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Monday, February 08 2010 - 07:58 PM
Are taggers just small time? uh.. NO!
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/02/gang-interventionist-fatally-shot-after-confronting-tagger.html
LA Times Online
Gang interventionist fatally shot after confronting tagger, police say
February 8, 2010 | 11:16 am
A former Crips gang member, who police said transformed himself by working to steer others away from lives of violence, was fatally shot after he confronted a tagger in Mid-Wilshire, Los Angeles police said Monday.
Ronald Lamonte Barron, 40, was leaving the Cottage Bar in the 500 block of West Pico Boulevard about 9 p.m. Sunday with his girlfriend when he noticed a tagger applying graffiti to a nearby wall, police said.
Barron confronted the tagger, who pulled out a pistol and fired once, hitting Barron in the chest.
Barron had once been a Mansfield Crips gang member but had made a successful transition to gang outreach and intervention work, authorities said. Barron continued to use his former gang name, “Looney” and worked for Amer-I-Can, a gang-intervention program founded by Football Hall of Fame member Jim Brown. Barron was known for his gang outreach work in the L.A. County jails.
— Andrew Blankstein
scdyne says...
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/02/police-arrest-teenage-tagger-suspected-in-fatal-shooting-of-veteran-gang-outreach-worker.html
Police arrest teenage tagger suspected in fatal shooting of veteran L.A. gang outreach worker
February 9, 2010 | 10:49 am
Los Angeles police said Tuesday that they have arrested a teenage tagger suspected of fatally shooting a veteran gang interventionist after he confronted the youth over graffiti.
The suspect, who is 16, is a Los Angeles resident but police declined to identify him, citing his age. Police noted the boy was not affiliated with a street gang, contrary to a department news release that stated investigators believed the shooter belonged to a gang.
“He’s a tagger, not a gang member,” said Los Angeles Police Department Cmdr. Andrew Smith, who said investigators received help in identifying the suspect by Los Angeles Unified School police.
Police said the boy fatally shot Ronald Lamonte Barron, who worked for the interventionist organization Amer-I-Can.
Barron and his girlfriend were leaving a bar Sunday night in his old neighborhood in the Mid-Wilshire area when he noticed a tagger defacing a wall on Pico Boulevard. Detectives said Barron confronted the tagger, who fatally shot him as his girlfriend and others looked on.
Surveillance video appeared to show a gunman wearing dark-colored clothing arguing with Barron in front of “numerous witnesses.” The suspect then pulled out a pistol and shot Barron, 40, multiple times at point-blank range before calmly walking away from the scene.
Barron’s death was mourned not only in the gang intervention world but at City Hall and LAPD headquarters, where the reformed Mansfield Crips gang member was seen as an honest broker in the effort to reduce the grip of gangs in some neighborhoods.
The LAPD’s Smith said that in addition to more police, gang intervention workers would step up their presence in the neighborhood to reduce tensions.
— Andrew Blankstein
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scdyne says...
A tagger who carries a gun and kills.. How is that not a gang member? Oh because he’s 16?
What did they see if he weighed the same as a duck? And since he didn’t weight as little as a duck, he’s not made out of wood and therefore not a gang member?
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Sovereignty Soldier says...
Where is he locked up? Maybe someone in there with him would like a little money on their books. Since the system refuses to deal with the problem it seems to me it is up to the people to get creative. I for one am sick of them locking up harmless potheads yet letting people like this out after a year or two. Throw this tough guy to the wolves in Chino!
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Sovereignty Soldier says...
Taggers are nothing more than the bottom rung of a gang. They dress the same, listen to the same type of music, and they glorify gang life via their “artwork”. They make me want to apply my own art below theirs. They terms “is gay” or “is a fag” right after their names seems fitting. We have a problem with some clown(s) that call themselves DTK or DTC tagging in my area. Sometimes on the weekends I do a little neighborhood patrol late night/early morning hoping to catch these clowns. I notice they usually hit between 2:00 and 3:30am. This is a crime that some, especially those migrating from the “hood” in LA do not understand why we make such a big deal about. To them it is normal and even art. To me it’s ugly and makes a neighborhood look like it is inhabited by low class, uneducated, social program leeches and illegal alien families. It is embarrassing to invite family over and have them see that crap upon entering your neighborhood. It is not art, it is vandalism! These people should have their hands broken when caught in the act!
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