By Billy Woody Santa Monica
Typically I write the editor about political issues and how the majority of the liberals that run not only this city, but the state, are quickly destroying both. This letter will only be about half of that, and that is the liberal mindset of coddling and reforming criminals (gang members), allowing free access to our country over the borders by illegals, of which most of our gangs are made up of, and the constant handcuffing of our police department to be more “sensitive” to these criminals.
The time has come for a change, and it is a shame that a 15-year-old boy had to die for the community to finally begin to see how overrun this city has become. I have a radical idea — first I say we enforce the laws that are on the books. Let’s begin to remove the illegals from this state and city and move forward with a special police force for the state to deal only with illegal immigration. Let’s begin to deport back to their homeland all of these criminals that are infesting our streets and our state.
Second, any crime committed under the umbrella of a gang is automatically sentenced to the maximum under the law, no deals allowed. Third, a new law that creates a special circumstances whereby crimes committed under the umbrella of a gang, regardless of how petty, go toward a special three-strikes rule against gangs. Fourth, build new prisons in the middle of the desert. Land is cheap and if an inmate wants to try to escape, he’ll probably die of heat stroke and save the state even more money.
Bottom line folks, we need to stop being light in the loafers when it comes to dealing with these people. Just like the terrorists use our own laws against us, the gang members do the same thing.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 8, 2006. Read the original PDF.