Gangs now aiming better?

[Warbirdhunter]

GREELEY, Colo. -- Greeley police say a recent spike in gang-related violence doesn't indicate more shootings, but rather that the shooters have been hitting their targets more often.

Police Chief Jerry Garner spoke Monday after two people were wounded in separate weekend shootings and two others were killed earlier this month on Nov. 8 and 9. Investigators have said they believe the shootings were gang-related.

"In the past few years, we've always had gangsters shooting at each other," Garner told the Greeley Tribune. "But they've been missing each other. In the most recent cases, they connected."

One of the weekend shootings occurred at a house party, where a man was wounded in the shoulder after an argument, Police Sgt. Joe Tymkowych said.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/18144774/detail.html#-


Now doesn't everyone feel much better that our local gangs are working on their aim, no more spraying and praying :lol:

 

[WouffHong]

Gang Marksmanship

Well, THAT'S comforting!! :evil:

Mac

 

[dougjgray]

Maybe they started using laser sights or have been practicing at rifle ranges. But I guess a positive Note is that maybe less kids/Innocent bystanders will be caught in the cross fire if they can hit the right target

 

[jerryh3]

Or they're coming home from the military...

 

[scanlist]

Gee wally there's gangs in Greeley?

There's been "no gang problem" since I moved to Greeley in 1999. Nope the Gang unit and TF guys are just for show. I about fell out of my chair laughing when I first saw a media article earlier today with the commentary about "missing targets" in the past.

Note to the guy in MD. The only military I see in this town are retirees. It's predominantly Hispanic areas of this town where this idiocy occurs.

These wannabes wouldn't last 5 minutes in Detroit, NYC or L.A.

 

[bwilborn]

These wannabes wouldn't last 5 minutes in Detroit, NYC or L.A.

I couldn't agree more. I bust up laughing when people talk about Greeley's "gang problem". Given that I grew up and lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, and have lived in places like Richmond, CA (once the highest per-capita murder rate in the country) and Oakland, CA (need I say more?) I've seen first hand areas that have real issues with gang crime.

The only thing positive about this is that since they're hitting their targets more often, they're doing us all a favor by thinning the herd.

 

[Thayne]

If you havn't seen it there is a history channel program about the New orleans gangs that went to Houston for awhile (After Katrina) & ended up going back--something they couldn't understand about Texas law enforcement.

 

[pathalogical]

As long as they hit each, they take themselves out of action. This leaves out innocent victims as has happened many times here in Toronto. I guess these Canadian gangs just aren't very good with guns.

 

[Warbirdhunter]

Good laugh!

If you havn't seen it there is a history channel program about the New orleans gangs that went to Houston for awhile (After Katrina) & ended up going back--something they couldn't understand about Texas law enforcement.

I saw that one. I guess in New Orleans cops have like 60 days to file charges on someone, and that rarely happens due to people not seeing anything :roll:. Where in the great state of Texas, that was not the case . Sad thing is most if not all the pubic housing down in New Orleans has been condemned and is still standing guarded by dogs and a fence. That has forced the gangs into other areas, like the French Quarter and other areas. With NOPD short on help, all makes for a bad area.

But I do agree with Phil and Bwiborn. Gangs in Greeley have nothing on the gangs that rule lets say 5 points. Kind of like the kids who go to Cherry Creek High School. They take the BMW that daddy bought them, they lower it so it can't make it over the speed bumps. They drive around with rap thumping in the trunk, hats backward. But you know deep down inside. Drop them off in 5 points at night, they might make it almost 5 minutes until they whip out their cell phone and call for a town car. :lol:

 

[RodStrong]

If you havn't seen it there is a history channel program about the New orleans gangs that went to Houston for awhile (After Katrina) & ended up going back--something they couldn't understand about Texas law enforcement.

Although N.O. cops are not wimps by any means, Houston PD and suburban agencies, as well as Harris County S/O are some of the meanest cops in the US. Look at them funny and you will receive a beat down. It's their world and everyone else is in it. Don't matter if you are blue collar, white collar, NFL player, gang member, whatever. Disrespect them and you will wind up in jail via the hospital. Once in the Harris County Jail, beatdowns increase in intensity as needed.

This is why N.O. gangs cut out of there. There was a significant spike in murders and overall crime in Houston directly related to the Katrina victims invading town, but eventually, the cops got ahold of it and ran most of them off.

 

[Thayne]

Too bad it is so hard to find & keep a good balance between the cops & everyone else. I have very conflicted feelings about it because I see both sides. (Both sides really piss me off at times)

 

[Scan-Denver]

Too bad it is so hard to find & keep a good balance between the cops & everyone else. I have very conflicted feelings about it because I see both sides. (Both sides really piss me off at times)

I agree!!