From an e-mail I received:
On National Public Radio last month (February)....a spokesman for the Los Angeles PD, stated that the 90,000 cops of the LAPD have been "overwhelmed" by street gangs in the area now numbering somewhere between 150,000 to 200,000 in strength. And these gangs, ages 10 to 40, are armed...some with automatic weapons. The black gangs (BLOODS, CRIPS, etc.) have been replaced by the hispanic outfits like M-13. In Long Beach, near the Los Angeles harbor, there is a struggle going on between the newly emerging Asian gangs and the hispanics for control of the area. Thomas Chittum predicts that this street gang war is the beginning of what he calls "cινιℓ ωαr 2" and the total disintegration of the USA.
California is similar to Iraq......just waiting to rumble, as the population increases by leaps and bounds. CA population presently about 40 million which will double in less than 20 years ! LAPD cops are quitting or retiring and moving to Idaho rather than stay in LA under these mad conditions. Sidewalks in some parts of downtown LA are filthy with human waste. Cops going there sometimes put on rubber overshoes or plastic bags to keep the crap off their shoes. Mostly, they just try to stay out of those areas. So, the gangs have the streets to themselves.
EDITED: to replace racist terms with more neutral terms.
(Just so you know, I don't frequent racist websites or anything, this is from an e-mail newsletter I SOMEHOW got put on. I don't know how some people get my e-mail address. Anyhow, I skim this newsletter sometimes, but usually I just delete it. Once in a while there is good information, once you get past all the racism)