Criminal
Jan. 24, 2009
Trying to Out-Tough Gangs Won't Rid Neighborhoods of Violence
Logic tells us that trying to out-tough gang members, either on the streets or in the courts, won't rid neighborhoods of violence.
Konrad Moore
Public Defender, Kern County Public Defender's Office
The California Evidence Code defines an expert as someone with specialized knowledge. Secundino "John" Cabrera qualifies. In a recent Los Angeles Times feature, Cabrera discussed the closing of his family market in Hawaiian Gardens. Betraying its inviting name, the community is so beset by gang violence that it boasts a serial-like history of gangs, the Tinys, Pee-Wees, Enanos (Midgets) and Loquitos (Little Crazy Ones). Each succeeded the next as members of its precursors were packed off t...
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