Gang violence blamed for recent shootings..............San Francisco

[MattB]

Gang violence blamed for recent shootings

http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2012/07/gang-violence-blamed-recent-shootings

Shootings are down in San Francisco but shooting deaths are up, and a
recent surge in gang-related violence has raised community concerns.

The Oceanview, Lake Merced and Ingleside areas have seen five street
violence homicides this year, plus a murder-suicide and the slaying of
five people inside a home. That is up from last year�s total of just
two.

A possibly �gang-motivated� May homicide on the 100 block of Broad
Street in the Oceanview neighborhood seems to have set in motion some
of the recent Sunnydale homicides, police Cmdr. John Loftus said at a
Thursday hearing of the Board of Supervisors Public Safety Committee.

Two members of a rival gang were arrested for the shooting and the
case was turned over to the district attorney for prosecution, Loftus
said.

�There has been some gang rivalry between Sunnydale and Randolph
Street,� he said. �We have a number of gangs in The City and we do
have turf type of violence that occurs frequently.�

But despite this flare-up, homicides are about half of those in 2007
and 2008, when the number of killings reached 98 each year. This year,
there have been 41 homicides. In 2011, there were 50.

�Gun violence is down 5 percent in San Francisco, that�s the true
bellwether of how we are doing,� police Chief Greg Suhr said. �Now,
unfortunately, homicides by gun violence are up by 5 percent. Even
though we�ve had less people shot, more people have died as a result
of those shootings.�

At this time last year, there were 136 shootings and 20
shooting-related homicides, according to department data. This year,
there have been 130 shootings and 25 shooting-related homicides.

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OK Zepp (3082 Dead <de...@dead.dog>) here you go gangs are a problem
all over. Chicago just has the most problems lately.

Happy?

[Dänk 42Ø]

On Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:22:05 -0700, MattB wrote:

> Gang violence blamed for recent shootings

> ...
> “There has been some gang rivalry between Sunnydale and Randolph

> Street,” he said. “We have a number of gangs in The City and we do have

> turf type of violence that occurs frequently.”

I spent four years in the SF Bay Area, and of all the world cities I've
visited, it is my favorite.

I used to drop acid and wander around the city aimlessly for 24 hours or
more, but Sunnydale was one area I avoided like the plague. Even the
seedy Tenderloin crackwhore district at 2am is safer than Sunnydale in
broad daylight, whose African-American inhabitants are best described as
"feral."

Originally built as housing for soldiers in WW2, Sunnydale was converted
to public housing after the war. Rather than lifting African-Americans
out of poverty as lily-white liberals promised, the project reduced those
African-Americans to feral status -- so disconnected from mainstream
society that they require perpetual support (providing perpetual support
for the Democrat Party that provides them with free housing and
welfare). Progress!

Life at the bottom: S.F.'s Sunnydale project:
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Life-at-the-bottom-S-F-s-Sunnydale-
project-3228433.php

"Most [lily-white liberal] San Franciscans never see Sunnydale, unless
they play at the nearby Gleneagles golf course or get lost trying to
avoid traffic on Highway 101. Afraid to come in after dusk, the cable guy
makes only morning appointments, and Muni drivers often refuse to enter
after dark. Garbage isn't picked up regularly."