and estimated 1 hundr00,000 gang me are here. they have been charged, but not convicted of crimes. investigators with the criminal unit or ciu are assisting what it was from the evanston pd to the chicago pd to the sheriff's police. sharing the latest gang intel. recently investigators. the battle on the streets between two long time rivals. the maniac latin disciples. >> what are you? >> a maniac. >> it's hot over there. fighting with kings. other big gangs. one of the biggest and floodiest wars was for themselves. >> i got to see my face. shoot me. >> the maniac disciples or mlds represent the second largest latino street gang in chicago. founded in the 1960s, they got their start in humboldt park on the city's northwest side and branched out from there. they now claim up to 3,000 members who must obey strict codes of conduct and above all, no one is to cooperate with law enforcement. sandoval and carpenter have seen gang members break that rule time and time again. they recruited many informants from the latin disciples includ

area 70 plus gangs and estimated 100,000 gang members is at the jail. most detaineeies here are held for trial as they've been charged but not convicted of crimes investigators with the criminal intelligence unit, or ciu, are assisting multiple police stations from one. from evanston police, to schilling pd to the sheriff's police and sharing the latest gang intel. recently, investigators began hearing about a renewed battle on the streets between two long time rivals. the latin kings and maniac latin disciples. >> it is hot over there. what kind of case you got? >> behind a mission. >> that's it? what's your background? >> couple misdemeanors. >> fighting. >> what they call you? >> maniacs. been at wares with big gangs. been at war with cobras, gangstas, kings. one of the worst is where they were killing each other. >> you see my face, you know, no single my gang. so don't shoot me. the maniac latin disciples or mlds are the second largest street gang? chicago. they got their start on the city's northwest side and branched out from there. they now clai

posted gang slogans on his facebook page. >i think if you have somebody drawing influence from something negative off campus, especially something illegal that involves drugs and firearms, well then i think you risk contaminating the other 125 players. >> reporter: as part of a special report on gangs and sports, "sports illustrated" and cbs news went to a city, compton, where gangs and sports intersect unlike any other. the birthplace over the years of hundreds of blue chip recruits, and today, 34 active gangs involving more than 1,000 members. >> we have a gang called cv-3. we have loxose 13. >> reporter: sergeant brandon dean is a supervisor in the gang unit in the l.a. county sheriff's department. >> a lot of these athletes are involveed in the gang, even if they tonight want to be. they start playing sports but there's such an outer influence for them to join that gang or at least be associated with them to the point where they're somehow involved. >> reporter: how hard is it to remove yourself? >> extremely hard. >> rep

gangs.rison officials say the white supremacists pose one of the greatest threats. >> my whole family's in here. i was raised that way. my dad, my uncles, all my cousins. i have been getting tattoos since i was 13 years old. once you start getting tattoos, it's addicting. the ink is addicting. the pain, to an extent, to me, is addicting. >> curtis is serving 1 to 15 years for burglary, forgery and escape. >> a lot of people see the swastika and say that's hate. to me, that's not what i wear it for. i wear it as a symbolism of pride of who i am and a symbolism of good luck. and i have a lot of them. >> curtis is locked down with gang leaders in uinta two because he's considered a threat to inmates in general population. >> in uinta two, that's where we house our maximum security gang members. this is generally the leadership, those who are trying to run the gang. >> they are the more active gang members. that's the reason we have them here because they are so active. and they're the ones who

to get the people that's in the gang to get them out the gang and get them to realize that their gang is dead. we're not going to let the ges tell them, this is what you're going to do. why should i get on account and pay you dues? that's like you paying for protection. i don't need anybody to protect me, i'm a grown-ass man. >> he was a big voice, he was a big threat. he's made a name for himself. he feels like he's somewhat of a legend in here. his reign is coming to an end real fast now. but pretty strong for a time. >> antoine and his crew, who have a reputation for violence, became known as atg, or against the grain. they stirred up turmoil inside the jail but ultimately, their rivals outnumbered them. >> they were trying to like wipe us out. what my mission was, they was like, he disrupted organization unity. so therefore, kill this bitch. i'm like the osama bin laden of cook county, that's what i am for real. that's what it is. i have so many people saying, are we going to kill antoine? i been here four years, seven months. i ain't dead. i had eight fights. the idea was getting

for instance, if they belong to some sort of white supremacist gang, hispanic gang, asian gang. >> been diagnosed with an std? >> no. >> ever had sex with an iv drug user? >> no. >> each inmate is given a thorough medical screening to determine their medical history and prevent the spread of disease. the inmates will spend most of their first day in this holding cell, named the library after its former purpose. it's here the inmates will have their first prison meal. >> a lot better than where i just came from, that's for sure. >> i thought it would be a lot better. after the population started getting worse and worse, the food started getting worse. >> randy russell is no stranger to usp. he first came in at the age of 15 and did 17 years on a robbery charge. >> randy, it's not good to see you. okay? >> now, randy is back on a parole violation, leaving behind a wife and four children. >> one time i thought i was going to come back, i asked my wife, i said, should i run? she goes, well i'm not going to make that call. but she goes, but you can't take me with you. if i'm not with my wife

who is screwing americans of the gang of twelve have their way we now know about both sides and the gang of twelve have on the table to begin negotiations to reduce our nation's deficit and looking at the republican and democratic proposals were screwed last week in a move that shocked many progressives frankly shocked many americans and six democrats on the gang of twelve offered up four hundred seventy five billion dollars in cuts to medicaid and medicare cuts that a large majority of americans disapprove of cuts to very popular programs that were created by democrats again this was their opening proposal mean those cuts will only get steeper once negotiations start and right on cue republicans really is their first proposal one upping democrats on cuts to medicare and medicaid calling for nearly seven hundred billion dollars to be chopped out of these critical safety net programs so now the gang of twelve does come up with a compromise it's almost certainly going to include deep cuts to critical untitled programs campaign for america's future weighed in on what came out of the gang of

we use them not just for the gangs. a lot of our violence and shooting is in the black community but we are using with young people who are out on the street in general and it has been a critical part of our gang task force within the city and coalition and i know that the rest of our cities use them similar for intervention projects. >> quickly, we lament the passing of earmarks. city mayors, i could sell my case for intervention and prevention to my congress persons and they responded. i have two operation centers in the heart of the most challenged areas of our city kept alive by a half million dollar earmark from congressman jerry lewis and that expires and they don't come back i end up the loser. largely, we did a sale and got a 50% thumbs up from our city to do that. most of that, most all of it has again to the police department. i was hoping to have a little more for prevention and intervention but the council said give it the p.d. so we have supported our programs largely by applications like those earmarks and

to get out of a gang inside a prison. and in order to do that, there's a whole debriefing process they have to go through. and it basically entails the inmate coming in and confessing everything's he's done with the gang and sometimes even throwing some people under the bus and confessing against other people. so it's really a deadly thing for someone to do inside a prison. >> when inmates debrief, they must write a lengthy account of their criminal history both in and out of prison. the review process can take months. but if accepted, the inmates will be allowed to live in the safety of a protective custody unit and be granted many more privileges than they would have had as confirmed gang members. >> because of your march 11th, '99 incident with another inmate that you almost killed, came very close to killing, we have a question about your sincerity about debriefing. >> "lockup" cameras were at california state prison corcoran when thomas spiller, a long-time gang member went before the inmate review board to request d

i started gang-banging.ing to cry, i'm going to let their blood be my tears, you know. >> what did you do to gain notoriety? >> blasting fools. >> did you kill anybody? >> i mean, you know, i've been -- i've been -- it's been alleged, you know. >> through his years of coming in and out of custody, he has elevated his status within both the inmate population and the gang population to be considered a very violent inmate. >> all the things that i've been through, it's like i have been walking through hell wearing gasoline shoes. >> i'm telling you right now you've got the green light to do what ert is known best for. >> nice and steady. nice and steady. >> the team is on its way to briceno's cell to launch a surprise shakedown for contraband. and they're taking no chances. >> get on the ground. get on the ground. get on the ground or we will use lethal weapons against you. >> slide out. slide out. on your stomach. keep coming out. that's fine. start heading off to your left. turn that way. >> we do cell search

this is gang turf.ived on a routine patrol when two shots rang out. >> you got a couple shots being fired. >> the sergeant danny gill heads the team. four officers, full time to fight an exploding gang problem. the gunshots tell you just how bold gangs have become. >> it could have been, letting us know we are here or a warning. >> the shots were fired near a small park where a december gang shooting left three people dead and three others wounded. >> this area is normally the testimony. >> they are arch enemies but as the violence continues the colors are beginning to blur. >> what we've been seeing a lot of red on red rivalry, where it's not usual. [ siren ] >> officers encountered half a dozen suspected gang members a couple streets down. this man had been arrested before for carrying weapons. he is now on probation with gang enhancement. >> that means he can't wear any gang clothing. >> they make more stops as night falls. these two vehicle gang members were stopped. they found drugs and a baseball

>> what gang are you affiliated with? how do you deal with your gang affiliation once you leave here? >> i'm going to ignore them and go to school. >> you think ignoring them is going to work? >> hopefully. >> did it work last time? >> no, last time, i didn't have future plans. i got out, i didn't have my ged. i didn't have no future plans. now i do. i got an education. i got my ged. i'm going to go to college and play football. >> what was your intent with the gun? why did you have it? >> protection. >> from? >> other gang members. >> let me ask you this -- if i sent one of my sergeants to shake your room down right now and your release was dependent on whether or not there was stg material in your room, are you leaving or not? >> coming up on "lockup, pendleton juvenile." >> you were just talking about your victims, you were smiling. why were you smiling? >> tension-filled hours for andrew and abel. there's no guarantee either will go home. later, we find out what happened to the officer marcus branch attacked. on novem

he is now on probation with gang enhancement. >> that means he can't wear any gang clothing. >> theyake more stops as night falls. these two vehicle gang members were stopped. they found drugs and a baseball bat between the front seats of car and a switchblade. >> for many of those stops, this is a dead giveaway. red shoes, red caps, some are more creative. there is red underwear. this man had tiny red stitchings on his shirt. warnings about colors have also almost been a mantra. >> they are not going ask questions. you know how it is. it is different now. >> through routine patrols the officers wanted them to know they are always around. jose valencia has been with the sorrenos since he was 14. he is now enrolled in a gang intervention problem. he says gang bankers are becoming younger and younger. >> you don't want to have tattoos but it's grown drastically. little kid about 12 years old carrying guns. >> to counter that, they healed meeting and afterschool programs and parents night. >> we will assist them with homework, mathematics and reading and participate in air hockey or foo

we're probably unique in how we deal with the gangs out here. we've accepted the fact that there are going to be gangs and there's nothing we can do about it, so we try to control, you know, what they do. and we use the leaders a lot to control that. most of our leaders here have done a lot of time in our maximum security facility. they don't want to go back. and we hold that over their head. we tell them to keep their people in line or they're the first ones that are going to go down, because we know how gangs work. we know this gang member isn't going to do anything unless he's got it cleared to the top. come on in, have a seat. so you want to give me your story? >> well, i mean, to be honest, i don't really have one. i mean, i feel like this dude is just trying to get out of trouble. he knows who i am and i go under the bus every time. >> who was the other guy? >> wright. >> the other one that got him -- >> yeah. >> was he doing something to him? >> no, i mean, maybe. i mean, everyone knew this guy was a piece of trash, but who knows, you kno

>> what are your thoughts about using civil gang injunctions as a tool for addressing gang violence? >> i think in opprobrious circumstance, that might work. i will partner with the public defender and city attorney to see if we could decide on what, if anything, needs to be done, and i think that opens another issue -- can a district attorney use a city attorney in certain matters? i think they can hear it when i was a young prosecutor, we engaged in collaboration with the district attorney in shutting down businesses which were selling illicit drugs, and i mean serious drugs -- heroin and things of that nature -- by recognizing it to be a public nuisance and by using sections of the welfare and institutions code and business and professions code. as district attorney, i would contact the city attorney to see whether they might do like they do in los angeles and prosecute minor misdemeanors but more importantly, work with the city attorney in looking at areas not currently being addressed -- labour code violations, health code violations, business and professional code violations an

i was really into the gang-banger scene. was really caught up. >> lee's childhood neighborhood was riddled with gangs. and lee joined up when he was barely in his teens. >> not listening to my family. not listened to ma. do everything. running with the wrong crowd. i put my homies before my family. and that's all i knew was my homies. homey this. homey that. >> lee told us, despite being shot five times and serving a prior prison sentence, he couldn't give up gang life. then, his story took a turn. it had to do with recruiting his younger brother into the gang. >> when i was growing up, i never thought i would get past 21. i want my brother to get the same respect i was getting from the neighborhood. so, when i'm gone, my brother gets the same respect. don't worry about bullying. just trying to run over him or the family. nowhere near my thoughts what's going to happen to him. >> while lee was locked up in corcoran, his little brother decided to turn his back on gang life, but on the streets attempting to leave your gang cou

from a government by again so i mean gang government doesn't work gang government does has never worked the founders of the framers didn't have gang government in mind it's not in the constitution and it's frankly unconstitutional as roger just pointed out it's really just a way to pass the buck for example the the base closure commission congress knew this was this is back you know most of decade ago since the congress knew there were all these military bases around the country and because there were so many of them in so many congressional districts they couldn't get enough congress members to say ok let's close even the totally useless ones the ones that are just a total waste of time so they outsourced it to again the reason they had to do this was because defense contractors got really really slick they put a small facility in every congressional district in the country and by the way it's still that way so if anybody talks about cutting any of their budgets they can threaten any member of congress with ads saying. he was their way of people off of his own district now they're tryi

this is gang turf.ers had just arrived on a routine patrol when two shots rang out. >> we will start filtering out here. we have a couple shots being fired. >> the sergeant danny gil heads the newly formed response steam. officers assigned full time to fight a gang problem in this city. the gun shots tell you just how bold gangs have become. >> it could have been just the gangster letting us know that they know we are here or a warning, this is our turf, not yours. >> the shots were fired near a small park where a december gang shooting left three people dead and three others wounded. >> in area here is a gang that claims the:color red. >> the arch enemy wears blue but as the violence continues, the colors are beginning to blur. >> what we are seeing is a lot of red on red rivalry, where it is not usual. >> can you clear the channel? >> officers encounter half a dozen suspected gang members a couple of streets down. this man had been arrested before for carrying weapons. he is now on probation with gang

this is gang turf. the officers had just arrived on a routine patrol when two shots rang out. >> we will start filtering out here. we have a couple shots being fired. >> the sergeant danny gil heads the newly formed neighborhood response team. officers assigned full time to fight a gang problem in this city. the gun shots tell you just how bold gangs have become. >> it could have been just the gangsters letting us know that they know we are here or a warning, this is our turf, not yours. >> the shots were fired near a small park where a december gang shooting left three people dead and three others wounded. >> this area here is a gang that claims the color red. >> the arch enemy wears blue but as the violence continues, the colors are beginning to blur. >> what we are seeing is a lot of red on red rivalry, where it is not usual. >> can you clear the channel? >> officers encounter half a dozen suspected gang members a couple of streets down. this man had been arrested before for carrying weapons. he is n

this is gang turf. the officers had just arrived on a routine patrol when two shots rang out. >> we had a couple shots being fired. >> sergeant danny gill heads the response team. four officers assigned full time to fight an exploding gang problem in this peninsula city. the gunshots tell you just how bold gangs have become. >> it could have been just letting us know we're here or a warning. >> the shots were fired near a small park where december gang shooting left three people dead and three others wounded. >> this area right here is normally the territory of one group and necessity claim the color red. >> as the violence continues the colors are beginning to blur. >> what we've been seeing last couple years is red on red rivalry where it's not usual. [ siren ] >> officers encounter half a dozen suspected gang members a couple streets down. this man had been arrested before for weapons. he is now on probation with gang enhancement. >> he can't wear gang clothing. >> they make more stops on suspected g

a lost gangs want to claim it.hey get points off of this, you killed the leader. >> see the guys looking right out the window. 12:00, 12:30, they're out on the block already. >> one gangland murder in chicago can trigger a dozen more. when a gang chief is slain, the fallout can spread from the streets to cook county jail in an instant. for authorities, keeping a lid on the compound and on bobby-d's neighborhood means working together with inside sources. >> we're going to go see a guy from the same gang, see if he's received any phone calls or heard anything? >> so what's the street saying? >> they believe it was the latin kings, it's not for sure yet. right now it's all-out war with everybody, because they don't know who did it. deuces, two-two boys, don't matter who you are. they're just going to kill until they find out something. you know what i mean? if you think about it, it's stupid. you're going to kill all these people, you know. you don't know who did it. >> this inmate who we'll call tito is fighting a d

it's gang related or not. we don't know where this is going to go. >> 35 miles south of the boys town neighborhood is an entirely different world. police answer shots fired calls on a weekly, sometimes daily basis. >> they're shooting out there. you know they're looking for you guys. just stay in the house, okay? bye. there's a call of a man with a gun. he's looking for this girl. she just called now to ask what's going on. >> a.j., you on 16? there was a turf war last night over who's going to sell drugs in a certain location in ford heights. we have one of the guys in custody right now. the other people that are looking to kill him now want to go after his girlfriend. >> what happens next will trigger an allout man hunt for a suspect terrorizing a community. >> we want to know where he's at so we can put him in handcuffs. can you help us do that? ♪ >> no weapons. >> we're out to ford heights right now. so if you see anything, you' got my number. we will be out there all night. so -- >> far from the sh ig tha

and the leader of these gangs. >> reporter: while this gang was formed through maryland prison, it has expanded on to the streets also in pennsylvania and louisiana. as for this case, all the defendants face a maximum sentence of life in prison. some are peacing other times in -- facing other times behind bars. abc 2 news. >>> a brain damage at the center of dispute whether his feeding tube was he died. his mother and procedure wanted an injunction to keep the feeding tube in place. it was restored last month and under a temporary restraining order after wife had it removed. >>> weather wise, it has been one clear blue sky kind of day across maryland. no chance for rain tonight, looks good. temperatures comfortable up around 60 this afternoon, now falling through the 50s. we got 61 at the top of the hour at fredericksville. let's get a look at that evening forecast for you, down to the 50s we'll go. stay pretty pleasant out there, another classic fall day. how long can the good stuff hold up. we'll talk about that an a storm on the map towards friday. >>> let's talk about some severe w

kris, the mayor's gang task force just returned from a forum in washington, d.c. how were they received there? >> reporter: they were very well-received. they were one of six cities invited and really the only city that was invited as a success story. the department of justice inv e invited san jose so that cities with big gang trouble could look to san jose for answers. >> it's part of the culture now in our city. >> reporter: 18 times this year gang violence in san jose ended in homicide. but what is part of the culture of the city is the commitment to fight that kind of violence through the mayor's gang task force which is now in its 20th year. >> it has lasted four mayors and six chiefs, which is a rarity. i think it speaks volumes about our community's mandate to stay one of the safest large cities. >> reporter: he says it's based on relationships between the gang task force and the police department among other ministries like the one sonny runs. >> it could have been way up. >> reporter: he agrees that relationships are key to successfully turning gang memb

log on to gold and motorcycle gang dot com or follow bill and jack twitter at join jeanne. do you know who elizabeth duke is how about donald cohn or kevin ward no. because you should because while congress was debating back in two thousand and eight whether or not to bail out the banks toure's with a seven hundred billion dollars blank check these guys and girls were just doing it they were funneling seven point seven trillion dollars to wall street under the table without one constituent phone call without worrying about one alexion without having to give one explanation they were able to do this these three were able to pull this off because the members of the federal reserve board of governors a group of people who are not voted into office but have the power to completely dictate monetary policy in the united states they are not politicians they're technocrats they're bankers and financial experts technocrats aren't interested generally in democracy it's not what they do takes too long off in the interest of the majority the voters don't quite line up with the interest

when our gang was in war with they gang.er and we from 52nd and drexler. doug used to come down and he would shoot at us and it was like concrete jumping off the ground hitting the cars. because our two gangs was into it. that's the first time i even heard his name or knew about him. >> it didn't hurt so much for me as i did for brandon. he has uncles and grandfathers and cousins and what not that could help raise him but it's nothing like a dad. he was very young and having, you know, that's all he know about his dad is in and out of jail. >> what's up? >> brandon, that you? >> yeah. >> happy birthday, man. >> thank you. >> 8 years old. getting big. don't spend all your time sitting in the room playing video games. go outside and play and go to school and just be good. >> okay. >> i wish i was outside playing right now, running around. >> the severity of the situation never hit me until i get a call at the hospital from across town that he had been mugged. and i'm thinking, how did that happen? they said we're taking him to

that's a gang under the folk nation. the first gang experience was probably when i was probably 14.of it was just kind of like another family, and the other part of it was just fitting in. it was an adrenaline rush. it got your adrenaline pumping. and i don't know. a lot of teenagers, that's kind of what we do it for, is that adrenaline rush. i got my first felony when i was 9, and like a lot of my family kind of -- they was with me at first but then they kind of gave up on me. because i kept getting locked up and they just figured there was no hope for me. >> the adolescents, once they go through the court system, sometimes i like to say they're a three-time loser. many of the parents, they've been to court numerous times, they've seen their child kicked out of school, kicked out of the community. honestly, once they come into our system, a lot of the parents have said i can't do this anymore. >> indiana department of correction commissioner david donahue says it takes a special kind of person to work with the juvenile population. >> our community support or lack thereof is probabl

it was explained away and all the explanations are why we could not reduce gang violence and couldn't get rid of it. it was cultural. it was ingrained. i would say the call to action started here four years ago. because we had leaders that said regardless of the history and regardless of past we are going to take a stand and eliminate gang violence. it is going to be something we see in our lifetime. the senseless killing and maiming and violence would stop. the strategies and policies we have developed has made a difference in all of our communities. i say it has made a significant difference in this community of objection -- oxnard. we have seen a steady decline in homicide rate and this year we are in october and have not had a single gang related homicide. [applause] >> we are not a large city but it was not that long ago our homicide numbers were in the 20's and half were gang related. so i'm here to and i would like to introduce our county supervisor from ventura. we are one of those areas that enjoyed the relation between city and county and that is imperative to be successful.

the gang considered a major threat to public safety. >> this is a gang that allegedly began here in jails and prisons in maryland and now is operating on the streets and is extended beyond the state. >> reporter: now the top law enforcement officials announced 24 indictments. armed robbery, drug trafficking and extortion. >> dmi for many years has terrorized communities in maryland. >> reporter: the crimes are mainly carried out in -- >> dmi has been one of the most active gangs in baltimore county. this is a significant series of arrests. >> reporter: dmi supreme leader called say ho the ghost allegedly ran the enterprise from behind bars. york's alleged accomplices went by names such as fat boy. >> reporter: we believe the key to continue to reduce the crime rate here is to target the gangs and the leader of the gangs that are fermenting this violence. >> reporter: 11 are already locked up. 7 of them were apprehended early thursday morning. adam may, wjz eyewitness news. >>> and the suspects face potential sentences of life in prison. >>> captured, jailed, freed, timely a maryland joorn

but even here gangs can spring up, and we found one of the most unorthodox gangs.ll themselves gbg, the gay boy gangsters. >> it's a group of men that are gay, that are not transgender, and who are gay men who like men who do not want to be a woman. okay. that's it. we're pretty thick actually. we're pretty much respected. we don't get into fights. we don't get into that sort of thing, but we have a pretty good following. we're just a group of people that are gay and stand for our own. >> clement, who prefers to be called wicked, is serving 20 years for three counts of robbery. and he's not the only gay boy gangster on the sensitive needs yard at corcoran. niclas turner, who goes by the name demon, told us the gbgs should not be taken lightly. >> we hurt anybody that -- inside the prison system, anybody that tries to forcefully take property or rape or in any way hurt a homosexual who can't defend themselves. that's where we step down. >> demon had a very striking appearance. first thing i noticed about him was he had a tattoo over each eyebrow, one said gay, one s

wear red, gangs wear blue, but now lock at this new gang.y are called juggalos. they are america's new gang threat. they base themselves around insane clown posse. and in our area, they are active in the central valley accused in a brutal attack on a modesto father. >> they surrounded him and they continue to beat him even after he was down on the ground. >> police say there are 25 known gang members and the group is moving into bay area cities. >>> it's one of the very few things that you cannot live without. so, what if your neighbors just minutes ago were paying half of what you pay for water. that's exactly what is happening. and as grace lee shows us, they've had enough and they are mobilizing for a fight. >> they live minutes away from each other. >> 15 minutes, it's all it takes. >> they drink the same water, it comes from two different utilities. >> golden state water is a private, for profit utility based in southern california and for neighbors in bay point, it's the only game in town. >> we're stuck. who else are we going to talk

to change their gang members so that's why there's been one on one training. during the riots social networks like twitter and blackberry messenger were used by rioters to pinpoint the next location in market for destruction the government went to spar is proposing shutting down the services while two men were jailed for four years each for inciting rioting on facebook but teen. say spying risks isolating the very people that trying to help if that happens done people will go to use these type of things that are undoubtedly social issues and solving them requires walking a fine line between coming down hard on troublemakers and preserving civil liberties for everyone but it's clear that this measure which would cost hundreds of thousands of pounds to enforce could also cost the trust and goodwill of the same risk you feel thora teases so concerned about. faulty london. at our web site r.t. dot com where there's plenty more on our top stories post video and analysis here's what's a click away right now. israeli military test fires a missile reportedly capable o

the spike in gang membership. a new fbi report shows that prince george's county has the fifth largest gang membership on the east coast with more than 7,000 members. that's more than double the number of gang members in the county back in 2008. prince george's county gang unit says there are about 310 gangs and crews in the county, and they are responsible for 16 homicides so far just this year. >>> one person is recovering in the hospital after being hit by a car. chopper 4 gives us a bird's eye view of the scene along route 5 on brandywine road in prince george's county. the person's name is not being released. so far no arrests have been made. >>> today all bets could be off for slot machines in prince george's county. the council is expected to vote on the zoning ordinance that would ban machines in the county. right now the amendment does not include the county for its site for an approved gambling program. it allows up to 15,000 slot machines in five locations. half of the proceeds would go to maryland publ

stay with us here on r t still to come plans to target gang violence get a mixed response in the u.k. . it's commonplace looking at the little causes of riots. and look at why many are critical of the proposal to make youth club leaders members and monitor their messages as a way to prevent street riots. and the internet the criminal court in the hague will probe nato bombings in libya over allegations of war crimes. turning out of the u.s. all eyes on oakland where anti-corporate protests see their first casualty after a young man was hit by a car thousands took to the streets in the california city and shut down operations of one of america's major ports is follows last week's violent police dispersal of the demonstrators camp that resulted in a former u.s. marine being severely injured our correspondent lucy cavanagh has this report from oakland. we're here in downtown oakland the scene of the occupy oakland to wall street protests that talk a little bit out of hand as you can see right here behind me the wells fargo bank branch with the scene of one of the protests at this specifi