The USA has become a very violent society. Tough talk by police isn't going to change this, it will make it worse. The country has to stop the free flow of weapons to the streets of the USA. That is the only way this ends.
Remember that random shooting in Oakland, California. This one (click here). It reminded me of something. Random killings such as this and the one in Oakland are not really random at all. They usually are gang initiation killings.
When a street gang takes a new member the only law the gang exists with are street rules. So, if a member wants to be a part of the gang they have to initiate to the worst crime ever committed by any other gang member. Not only commit the crime, but, be witnessed committing it. This way the gang has leverage of it's members. If a member wants to snitch on another because they were arrested and can become a valuable asset to police and/or has a rush of conscience, the murder they commit or a less crime in the case of an occasional new gang, is a reminder where their true loyalties lie. Police and primarily investigators/detectives need to keep that in mind when a random killing occurs such as these that there can be a greater motive.
There can be simple hate crimes, but, there can also be racketeering even in the youngest of shooters.
Aug. 19, 2013
By Alyssa Newcomb
As the family of an Australian baseball player (click here) gunned down in Oklahoma mourns his death, police said today that the athlete was targeted by three teenagers who simply "wanted to see someone die."
The suspects followed Chris Lane, 22, as he jogged alongside a road in Duncan, Okla., Friday afternoon, shot him in the back and left him to die on the side of the road, said Duncan police Chief Danny Ford.
"They were bored and just wanted to see somebody die," Ford told ABCNews.com.
Lane, who was on a baseball scholarship at East Central University in Ada, Okla., and was in town visiting his girlfriend, died shortly after he arrived at the hospital, Ford said.
While no one witnessed the shooting, Ford said several people heard a gunshot and reported seeing a black car speeding away from the area of the shooting.
Authorities used surveillance video from local businesses, Ford said, and noticed a black vehicle had pulled behind a hotel for 11 minutes after the shooting before driving away.
A frantic three hours passed, Ford said, without any sign of the vehicle, until a call came in Friday evening "that there were three juveniles at a house with guns and wanting to kill somebody."...
Remember that random shooting in Oakland, California. This one (click here). It reminded me of something. Random killings such as this and the one in Oakland are not really random at all. They usually are gang initiation killings.
When a street gang takes a new member the only law the gang exists with are street rules. So, if a member wants to be a part of the gang they have to initiate to the worst crime ever committed by any other gang member. Not only commit the crime, but, be witnessed committing it. This way the gang has leverage of it's members. If a member wants to snitch on another because they were arrested and can become a valuable asset to police and/or has a rush of conscience, the murder they commit or a less crime in the case of an occasional new gang, is a reminder where their true loyalties lie. Police and primarily investigators/detectives need to keep that in mind when a random killing occurs such as these that there can be a greater motive.
There can be simple hate crimes, but, there can also be racketeering even in the youngest of shooters.
Aug. 19, 2013
By Alyssa Newcomb
As the family of an Australian baseball player (click here) gunned down in Oklahoma mourns his death, police said today that the athlete was targeted by three teenagers who simply "wanted to see someone die."
The suspects followed Chris Lane, 22, as he jogged alongside a road in Duncan, Okla., Friday afternoon, shot him in the back and left him to die on the side of the road, said Duncan police Chief Danny Ford.
"They were bored and just wanted to see somebody die," Ford told ABCNews.com.
Lane, who was on a baseball scholarship at East Central University in Ada, Okla., and was in town visiting his girlfriend, died shortly after he arrived at the hospital, Ford said.
While no one witnessed the shooting, Ford said several people heard a gunshot and reported seeing a black car speeding away from the area of the shooting.
Authorities used surveillance video from local businesses, Ford said, and noticed a black vehicle had pulled behind a hotel for 11 minutes after the shooting before driving away.
A frantic three hours passed, Ford said, without any sign of the vehicle, until a call came in Friday evening "that there were three juveniles at a house with guns and wanting to kill somebody."...
