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Gang crackdown unsettles Catalina Island community

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy David Mertens talks about the gang problem in Avalon, Calif., on Catalina Island, Thursday, July 3, 2008.

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Jul 12, 2008
 
No gangs huh? Yeah right. The parents are always the last to know if the kids are in a gang. I wonder how many maids and servants are in Avalon illegally. Gee, talk about bad grammar! "We don't have no gang." Yeah right . Rodriguez isn't helping his kid by being in denial. Maybe ICE should raid Avalon and see how many of those kids and their parents are in CA illegally. Remember, it is illegal to come, to hire and to aid and abet. Check their immigration status. Celebrities have been known to hire illegals. Maybe they have.
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The 'misguided youths' referred to in this article are Anchor Baby Gangbangers... spawned by their illegal alien mothers. They are a SCOURGE on our society! They are shiftless, lazy, good-for-nothing losers who do nothing but strut their 'machissmo' and threaten and intimidate innocent citizens. Just the mere presence of their shaved heads and disgusting tattooed bodies is enough to scare the hell out of the tourists on Avalon. It has been well documented by Heather McDonald, an expert on the subject, that the first and second generation anchor babies are responsible for almost all of the gang crime.

Going 'stir crazy' on the small Island is NOT an excuse for spray painting skateboards and public restrooms! It is a CRIMIE to vandalize! Throw them in jail for 6 months every time they spray those cans! Spray painting and grafitti are the jobs for entry level gangbangers...then comes robbery, murder, and all the other good stuff. If they don't conform, drowning them is always an option!





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Jul 12, 2008
 
Most Parents do not want to believe there child or children are gang members, but how many parents take the time to really find out that there child is hanging out with. I have not heard of any taggers who do not consider themselves a gang. Due to the fact if another taggers cross them out you now have a problem. All you have to do is get to know who the hanging out with and the truth will come to the light
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Every gang and gang member that's taken in custody should be sent over to Iraq or Saudi Arabia, better yet back to the place where there illegal parents came from. They don't have any ideal what it means to live in California. They have create a distored meaning of what Life, Liberty and the Persue of happiness. This needs to be corrected in a real serious matter. why are we (all legals americans)pay or hard earn tax money to be taking away from us by these gang members and illegals?
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I FIND IT TO BE FUNNY HOW PEOPLE ARE MAKING SUCH A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT, I HAVE LIVED ON THE ISLAND FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS AND I BY FAR DISAGREE WITH ALL OF THIS NONSENSE. I HAVE LIVED HERE PRETTY MUCH ALL MY LIFE AND I CAN SAY THAT WHEN I GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT I DONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT LOCKING MY DOOR, I EVEN LEAVE MY KEY IN MY GOLF CART... THAT'S HOW SAFE IT IS HERE...... YES THERE ARE A FEW TROUBLED KIDS OUT THERE BUT IT IS NOT AS BAD AS THEY ARE MAKING IT SEEM.I THINK THAT INSTEAD OF DEPUTY MARTENS MAKING A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT AND BRAODCASTING IT ON TV HE SHOULD WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO TRY AND HELP THESE TROUBLED KIDS. AVALON IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE, BUT IT IS A VERY SMALL TOWN (ONE SQUARE MILE) SO KIDS GET ANTSY SOMETIMES AND START THINKING OF THINGS TO DO. IF THE DEPUTY FOUND ALTERNATIVE ACTIVITIES AND NOT HARRASS THE KIDS SO MUCH MAYBE THINGS WOULD CHANGE.
AND FOR THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS... ARE YOU GUYS SERIOUS?!?!?!? THIS KATHY PERSON TALKING ABOUT MAIDS AND SERVANTS... FIRST OF ALL THERE ARE NO SERVANTS ON THIS ISLAND!!! AND SECOND OF ALL IF IT WEREN'T FOR ALL THOSE "IMMIGRANTS" AS YOU CALL THEM YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GO ON A VACATION BECAUSE GUESS WHAT???? I REALLY DOUBT THAT ANYBODY WHO IS NOT AN "IMMIGRANT" IS GOING TO CLEAN YOUR ROOM FOR YOU, COOK FOR YOU FOR A MEASLY $7 TO $8/HOUR....!! WOULD YOU DO THAT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE??? COME ON LETS BE REALISTIC!!!
IT REALY IRRITATES ME WHEN PEOPLE LIKE YOU STERIOTYPE!!! NEXT TIME YOU GO ON VACATION LOOK FOR A PLACE WHERE THEY ONLY HIRE "NON-IMMAGRANT" AND SEE WHAT YOU FIND... ALL I CAN SAY IS GOOD LUCK! BECAUSE YOU WONT!!!!!
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I have one question Mr. Rodriguez,WHY IS YOUR SON ON PROBATION?.I know he's a good boy.He only spray paint's & hangs out with gang members,Why are the police targeting him?
RIGHT Mr.Rodriguez,Maybe, spending more time watching him might help.Then the police don't have to watch him.

B.A. in L.A.
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Jul 12, 2008
 
It's amazing to hear and see people in a mild state of denile. It usually starts out with small icodents of vandalism which slowly escalates to bigger issues.
I don'y know about SWAT Teams but you have to clip those wings quick before it spins out of control. I've seen it on more that one occasion right before my eyes.
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Jul 12, 2008
 
Lets see..shaved head,tatoos and tagging but why are the cops are assuming they are in gangs, and the Mayor feels they are over reacting, is he related to Tony V. from L.A.
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What really impresses me about all of the comments to this article so far is the utter lack of writing and spelling skills among the majority of you.
The death of education, coupled with illegal (Mexican) immigration, and governmental corruption is just further evidence of America's slow decay.

If you care enough to share profound insights, care enough to express them
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Jul 12, 2008
 
if your going to employ spaniards for cheap labor, your going to also have their criminal element. if I were a business person on catalina island, I would employ chinese people. they don't have this in chinatown or san gabriel.
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Jul 12, 2008
 
The Brown Pride Locos are racist and should be denounced as such. My group, with a similiar name, has been denounced as racist. It appears that Blacks ,Browns and Jews all get passes on being racist. Now ,White people are in the minority, and soon the White Europeans will die out as well, all due to racism.
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Jul 12, 2008
 
I'm way more concerned about the jewish gangs lobbying with the military industrial corporate boys to conduct more wars with borrowed monies. Also more concerned with the private Federal Reserve Bank and signing of SPP. Watch "Freedom to Fascism" by Aaron Russo.
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ISLANDER wrote:
I FIND IT TO BE FUNNY HOW PEOPLE ARE MAKING SUCH A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT, I HAVE LIVED ON THE ISLAND FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS AND I BY FAR DISAGREE WITH ALL OF THIS NONSENSE. I HAVE LIVED HERE PRETTY MUCH ALL MY LIFE AND I CAN SAY THAT WHEN I GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT I DONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT LOCKING MY DOOR, I EVEN LEAVE MY KEY IN MY GOLF CART... THAT'S HOW SAFE IT IS HERE...... YES THERE ARE A FEW TROUBLED KIDS OUT THERE BUT IT IS NOT AS BAD AS THEY ARE MAKING IT SEEM.I THINK THAT INSTEAD OF DEPUTY MARTENS MAKING A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT AND BRAODCASTING IT ON TV HE SHOULD WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO TRY AND HELP THESE TROUBLED KIDS. AVALON IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE, BUT IT IS A VERY SMALL TOWN (ONE SQUARE MILE) SO KIDS GET ANTSY SOMETIMES AND START THINKING OF THINGS TO DO. IF THE DEPUTY FOUND ALTERNATIVE ACTIVITIES AND NOT HARRASS THE KIDS SO MUCH MAYBE THINGS WOULD CHANGE.
AND FOR THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS... ARE YOU GUYS SERIOUS?!?!?!? THIS KATHY PERSON TALKING ABOUT MAIDS AND SERVANTS... FIRST OF ALL THERE ARE NO SERVANTS ON THIS ISLAND!!! AND SECOND OF ALL IF IT WEREN'T FOR ALL THOSE "IMMIGRANTS" AS YOU CALL THEM YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GO ON A VACATION BECAUSE GUESS WHAT???? I REALLY DOUBT THAT ANYBODY WHO IS NOT AN "IMMIGRANT" IS GOING TO CLEAN YOUR ROOM FOR YOU, COOK FOR YOU FOR A MEASLY $7 TO $8/HOUR....!! WOULD YOU DO THAT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE??? COME ON LETS BE REALISTIC!!!
IT REALY IRRITATES ME WHEN PEOPLE LIKE YOU STERIOTYPE!!! NEXT TIME YOU GO ON VACATION LOOK FOR A PLACE WHERE THEY ONLY HIRE "NON-IMMAGRANT" AND SEE WHAT YOU FIND... ALL I CAN SAY IS GOOD LUCK! BECAUSE YOU WONT!!!!!
Funny, when I go to other states I find all kinds of American's doing all these jobs you only think the Illegal Immigrants do. I see young, obviously, American kids working at the carwash, the restaurants, and often times older Americans working as maids....amazing. Screw the Illegals, screw the gangs, and screw your little island, because without the American tourist coming there to prop-up the local economy there, you have nothing....OUT!
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Jul 12, 2008
 
gang members need catalina island vacations too, its part of the new parcel tax program ..
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Jul 12, 2008
 
ISLANDER wrote:
I FIND IT TO BE FUNNY HOW PEOPLE ARE MAKING SUCH A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT, I HAVE LIVED ON THE ISLAND FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS AND I BY FAR DISAGREE WITH ALL OF THIS NONSENSE. I HAVE LIVED HERE PRETTY MUCH ALL MY LIFE AND I CAN SAY THAT WHEN I GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT I DONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT LOCKING MY DOOR, I EVEN LEAVE MY KEY IN MY GOLF CART... THAT'S HOW SAFE IT IS HERE...... YES THERE ARE A FEW TROUBLED KIDS OUT THERE BUT IT IS NOT AS BAD AS THEY ARE MAKING IT SEEM.I THINK THAT INSTEAD OF DEPUTY MARTENS MAKING A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT AND BRAODCASTING IT ON TV HE SHOULD WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO TRY AND HELP THESE TROUBLED KIDS. AVALON IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE, BUT IT IS A VERY SMALL TOWN (ONE SQUARE MILE) SO KIDS GET ANTSY SOMETIMES AND START THINKING OF THINGS TO DO. IF THE DEPUTY FOUND ALTERNATIVE ACTIVITIES AND NOT HARRASS THE KIDS SO MUCH MAYBE THINGS WOULD CHANGE.
AND FOR THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS... ARE YOU GUYS SERIOUS?!?!?!? THIS KATHY PERSON TALKING ABOUT MAIDS AND SERVANTS... FIRST OF ALL THERE ARE NO SERVANTS ON THIS ISLAND!!! AND SECOND OF ALL IF IT WEREN'T FOR ALL THOSE "IMMIGRANTS" AS YOU CALL THEM YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GO ON A VACATION BECAUSE GUESS WHAT???? I REALLY DOUBT THAT ANYBODY WHO IS NOT AN "IMMIGRANT" IS GOING TO CLEAN YOUR ROOM FOR YOU, COOK FOR YOU FOR A MEASLY $7 TO $8/HOUR....!! WOULD YOU DO THAT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE??? COME ON LETS BE REALISTIC!!!
IT REALY IRRITATES ME WHEN PEOPLE LIKE YOU STERIOTYPE!!! NEXT TIME YOU GO ON VACATION LOOK FOR A PLACE WHERE THEY ONLY HIRE "NON-IMMAGRANT" AND SEE WHAT YOU FIND... ALL I CAN SAY IS GOOD LUCK! BECAUSE YOU WONT!!!!!
and YOU "Islander" are THE PROBLEM!! YOU are the ones EXPLOITING these illegals AND legals with your "I would not clean rooms for 8 dollars an hour! RE-READ YOUR COMMENTS! You think illegals are okay as long as they serve your lazy ass! I have vacationed in Catalina for years, and loved it. It is NOT UP TO THE DEPUTY to "find alternative activities" for these youths either! Did the government have to find activities for YOU when you were growing up? I think not. You probably had parents that monitored your actions and took responsibility for them, unlike Mr Rodriguez whose son is "on probation" or parole but did not do anything wrong. Yeah, the whole world is picking on the poor illegals. People like you should just wrap up this whole country with a big white green and red bow-tie and give it to Mexico as part of their third world.
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Jul 12, 2008
 
White Pride World Wide wrote:
The Brown Pride Locos are racist and should be denounced as such. My group, with a similiar name, has been denounced as racist. It appears that Blacks ,Browns and Jews all get passes on being racist. Now ,White people are in the minority, and soon the White Europeans will die out as well, all due to racism.
Amen brother. You said a mouthful. I don't need to belong to a group or organization but I am one of MANY White PROUD and NOT a racist!!! How many "Brown Pride" t-shirts do you see and nobody bats an eye?
How many Black Power? How many immigrant's HEARTS are in this country, or back HOME where they send their money and plan to retire? Can you say OPPORTUNISTS????
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redpandabear wrote:
gang members need catalina island vacations too, its part of the new parcel tax program ..
good one!! VOTE NO ON ANY NEW TAXES!!!! We don't need more revenue, we need responsible spending and audits!
Frank
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Jul 12, 2008
 
Got it now wrote:
Lets see..shaved head,tatoos and tagging but why are the cops are assuming they are in gangs, and the Mayor feels they are over reacting, is he related to Tony V. from L.A.
I got news for you Islanders....if the grafitti says 13 after the initials, it means they answer to the Mexican Mafia in prisons, and that means they are a GANG!!! helllloooooo???
Frank
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Jul 12, 2008
 
Bill wrote:
I have one question Mr. Rodriguez,WHY IS YOUR SON ON PROBATION?.I know he's a good boy.He only spray paint's & hangs out with gang members,Why are the police targeting him?
RIGHT Mr.Rodriguez,Maybe, spending more time watching him might help.Then the police don't have to watch him.
B.A. in L.A.
EXACTLY. and we dont have to pass parcel taxes to watch your son either, idiot.
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Jul 12, 2008
 
Peri wrote:
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Amen brother. You said a mouthful. I don't need to belong to a group or organization but I am one of MANY White PROUD and NOT a racist!!! How many "Brown Pride" t-shirts do you see and nobody bats an eye?
How many Black Power? How many immigrant's HEARTS are in this country, or back HOME where they send their money and plan to retire? Can you say OPPORTUNISTS????
you mean you got a mouthful.., in jail. doesn't the white separatists work with the mexican prison gangs? now what? Oh my, ypur lips are brusied purple from s*cking so hard. Don't it make your brown ey bloo?
as for t shirts that say brown pride, what else do they have? even in numbers, they fail. like the white priders, its about natire and nurturing. only the Asians have it together.
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