you now prosecute all of the gang cases. what is your >> imagine you are 21, you are from mississippi, going through the police academy. it is 1989 and you are now working in los angeles. after being a patrol officer for just a few months, you are placed on gang detail. you have arrested a youth. instead of taking him to jail, you taken to his mother. the mother says, can you make him more afraid of you that of the gang members? the academy does not prepare you for that. i take that experience and i realized in the gang environment, most of these youths are coming from single- family households. in the area where the gang violence is most prevalent, great citizens of the community, 99% of those citizens are afraid. as a prosecutor, i take this experience and figure out how i want to enforce gang violence, especially in san francisco. i break it down into three categories. you have the individual who is not fully immersed in the gang lifestyle. he is just an associate comment just hanging out. -- associates, just hanging out.

we all have stories of guys involved with the gang. everyone has a different story of why they joined. my thing is, i believe it works for me to be involved with kids who were in gangs -- i worked with all of the shot colors and i had a goal while i was there. it took me 10 years before i started to transform my life. in the meantime i have the goal that i wanted to be out here. i wanted the opportunity. i was given a life sentence in 1979. i was involved in gang and i caught a murder case. 15 years to life -- and i came here in 1979 and i got out -- and i have been out for almost five years. in my heart, i knew i found a solution when i was incarcerated. and there are different stories. some of the kids joined the gangs because they want to fit into something. some of them don't have a family, and the father and mother are working. for a lot of kids, there is a lot of idle time. it is not like, i will join the gang and i will shoot you. you grow up that way, and before you know you are cutting school. this is begins. working with the d

these are the most affected by gang violence. they said they appreciated what the crn did what they want to see them more. they need to fill that communication. it also comes down to training and trust, to be able to have them talk to officers. they would address the officers, they had arrested some of them, when there were actually under. they will help the police and the community. under his guidance we are the most active community. of anyone in this country and any department. he puts his money where his mouth is. he tells them to stay out of the gang, and that we have officers with a wilderness program. there are a number of things in the organization in place to start to make change. we have seen this over the last three or four years. in 2008 there were 98 homicides in san francisco. the number is now almost half. i think we continue to see that, as we work with the community. in closing, i want to say that your task force, they do an amazing job. they have the community aspect of this. they're out on the streets, and we wi

the gang world has not caught up with post-feminist theory. with the story that a gang member named maniac told me, he decided to leave the rolling 60's after 20 years, after achieving status. he was in the back seat of a car, being driven by one of his underlings in the front seat. one of his fellow gang associates got in the back seat with him. the associate said to move over. maniac did not want to move over. maniac did not want to move over. the associate shoved him over and 10 seconds later, a gun was shot and the bullet came into the car, pierced the associate to the neck and killed him instantly. maniac said, if he had not shoved me aside i would be dead. i am done. that was his turning point. call it a turning point, called the teachable moment. use whatever terminology that you want. that is where we need to be present. when i say we, i mean, we. at that turning point, at that moment of truth, that teachable moment, it is imperative that resources be brought to bear. now, what are the two most impressive resources that are brought to b

defecting from the gangs. was my big issue but then i started realizing, am i going to get killed by staying over there? >> what seems to be the biggest problem in your life right now? >> we met jason in an anger management class inside the transitional housing unit. >> get myself on track, keeping myself on track. >> jason had to join the nazi low riders once in prison for protection. just looking at his eyes, you could see at times he almost had this 1,000 yard stare. i'm sure that war veterans have of having seen and felt the shock of so much violence. >> he's serving a life sentence for murder, told us he reached the breaking point when he was ordered to kill a fellow gang member. >> they told me if i don't do it, if i don't do the right thing and whack the guy, i would be whacked. so i started seeing that they asked people to do stuff that they wouldn't do themselves, and they're playing people as a puppet and that's what basically they are, puppet masters. i'm not a puppet. >> one of the things i noticed

the only gang in there are the latin kings. here's an apartment complex that are a couple miles away from each other with different gangs. and what they do is they tend to go to each other's complex and fight. these are the numbers, active members from the latin kings known to hang out in that area. we can determine if these players are there, how strong they really are in that area in the event that we might have to conduct an operation in there, we need to know the numbers in there for our safety. and all of this comes from the jail. >> this is the family here. >> yeah, they are going inside. muchachos. >> why you boys running? you got some i.d. [ speaking spanish ] >> you ever been locked up at county? never? okay. you never been arrested? how old are you, shorty? 15? step over here. you got his name, gary? you a king, bro? most of these guys, although they are gang bangers, if you show them a little respect, they will talk to you with no problems whatsoever. if you try to rough them up, they build a defensive wall and they w

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as being part of a gang. the term "gang" is manifested through the media, and law enforcement for numbers. it was more of a community. i did not go to school and meet somebody. i lived on this block and this is where my grandmother's house was, or i was born and raised. what people may see on tv was at my front door. the killing and the dope dealing. it was right there. this was a community list of people, we just grew up together. there were no handouts and no one told us how to conduct ourselves. and tell us what to wear. someone could have a school fight, and we may be at the mall, and see the person we have a fight with. the army and navy have their bar fights. i did not see this as being a game, or a community. supporting each other, this may have been in a negative way. i did not have a stable household. many of them do not of their fathers are, where their father is dead. in their return, the block i gave up -- this is who i looked up to. he had a notorious reputation. there was the violence and in return,

the gang's senior ranks are split in two. faction that's in power and the other that's trying to take over. now the question is whether the attack by the atgs and vice lords will remain an isolated incident. or whether it will spark a bigger war on multiple fronts. that's what investigators have to find out quickly. they're leaning on many different sources for intel, including an inmate whom we've been calling franklin. he belongs to the side of gangster disciples plotting a takeover against their current leaders. >> people are smelling that blood in the water right now, that you guys aren't on the same page. so they're taking some of you guys for being weak. >> they're taking them. let's keep this clear, plain and simple. they're taking that crew for being weak. >> it's the vice lords aspect that i'm more worried about than the atg aspect. >> i don't condone what they did, but honestly, nothing is changing with the relationship with the vice lords and the gds right now. there's always been tension, but lately the last couple

gangs don't stop at the city border. ng that's right at our doorsteps that's conducting a drug business out in the suburbs. >> every gang member knows what this means. average police officer done. this is a gang. if you look at it, a, i, g, n. almighty imperial gangster nation. dominating from drake. moving into suburbs in the graffiti areas. there goes your imperial gangster graffiti. >> the chicago police under their former superintendent, their policy was to chase every gang member in the city of chicago out to suburbs. >> yeah. focus on us. >> you got anything on you? >> is it winter here? >> if you look at this we're not in wintertime. look what he's carrying in his pocket. now, in the event these guys get in a fight somewhere, what do you think this guy's wearing? can he be described by the public to the police? no way. >> the suburbs are now inundated with the gang members from chicago. it had do with the public housing being torn down and when it was being torn down, people had to be relocated. this is where the v

the little village area is the largest area in the city that's controlled by two gangs. latin kings. it's predominantly a latin king area. goes all the way down to 21st street. california and once you hit ridgeway it's 26. the violence is unreal over here. you live in a certain area right away, these individuals assume you're a gang member, you're affiliated. it's just guilty by association or guilty by where you live. >> you got to know who to look for. you got to know who drives what. if you don't know who is fighting who and who is shooting at you, you're done. if you don't know who you can and who you can't talk to, you're dying. >> little village represents more than just battle lines within the hispanic community. for decades it's been a beacon of opportunity. generations of immigrants, both legal and illegal, have come to work in family-owned businesses here. many of them along 26th street. >> 26th street is the second most revenues street in the city of chicago right behind michigan avenue believe it or not. all small businesses but they definitely bring in a lot

gang, a lot of authority with the street gang and position. d recently, roger has terminated his association by removing the tattoos on his arm which is a measurable feat. >> how significant of a step is that for somebody who's been affiliated with a gang to remove the gang signs from themselves? >> a monumental step, a remarkable feat. >> do you believe it would be safe for him to be released to the care and custody of his mother. >> yes, i do zmoos that's all the questions i have. rod, what brings you here today. aware being karnledded with he ever resisting law enforcement. are you going to cooperate with the prosecutor's osts in identifying the person whose marijuana it was. >> i will do that because it's not mine. i'm not going to jail for nothing that's not mine. i've been working too hard this year. i have improved my whole life. my mother told me a long time ago when i was at boy's school if i ever in my life from now till the time i'm dead, did i ever got locked up she wouldn't be here now. and you know i felt that's why i know my moth

gang. laser is emitting a nice clear single frequency red light. see the red light gang? okay? a laser light, okay? it makes a nice, nice thin, thin beam. you guys can't see the beam right now because it's not scattering off anything. if i darken the room and put a little chalk dust here, you would see the beam shine and scatter. you know when you see a search light beam going up from a department store's opening or something like that? you see the beam only if there's a lot of gunk or something in the air. if the air were really, really clear, honey, you'd see no beam at all. so need something for the beam to scatter off. and what we have in here is some dairy creamer, a little dairy creamer and some water. so there's a scattering thing here. can you see the light beam? what i'm gonna do gang is put a mirror on the bottom here. and i'm gonna see if you can see the light refracting. lights, please. wow. can you be seeing such thing? neat. okay. oh what i just should have is-- does anyone have any-- does anyone smoke here? no. yeah. someone with a smoke, come on blow some smoke i

he was basically born into the gangs. >> i just grew up, like, angry. t cool showing your emotions. i channeled all that hurt into anger. i started gang-banging. if i'm going to cry, i'm going to let their blood be my tears, yo notoriety? >> blasting fo #ols. >> did you kill anybody? >> i mean, you know, i've been -- i've been -- it's been alleged, you know. 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 es i 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.?)eé >> we do cell se

>> you can't really stop it altogether, the gang violence. >> all these big scary gang banger dudes, oh, god, what did i get myself into? >> when they were flipped on the inside, those are always better informants. >> here we go. >> we went in, depends what day it is. >> let's see the hands! get on the ground! >> cheer up, son. someday this war's going to end. >>> police search warrant. come to the front door. >>> one at a time, at the front door, put your hands up! one at a time. one at a time. what don't you understand? >> there will be a lot of weapons in the house. a lot of times you get the gang members, they'll store their weapons at somebody else's house. >> let me ask you a question. i'm talking to you because i'm trying to give you an opportunity to tell me if there's anything in there. if there's something in there, not everybody's going to jail because we're not going to put it on one person. that's what i'm trying to tell you right now. if there's something in there you need to let us know. i'm not going to come back and ask you a second time. if there's something in the h

in the gang world, on the streets. >> police say that no call or stop is routine.plest thing, a car with expired plates, can lead to the unexpected. >> got one. terry. >> yeah. >> we got a .32. >> i know whose this is my man, because i seen you reach behind this damn seat. >> yeah baby. >> yes, sir. >> i seen you reach behind that seat boss. >> look at that and the hammer is back, too. ready to roll. were you going to try to kill us? >> be advised, the whennon you're running with that serial number is coming back 99 out of indiana. >> allen, you on air? >> wow. >> you have the right to remain silent, anything you say can be used against you in court. you have the right to talk to a lawyer -- >> the gun is stolen. it was loaded with a round in the chamber and for whatever reason the hammer was back. we found other items that leads us to believe that these guys may have been part of a burglary ring. >> i just got out of jail a month ago. >> for possession of a firearm? >> for possession of a firearm and you're asking me why would you have another gun? >> why would i

so we can talk about the magnetic force today, gang, the magnetic force. ain't that neat? okay. this is a pretty powerful magnet. here's a pretty weak magnet. this one is suspended on a point, and it's magnetized. and what do we call it, gang, do you know? begin with c, end with ompass. try it. put it together. compass. compass, excellent. that's a compass. and guess which way it's pointing. north. you know what it's doing? it turns out that the whole world is a great big, begin with m. magnet. magnet. and surrounding that world is a magnetic field and guess what that compass lines up with, begin with m, f, the magnetic field of the earth. and that magnetic field in this room is oriented like this, okay? but what is the source of that magnetism? the source of that magnetism was betrayed years ago, more than 150 years ago by a fellow by the name of hans christian oersted, who was a professor-type teaching-- i believe he was in a high school classroom. and he was showing the students that there's no relationship between magnetism and electricity. the physics books at that time had

so we can talk about the magnetic force today gang, the magnetic force. ain't that neat? okay. this is a pretty powerful magnet. here's a pretty weak magnet. this one is suspended on a point, and it's magnetized. and what do we call it, gang, do you know? begin with c, end with ompass. try it. put it together. compass. compass, excellent. that's a compass. and guess which way it's pointing. north. you know what it's doing? it turns out that the whole world is a great big, begin with m. magnet. magnet. and surrounding that world is a magnetic field and guess what that compass lines up with, begin with m, f, the magnetic field of the earth. and that magnetic field in this room is oriented like this, okay? but what is the source of that magnetism? the source of that magnetism was betrayed years ago, mo than 150 years ago by a fellow by the name of hans christian oersted, who was a professor-type teaching-- i believe he was in a high school classroom. and he was showing the students that there's no relationship between magnetism and electricity. the physics books at that time had el

he was part of the supercommittee, this fiscal, the gang of eight, the gang of six -- almost every gang that has been involved in these issues. he has been a fighter for what is right and for having a plan that stands true to the values of the american people and the people who voted and waited in line for hours on end to vote -- people who want a fair shake out of washington. as a champion of that fair shake, i am excited to have senator durbin. >> neera, thank you very much for those kind words. it is good to see you. thanks to the center of american progress for the all the work you do. elections have consequences, and politics is driven by a lot of things -- candidates and money -- but many times it is by ideas and issues. the center has been on the forefront of this effort to make sure that progressive ideas are backed up by more than just feelings of the heart but arguments of the mind that are compelling and persuasive. thank you for doing that. i do not know what we would do without you, and it is an honor to be here with you. i have been involved in a lot of gang activity. it s

worked with, who has five children and has been a member of valencia 13, and finally once to leave the gang, she did not ask for her fate. we need to listen to the needs -- providing them with jobs, with law enforcement and the community, we need to merge. you need to collaborate. you cannot speak to one another, you need to talk together. this is the challenge. i want to urge everyone in the audience, i take strength from those words, from that question as bobby threw down the gauntlet

bug, we just exported the gang life out there. >> randall's gang activity led to his incarceration by the california youth authority and soon after, prison. there he joined a militant gang called the black guerrilla family. >> ended up spending 15 years in solitary confinement for my prison activities and conduct. tried to get back into the mainline. it was hard. after facing walls for 15 years and handcuffs everywhere i went, i didn't adjust too well. i still became more assaultive, more combative, more violent. >> after 25 years of incarceration, randall had plenty of violent episodes to share. >> i had threw a bomb in an inmate's cell and blew his toilet off the wall and blew a patch of his leg off. an officer came to my door. i made a zip gun out of some magazines and i shot him in the face. >> as the story unfolds about why he's there, what he's done in prison, it can send chills up your spine. then it occurs to you, i'm sitting right in front of this guy. anything can happen to me. >> most of randall's violence was directed at his cellmates. >> i don't have a problem taking a ce

would the gang of 40 produce it? it would be part of the framework agreement over the cover of tax reform, but then you would, in the course of implementing that next year, you would begin laying the groundwork for developing support. it is very hard, but all of this heart, and i am not saying it will be part of it. i am saying serious discussion is being given to it. >> we will open the discussion to the audience. if i understand correctly, what you two guys think is likely to happen, it is that we get no agreement before the end of the year, we fall off the fiscal cliff -- it is not as steep as we anticipated it will be -- but the markets react very negatively, and then in negotiation begins seriously with the new congress in january, and then something happens and they deal gets reached, early next year. is that fair? >> yes, but with substantial preparation for that. it is not blindly going off the cliff at both ends of pennsylvania avenue. it is really orchestrating it. >> john boehner to stay speaker of the hou

authorities sap the gangs have been -- say the gangs have been feuding for decades, but they don't know why the two violent groups are going at it this time. >> there's been at least 15 since june, shootings. drive-byes where nobody was struck to homicides. we have had four this past month. >> shootings? >> shootings. s. one resulting in a homicide. we don't have the resources to deal with it all on our own, so relying each other for help, narcotics enforcement, we're combining our teams! >> there are no jurisdictional boundary when is it comes to gang activity and violence. >> reporter: the police chief's department will mainly help with extra personnel and resources. in menloe park, reggie kumar. >>> later in this broadcast, a group of lonely raider fans want dennis allen to leave now. also bad news for the 49ers. bad news for the warriors. [ laughter ] [ girl ] wow, you guys have it easy. i wish i had u-verse when i was your age. in my day, we didn't have these fancy wireless receivers. blah blah blah. if i had a sleepover, i couldn't just move the tv into the playroom. no. we had to

the deal. anything else? >> central gang south. let's get ready to rock and roll. >> walls and the central gangs unit have completed multiple undercover dope buys in the past five months at places like the lido motel. >> the addicts, they place calls from those rooms and the drug dealers bring it to them. they're getting room service but it's not champagne and candy. they're getting crack cocaine and guns. >> he and his fellow officers plan to take down all 24 of their targets in a coordinated sweep with the help of two paid sources working the streets. >> our whole case is based off of two informants. they have been golden for us, for our team and what we've been trying to do, you know. we could probably work up there doing buys probably for the next two, three years. but with new targets. that's how many people are actually coming up there on a daily basis to sell narcotics because word is spreading that they're jumping on the opportunity. >> walls spent three years as a patrol officer before joining the gangs unit. the mannheim s

here's the earth, our cradle, gang. that's our cradle, the cradle of humankind. what do we do with cradles, by the way, even if they're comfortable? - we outgrow. - we outgrow them, that's right. and we see that starting to happen now, don't we? the spaceship's going out. we're talking about space platforms, okay? anyway, this is our cradle right here and here comes our rocket ship, same one, streaming by. and we're gonna say at this point, boom. both times are 12:00 noon. 12:00 on the ship, 12:00 on the earth and the ship continues. now, what the ship is gonna do? it's gonna take a one-hour trip out and it's gonna turn around very quickly. so quickly that the time is negligible in comparison to the hour trip. so ship is going out, turn around and come back. it's gonna take one hour going out and one hour coming back with negligible turnaround time. and we're gonna see how time compares for people on the ship who are moving relative to the earth and how time compares on earth relative to the ship. now, 100 years ago, the answer would be "ss" same-same, but we fin

would the gang of 40 produce it? >> no, it would be part of the framework agreement over the cover of tax reform, but then you would, in the course of implementing that next year, you would begin laying the groundwork for developing support. it is very hard, but all of this heart, and i am not saying it will be part of its. i am saying serious discussion is being given to it. >> we will open the discussion to the audience. if i understand correctly, what you two guys think is likely to happen, it is that we get no agreement before the end of the year, we fall off the fiscal cliff -- it is not as steep as we anticipated it will be -- but the markets react very negatively, and then in negotiation begins seriously with the new congress in january, and then something happens and they deal gets reached. early next year. is that fair? >> yes, but with substantial preparation for that. it is not blindly gone off the cliff in anchor at both ends of pennsylvania avenue. is really orchestrate it. >> just boehner to stay speaker

i don't look the part of the white supremacy gang. and i did. i got in the truck.y tells you -- some guy with tattoos all over the place tells you to get in this truck and you smell the body, you know it's in there. you don't go no, never mind, i don't think so, i'm going to go home. no, you just go and you say okay and you pray to god that there's going to be a chance for you to get away from it. i kept spraying perfume in the back so we didn't smell it. i didn't look in the back. i didn't want to see the body. >> a month later shanholtzer was arrested for murder. the charge was eventually reduced to accessory after the fact. she pled guilty and served a 16-month sentence at the orange county jail. >> why were you running with that gang in the first place? >> my children's father was one of their friends. just start hanging out with all of his friends. and all his friends treated me like i was the princess, and i had troubles when i was going through school being made fun of. their nickname was julie germs. i don't know why they called me that. and all of it kind

what do you think the answer is in reducing gang violence? >> i want to give thanks for another day here and an opportunity to share this space with everybody. all of the beautiful courage that it takes to be up here. a lot of energy to the healing circle as well. as a juvenile, i was in juvenile hall and i went through that whole system myself. i have worked with tattoo removal, i went to other development programs. through personal experience and being raised by a single mom and being proud of my dad imprisoned and now pursuing my education, i would say there is not one answer. the answer is that there is not an answer. you have brought about by bringing this conversation forum. it is not just law enforcement perspective, it is not just the community-based perspective, it is not just the research perspective, it is a multi- layered approach. first and foremost, we do have to consider meeting youth where they are act. we are talking about perpetrators of violence or what not or system involved or involved in gangs, we have to meet them where

the gang was originally the enforcement arm of another gang. the name apparently came from a hip hop record label and not the international terrorist organization. but investigators say gang members like the name because they stay it scares people. >>> police are asking for the public's help to locate a missing 11 year old boy. he was last seen friday on east market street. he goes by the name ren and is five feet tall. 80 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. he was last seen wearing a long sleeve yellow shirt and blue sweat pants, he was supposed to spend the night at a friend's home friday night but never arrived there. they say his father didn't report him missing until 9:00 last night. >>> the california highway patrol is investigating a possible case of road rage after one driver opened fire on another. it happened shortly before noon today near greenwood court and greenwood drive. the officers say the drivers got out of their vehicles and argued. one pulled out a gun and shot the other. the victim is in stable condition tonight and is e

here's the earth, our cradle, gang. that's our cradle, the cradle of humankind. what do we do with cradles, by the way, even if they're comfortable? - we outgrow. - we outgrow them, that's right. and we see that starting to happen now, don't we? the spaceship's going out. we're talking about space platforms, okay? anyway, this is our cradle right here and here comes our rocket ship, same one, streaming by. and we're gonna say at this point, boom. both times are 12:00 noon. 12:00 on the ship, 12:00 on the earth and the ship continues. now, what the ship is gonna do? it's gonna take a one-hour trip out and it's gonna turn around very quickly. so quickly that the time is negligible in comparison to the hour trip. so ship is going out, turn around and come back. it's gonna take one hour going out and one hour coming back with negligible turnaround time. and we're gonna see how time compares for people on the ship who are moving relative to the earth and how time compares on earth relative to the ship. now, 100 years ago, the answer would be "ss" same-same, but we fin

the connection police are making between the gang and recent violence. >>> why governor brown says theolden state doesn't need to legalize recreational marijuana use. . >>> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6. >>> good evening, i'm julie hayneer. >>> in menlo park, four suspected gang members were arrested. we are live in menlo park this evening where investigators are raising the alarm about growing gang activity there. paul. >> reporter: frank, menlo park police say there is a growing problem in the community dealing with a gang called the taliban. they have been in the community 6 to 8 years. the most recent accident happened along this street, where there was a shooting. around 4:30 they received several calls of gunfire. they would not give us the exact address, but neighbors in the area said this home was involved. you can see several bullet holes on the side of the house. next door, a home with