's image and
story
> in violence-prevention educational programs could be an effective
> tactic in a multifaceted anti-gang program.
>
> City leaders can't rely on statistics alone. And the police
shouldn't
> have to go it alone. Long Branch should seek all the outside help
it
> can get to give members of the community the protection and peace
of
> mind they deserve.
>
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