I don't understand this vote.

Let's see, at the council meeting last night the mayor spoke on this issue as soon as the prayer and flag salute was over. With the exception of not mentioning Day Day's shooting I thought he covered all the bases. He did have a lot on his mind though didn't he?

When Chief Johnson spoke I thought he was right on target. Not only is his department getting assistance from parole, probation and LASD,they are bringing in L.A. Impact and I.C.E. that's in addition to the extra patrols they're putting out. What more can people expect absent the National Guard?

In Scottsdale, Az. every arrested person is checked for their immigration status and I.C.E. takes charge of those here illegally. WHY THE HELL ARE WE NOT DOING THIS? They started that after a local police officer was murdered by an illegal. We should not wait a minute more, innocent people are paying with their own lives and that's enough!

In the last decade or so Hispanic gangs have opened it's arms to the kids of illegal immigrants. That dynamic has fostered some of the race problems associated with what's going on now. That with the dictates of prison gangs that float down to county jails and than to the streets.

I saw where someone had wrote that Blacks and Hispanics in Monrovia that grew up together got along OK. That used to be pretty much true but they were pretty much all Americans. Times have changed people.

If people will actually look at this problem with honesty, they will admit there are lots of racist attitudes foster by illegals from other countries, specifically from Mexico and south, against American Blacks.

Just check out the big Hispanic gangs like MS, 18th Street, Florencia 13 and others and see who makes up their ranks. Than see who they are trying to kill.

There is no doubt that this is also money based with gangs going after drug sales profits. Eliminate the competition and make more money for your own group of thugs.

This would have gotten much more press play and way earlier if you had the two biggest white prison gangs, The Aryan Brotherhood and Nazi Low Riders, targetting Blacks and Hispanics. Can't say too much though when race is involved can we? That's the boggeyman we have to keep hid away.

Local Boy

The vote just shows how people really feel about MPD.
What took MPD so long to ask for help this has neen going on for at least the last 5 years.
There were MHS students that got hit in a drive-by last year but nothing was said about because they were 18.
How about MPD sending there gang units to the schools to identify some of these gang bangers and their associates, I sure(hope)the schools have a good idea of who is on their campus.

I think the poll asked if there was enough being done to curb the violence and it ran BEFORE the city counsel meeting. You are correct Local Boy, Hammond made a passionate plea for everyone to get involved and promised resources to get it done. Johnson did the same, not in much detail at the meeting but get shortly thereafter.

The hatred/racism among those of hispanic origan is as nasty with each other as they have against other groups. Mexicans and El Salvadorans depise each other and their warfar in the valley is why we left. The fight for turn and the money it can bring in is what fuels it.

So was the poll something worth asking prior to the very public announcements and explanations given at the city meeting correct? Probably, mostly because it gave people a chance to voice their concerns and frustration. Will it matter? Probably not.

The city had some pretty good programs to help keep kids busy and out of trouble over the summer. We need a lot more, and a lot more variety to give the kids alternatives to the gang banger lifestyle before they even join. That is where Monrovia needs to spend some more money...prevention not reacting to some events.