Thursday, August 23, 2012

Part 1: Is Your Child in a Gang?


 


I laughed when I turned on the news and saw the Harrisburg Police restrict movement on a street for 48 hours. They want people to think that inconveniencing citizens from using city streets is going to deter crime. At least that is what they want you to believe. These police and politicians want you to believe that closing bars is going to deter crime in a given area. The hidden agenda here is to take control of the liquor license to give to their friends. These friends open up another bar in another area of the City.   This is how restaurant row was created under the Mayor Reed Administration. All they did was transfer the crime downtown.

The politicians and police cannot solve area crime problems. It is up to people like you to do it and it should start with your own home. If you have your head up your behind and deny problems in front of you then stop reading this blog and go watch “House” on TV.  If you want to do something about gang violence read on.

A street gang is a group of individuals who form an allegiance to one another. They may or may not claim control over a certain territory in the community. They engage individually or collectively in violence or in other forms of illegal behavior.  

Gangs thrive on intimidation and notoriety. They often find violence glamorous.  This is a necessity in order to maintain individual and gang status.  Most groups such as gangs are depending upon both individual and group participation. Email and the Internet have made managing the gangs easier for gang leaders.  The person who is the toughest has the most or best guns. Some may have the most money from illegal operations.    I am sure you have seen gang markings on buildings and other property. Many today, are run more like businesses and try to run illegal operations in plain view in secret. 
 
Signs of Gang Membership in Your Own Home  

If you want to stop crime, start in your own home. Check behind your son or daughter. Yes, I am telling you to spy on them.  Don’t hand me that crap about they are individuals or you may find your individual being honored in a funeral before their time or serving most of their life behind bars. 

There are early warning signs that you should be looking for something that will alert you to gang activity.
1.      Look for sign of drug use. Most people find out that their children or spouses are on drugs months or years after they become users. 

2.      Check your children’s academic school activity. If their school grades are declining, find out why.
3.      School and work truancy could be a sign that something is wrong and it is up to you to investigate.
4.      If your child or spouse is keeping late hours, you better look into why that is happening.

5.      Having large sums of money or expensive items which cannot be explain may be a sign of criminal activity. In Lower Paxton, Pa., a rich suburb of Harrisburg, about 20 years ago, a gang was so successful in illegal operations that they were running established illegal crime syndicates out of business. The syndicate complained to police about the young teenagers operation and had the police arrest the young criminals. That forced them out of business. 

6.      Search the house for guns and ammunition that should not be in the house or on your property.
These are early signs that your child may have joined a gang. Now let’s look at definite signs that someone in your family has joined a gang.  

1.      If you see gang graffiti on the wall of the bedroom or pictures of Pot on the walls then this is a real good sign that someone is in a gang. 

2.      If you see gang graffiti on books, and posters then this is a real good sign.

3.      If you see your child or spouse continually sporting gang clothing or colors then you know that they are in a gang. 

The bible said, “out of two or three witnesses, let the truth go forth.”  That means if two or three people come to you and tells you that your children or spouse is connected with gang activity then you have a good idea that your love ones are in a gang.  

Gangs are not just in Cities. They are in the suburbs and in the country. It is up to you to police your own children before the police or other gang members do!

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