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You may think of a hospital as a place of refuge and healing, but so do wounded gang members. And wounded predators can be dangerous.
July 23, 2008
You are now in the middle of a kill zone between two rival and highly agitated gangs. You watch in slow motion as they drop their wounded and draw their guns. It is as though they cannot even see you or recognize your uniform or police vehicle. You are not the intended target, but you could easily be collateral damage. Read Full Article
author: Richard Valdemar | posted @ Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:57 AM |
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Hear our resident gang expert on the air.
July 22, 2008
Hear Richard Valdemar take part in radio discussions about Los Angeles gangs. Read Full Article
author: Richard Valdemar | posted @ Tuesday, July 22, 2008 3:54 PM |
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A paranoid meth head and a remote desert assignment sealed the fate of a good Los Angeles County deputy.
July 11, 2008
LASD SEB (SWAT) was called in. They approached the structures in an
armored car. Suspect Kueck engaged the SEB vehicle with his .223
assault rifle giving away his position. A heavier LAPD SWAT armored
battering ram was brought up and tear gas was fired into the wooden
structure. Read Full Article
author: Richard Valdemar | posted @ Friday, July 11, 2008 1:27 PM |
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Gang members had been planning an attack on the police and the public for months. The Rodney King verdict was just an excuse.
July 04, 2008
For several months prior to the riots, intelligence reports rolled across my desk about activity in the Jordan Downs, Imperial Courts, and Nickerson Gardens Housing Projects. Drug dealers were financing meetings of gang members from rival gangs, and these meetings were being arbitrated by OGs (veteran gang members) or the Fruit of Islam, Black Muslim security units. Read Full Article
author: Richard Valdemar | posted @ Friday, July 04, 2008 10:49 AM |
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