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Resolved Question: Why would Supporters of illegals call Secure Communities program A ill-functioning program?
WASHINGTON — Mwenda Murithi, the Kenyan-born leader of a notorious Chicago street gang, was arrested 26 times after his student visa was revoked in 2003. Charged with at least four felonies, he served 30 days in the Cook County Jail for a 2007 drug violation. By law, he could have been deported immediately. But Chicago officials did not report him to immigration authorities because city and county ordinances prohibit them from doing so. Not long after he got out of jail, Murithi ordered a gang hit that resulted in the death of 13-year-old Schanna Gayden, struck by a stray bullet as she frolicked at a playground. Murithi, now serving 55 years, is just the sort of person U.S. immigration officials say they want to target under a program known as Secure Communities, which seeks to match the fingerprints of everyone booked into jail against immigration databases. But the program, launched by the Bush administration and continued under President Barack Obama, has become entangled in the suspicions and recriminations that characterize the debate over immigration policy. Critics of the program say that turning illegal immigrants over to federal authorities would undermine the efforts of local law enforcement to win cooperation from immigrant communities. And they worry about providing immigration authorities with the fingerprints of those arrested on petty charges. "I'll be reporting minor offenders, misdemeanants, people who are arrested on a traffic fine that they fail to pay," San Francisco Sheriff Michael Hennessey said. "I think that this throws too broad of a net out over the residents of my county." David Venturella, who runs the program for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, or ICE, said minor violators were not a priority unless they also had more serious criminal histories. "Our focus is on criminal aliens," he said. Many major city police agencies forbid officers from inquiring into the immigration status of witnesses and suspects, a policy adopted by local officials to shield illegal immigrants from federal authorities. But the Secure Communities program has divided those cities and the politicians within them. Houston and Los Angeles are participating in the fingerprint sharing program despite such rules, and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom opposes the efforts of the sheriff and some county supervisors to keep his city out of it. The federal program was designed to assuage such cities, Venturella said, because it doesn't require their active cooperation. The fingerprints are shared automatically, and ICE officers arrest those they intend to deport. This arrangement stands in contrast to a more active federal-local effort known as the 287(g) program, under which ICE signs agreements that allow local police to arrest and detain people under immigration laws. Few big cities participate in that program. Still, out of political sensitivity, ICE currently is not matching fingerprints from counties, such as Cook County, that object to the Secure Communities program, he said. Secure Communities is operating in 193 counties, and ICE has checked 2.2 million sets of fingerprints submitted by local law enforcement agencies, spokeswoman Randi Greenberg said. Through April 30, there were 216,000 hits against a database of people who previously had been fingerprinted by ICE, she said. Of that number, 24,000 had been charged with or convicted of what ICE classifies as the most serious offenses, including rape, murder and kidnapping. The remainder involved lesser offenses, ranging from bribery and fraud to petty violations, such as gambling. ICE deported 6,100 of those charged with or convicted of the most serious offenses, and 14,300 who were charged with or convicted of lesser offenses, she said. The goal is to expand the program nationwide by the end of 2012. Despite Venturella's assertion that ICE won't focus on people charged with lesser offenses, immigration rights activists aren't so sure. "We think it's an ill-conceived, ill-functioning program," said Joan Friedland, a senior attorney with the National Immigration Law Center. http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2010/jun/10/jailed-illegal-immigrants-are-policy-dilemma/?print=1 moreResolved Question: Actvists accuse police of racial profiling leader of a notorious Chicago street gang was arrested 26 times?
Activists accuse police of racial profiling leader of a notorious Chicago street gang was arrested 26 times and why would activists want illegals gang members roaming the streets free to commit crime, murders, extortion , etc,etc ? Reporting from Washington — Mwenda Murithi, the Kenyan-born leader of a notorious Chicago street gang, was arrested 26 times after his student visa was revoked in 2003. Charged with at least four felonies, he served 30 days in the Cook County Jail for a 2007 drug violation. By law, he could have been deported immediately. But Chicago officials did not report him to immigration authorities because city and county ordinances prohibit them from doing so. Not long after he got out of jail, Murithi ordered a gang hit that resulted in the death of 13-year-old Schanna Gayden, struck by a stray bullet as she frolicked at a playground. » Don't miss a thing. Get breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox. Murithi, now serving 55 years, is just the sort of person U.S. immigration officials say they want to target under a program known as Secure Communities, which seeks to match the fingerprints of everyone booked into jail against immigration databases. But the program, launched by the Bush administration and continued under President Obama, has become entangled in the suspicions and recriminations that characterize the debate over immigration policy. Critics of the program say that turning illegal immigrants over to federal authorities would undermine the efforts of local law enforcement to win cooperation from immigrant communities. And they worry about providing immigration authorities with the fingerprints of those arrested on petty charges. "I'll be reporting minor offenders, misdemeanants, people who are arrested on a traffic fine that they fail to pay," San Francisco Sheriff Michael Hennessey said. "I think that this throws too broad of a net out over the residents of my county." David Venturella, who runs the program for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, or ICE, said minor violators are not a priority unless they also have more serious criminal histories. "Our focus is on criminal aliens," he said. Many major city police agencies forbid officers from inquiring into the immigration status of witnesses and suspects, a policy adopted by local officials to shield illegal immigrants from federal authorities. But the Secure Communities program has divided those cities and the politicians within them. Houston and Los Angeles are participating in the fingerprint sharing program despite such rules, and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom opposes the efforts of the sheriff and some county supervisors to keep his city out of it. The federal program was designed to assuage such cities, Venturella said, because it doesn't require their active cooperation. The fingerprints are shared automatically, and ICE officers arrest those they intend to deport. This arrangement stands in contrast to a more active federal-local effort known as the 287(g) program, under which ICE signs agreements that allow local police to arrest and detain people under immigration laws. Few big cities participate in that program. Still, out of political sensitivity, ICE currently is not matching fingerprints from counties, such as Cook County, that object to the Secure Communities program, he said. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-immigrant-felons-20100607,0,251944.story Why do they sacrifice America lives for the well being of illegal gang members ? moreResolved Question: Is anyone surprised Houston ranked number 3 in America's ten most underrated cities?
I grew up there, and I know how bad the traffic is around the Galleria on Fridays. The smog and gang problems are no big secret, nonetheless. Maybe I'm just skeptical because I was brought up in Alief, and I saw how the gangs overran the area like cockroaches. The schools in Southwest Houston were abysmal to say the least. However, I noticed a huge change in scenery when my folks and I relocated to the Heights. We later moved to Austin, which I think is way overrated. Yes, I like that it's a more liberal city, but there isn't much going on here other than Sixth Street, and the few puny state museums. People get so offended here when I don't put Austin up on a high pedestal. I never said it was horrible; I stated it was overrated. The other nine most underrated cities were Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Minneapolis; Portland, OR; Providence, RI; Kansas City, MO; Sacramento, Fort Lauderdale, and Louisville, KY. I guess these places are overrated because they do have lots of cultural festivities, yet none of them have great tourist attractions like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco do. Is anyone else surprised Houston ranked number 3 on the list of America's top ten most underrated cities?Pardon me! I meant to say they were underrated because they didn't receive thousands of tourists each year like New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami, and Las Vegas. Nobody I know has ever traveled to those ten locales for their honeymoon. moreResolved Question: does anyone know what all different gangs are in Houston, TX. Add to this list?
1. Southwest Cholos X3 2. La Primera 90ST 3. Broadway Surenos X3 4. La Primera 7400ST 5. La Tecera Crips 6. 59 Piru Bloods 7. Puros Vatos Locos (PVL) 8. SPPL ( a mini version of LP 90ST ) 9. JQA 10. Piru Landar North 11. Lords of Alief 12. Piru Bloods 13. Public Outlaw Boys (on your streets) aka P.O.B.since no one likes LP 90ST, LP 7400ST, or SPPL why couldn't they just tie them all up and take them out to the runway at Hobby field and just mash the fire out of them with a southwest 737. moreResolved Question: Why do activists claim these are not violent criminals at all 284 arrested in ICE operation?
Some of the worst offenders caught this week during Operation Cross Check include the following case examples: Ruiz Pina, from Mexico, was arrested by ICE agents in Houston on Feb. 24. He has convictions for unlawfully possessing a weapon, assault causing bodily injury, and drunken driving. PINA was ordered deported by a federal immigration judge in Houston, Texas, in 2005. He will be detained without bond at the Houston Contract Detention Facility pending removal from the United States. Juan Martinez, from El Salvador, was arrested by ICE on Feb. 24. He has been convicted for burglary of habitation-theft. Martinez was ordered deported by an Immigration Judge in Houston, TX in 1997. He will be detained without bond at the Houston Contract Detention Facility pending removal from the United States. Tomas Alvarez, from El Salvador, was arrested on Feb. 23. He has been convicted of possessing/delivering cocaine. Alvarez was ordered deported by a federal immigration Judge in Harlingen, TX, in 1990. He will be detained without bond at the Houston Contract Detention Facility pending removal from the United States. Any of the foreign nationals arrested during this operation who have active warrants will be referred to the associated local law enforcement agency and ICE will place detainers to ensure they return to ICE custody following disposition of their criminal cases. Those who have outstanding orders of deportation, or who returned to the United States illegally after being deported, are subject to immediate removal from the country. The remaining individuals are in ICE custody awaiting a hearing before an immigration judge, or pending travel arrangements for removal in the near future. This week’s special enforcement action was spearheaded by ICE’s Fugitive Operations Program, which is responsible for locating, arresting, and removing at-large criminal aliens and immigration fugitives — aliens who have ignored final orders of deportation handed down by the nation’s immigration courts. ICE’s Fugitive Operations Teams (FOTs) give top priority to cases involving aliens who pose a threat to national security and public safety, including members of transnational street gangs and child sex offenders. The officers who conducted this week’s special operation received substantial assistance from ICE’s Fugitive Operations Support Center (FOSC) located in South Burlington, Vt. The FOSC conducted exhaustive database checks on the targeted cases to help ensure the viability of the leads and accuracy of the criminal histories. The FOSC was established in 2006 to improve the integrity of the data available on at large criminal aliens and immigration fugitives nationwide. Since its inception, the FOSC has forwarded more than 150,000 case leads to ICE enforcement personnel in the field. This week’s enforcement operation is just one facet of the Department of Homeland Security's broader strategy to heighten the federal government’s effectiveness at identifying and removing dangerous criminal aliens from the United States. Other initiatives that figure prominently in this effort are the Criminal Alien Program, Secure Communities and the agency’s partnerships with state and local law enforcement agencies under 287(g). Largely as a result of these initiatives, ICE removed a total of 136,126 criminal aliens from the United States last year, a record number. http://www.kfdm.com/news/ice-36794-operation-aliens.html moreResolved Question: Can our government fool all of the people all the time or not?
More and more people seem to be catching on to this collosal economic scam between Washington D.C and the Wall Street con artists (mortgage banksters etc). Mainstream media is doing all it can to subvert and manage the buisiness and industry news -- will the sleeping giant arise in 2010? Where is the rage, they gave us the outrage, already. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae will eventually blow wide open. Remember the guy who "hanged himself" in his closet about a year ago? This will all lead back to the root of all this BS, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The are a collection of "families" who run the housing market, including the MBA and NHB groups. These suckers have pulled off the greatest robbery in the history of the world. Tim Geithner and the gang are frantically trying to cut links, obfuscate, sandbag and backfill, but the evidence is everywhere. Even the mainstream media cannot cover the details up forever and the devil is in the details, like "adjustable rate mortgages," and so much more, including the deregualtion tactics. Do you have any idea how deep old Phil Gramm is involved in this thing? And so are his cohorts in Houston and San Antonio. It is amazing how much most people still do not know. If they knew, all hell would break out. If they really knew what a long and drawn-out diabolical story this is. moreResolved Question: Who says people with Asperger's can't interact socially?
As a person with Asperger's, I of all people know that it is a social disorder. I understand that the subject also exhibits repetitive and anti-social behavior. However, I know we can be trained to interact and read people. It's just like learning to play a sport and perform some other craft. For some it's natural; for other it's inductive. Generally speaking, I think people from major cities are more street smart than those from rural areas. They deal with street logic every day, so it happens involuntarily. I grew up in a rundown working class community in Houston (the fourth largest metropolis in America behind Chicago.) Many of the gangs and inner city problems overran my neighborhood. By the time I was diagnosed at age 19, I'd also lived in New York, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia. So I'd been around the block and had more life experience than most of the others in my group who lived sheltered lives in smaller communities. Nature plays a big part, but nurture plays another. Hence the expression, "people are products of their environments." Whats more, I'm the youngest of four kids, and I was raised by a single mom. My absentee father was hardly ever around when I needed them. Most Aspies I've known were only children, and their parents weren't divorced. Their upbringing was night-and-day compared to mine. Last but not least, I served three-and-a-half years in the military. Two of those years, I spent all alone in San Francisco (more than 1,000 miles away from everybody with no support.) I literally was forced into an environment where I had to adapt and overcome. Tony Attwood explained that Aspies use their crystallized intelligence and learn to interact with people through reasoning rather than intuition. Our interpersonal skills are acquired through induction rather than induction. It then becomes empirical data. So where is it written in stone that people with Asperger's Syndrome cannot become more people savvy? moreResolved Question: Who says people with Asperger's can't interact socially?
As a person with Asperger's, I of all people know that it is a social disorder. I understand that the subject also exhibits repetitive and anti-social behavior. However, I know we can be trained to interact and read people. It's just like learning to play a sport and perform some other craft. For some it's natural; for other it's inductive. Generally speaking, I think people from major cities are more street smart than those from rural areas. They deal with street logic every day, so it happens involuntarily. I grew up in a rundown working class community in Houston (the fourth largest metropolis in America behind Chicago.) Many of the gangs and inner city problems overran my neighborhood. By the time I was diagnosed at age 19, I'd also lived in New York, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia. So I'd been around the block and had more life experience than most of the others in my group who lived sheltered lives in smaller communities. Nature plays a big part, but nurture plays another. Hence the expression, "people are products of their environments." Whats more, I'm the youngest of four kids, and I was raised by a single mom. My absentee father was hardly ever around when I needed them. Most Aspies I've known were only children, and their parents weren't divorced. Their upbringing was night-and-day compared to mine. Last but not least, I served three-and-a-half years in the military. Two of those years, I spent all alone in San Francisco (more than 1,000 miles away from everybody with no support.) I literally was forced into an environment where I had to adapt and overcome. Tony Attwood explained that Aspies use their crystallized intelligence and learn to interact with people through reasoning rather than intuition. Our interpersonal skills are acquired through induction rather than induction. It then becomes empirical data. So where is it written in stone that people with Asperger's Syndrome cannot become more people savvy? moreResolved Question: When did it not become politically correct to judge a book by its cover?
In today's society it seems like we're supposed to hold hands and sing Kumbaya. I watched several documentaries about gangs. In my hometown, Houston, there's a large Hispanic gang name I believed called The Blastros. They make their own attire and have tattoos. They even go around flashing gang signs. Yet when they get pulled over, many of them pulled out the race card and accused the police of racial profiling. Tupac Shakur claimed vigorously that he wasn't involved in criminal activities. He insisted his THUG LIFE tattoo stands for "The hate you give little infants f**ks everybody." How did Tupac die again? I believe he was gunned down on the strip in Vegas. Can you tell me that wasn't gang-related? Before anyone accuses me of being a bigot, skin color has nothing to do with it. If I saw a white guy with his head shaved wearing combat boots with red shoelaces and several swastika tattoos, I'd know immediately I wouldn't want him marrying my sister. What ever happened to the old adage, "What you see is what you get." I doubt anyone who went to a job interview like that, he wouldn't get the job. I judge people by what they wear, how they present themselves, and what comes out of their mouths. You can tell a lot about a book by its cover. So If I figure some knucklehead, with enough tattoos to make a mural and enough body piercings to activate a metal detector, wears a bandana and tanktop goes around flashing gang signs, I trust my judgment. If he's not a criminal, I'd think he's a wannabe. He wants everyone else to think he's the meanest baddest tough guy ever to walk the streets. If I see a clean-cut guy (black, white, brown, or yellow) wearing a business suit or professional attire and speaking proper English, I would give him more credibility. Am I being unkind thinking like this? Or am I being reasonable? You be the judge. moreResolved Question: Have you ever travelled anywhere in America that gave you bad vibes?
I've been to a few places that creeped me out. One was none other than Philadelphia. I didn't feel much brotherly love when I noticed the inner city looked like post-World War II Germany. I felt the same about Baltimore. When my ex-girlfriend and I drove there, that place looked like the Serbian army plowed right through it. Gangs looked very rampant. I remember scurrying out of there because I was afraid we would both end up in bodybags. I don't ride the bus back to Houston, where I grew up, for the same reason. The bus station is near the Fifth Ward in the middle of gangland. It's beyond me how the government can spend so much money nation building around the world, but we can't even fix our own streets. Many of these places look like Third World countries. Two years ago, I when I travelled to Canada, I was embarrassed to see how well kept the cities are there compared to ours. I went to what was supposed to be the ghetto of Vancouver, and it looked like a regular working class neighborhood in any American city. You could leave your car unlocked, and it still wouldn't be stolen. The same was true about Toronto when I ventured there. None of the roads had potholes; there was no graffiti everywhere; the buildings were well-kept; and the sewer lines weren't bursting. Have you ever been to a place in America that made you feel like a fish out of water? moreResolved Question: How do we put an end to gang violence in America?
One idea I had was to decriminalize all drugs. Perhaps if they legalized, diluted, and taxed them all, then there would be far less drug-related crimes. How ironic that the crime rate went down after Prohibition was repealed! These gang members have no respect for anyone or anything. These people are animals. What's worse is all the innocent people in between being killed in gang warfare. That's one of the primary reasons I'm glad I don't live in Houston anymore. My hometown is overridden with gangs. I'm afraid I might have to wear a bulletproof vest if I were to visit my old neighborhood where I grew up. How do we make our streets safer in America again?How about we just line them all up and shoot them? Wouldn't that work? Or we can put them all on a boat and ship them off to the Aleutian Islands in Alaska so they can all freeze to death. Let's see how tough they are when they have to deal with the harsh landscape and the brutal weather without any glocks, gripes, pistols, or blades. moreResolved Question: How "dangerous" is 5th Ward Houston?
What are the dangers of the 5th ward as of CURRENT??? Is there still gang affiliations, if so which gangs? What parts are the absolute worst? I drive a red sports car,(the red color is NOT my choice... rather black or green, less attn grabbing)... is a single white female safe cruising through the 5th ward at night? I'm a photographer, and would like to get photography of the ruins for my portfolio... I'm street smart, and I know how to get out of circumstances if need be, but would rather know EXACTLY what I could be getting myself into before i go out photographing 5th ward's ruins....Okay let me clarify a few things... I'm white but most of my friends are black. I associate with mostly crips. I'm a photographer, and I'm an insomniac... I take most of my late night drives to find nighttime scenery...and the "ruins" i mean... just DIFFERENT from the norm... ghettos, rundown areas, abandoned homes, shacks, those places can make for AMAZING photographs. check out www.opacity.us that's kind of what i'm looking to do, but no trespassing on people's property or anything. And 4 people told me that the 5th ward was mostly bloody...Okay let me clarify a few things... I'm white but most of my friends are black. I associate with mostly crips. I'm a photographer, and I'm an insomniac... I take most of my late night drives to find nighttime scenery...and the "ruins" i mean... just DIFFERENT from the norm... ghettos, rundown areas, abandoned homes, shacks, those places can make for AMAZING photographs. check out www.opacity.us that's kind of what i'm looking to do, but no trespassing on people's property or anything. And 4 people told me that the 5th ward was mostly bloody... and all of you people don't seem to realize, I WANT the danger... I know this isn't smart, but so what? Is it smart for those photographers to go to war and shoot war pictures? No, but they do it for the sake of photography alone!!! That's me, ya'll. I got a gun. I know how to use it. I'm from the south! moreResolved Question: Carl Landry BEING SHOT COULD BE A ACT OF GANG ACTIVITY IN HOUSTON BE CAREFUL!!!?
Houston police spokesman Kese Smith said Landry was driving his sport utility vehicle southbound on a city street, when a northbound car swerved into his path and collided with his vehicle. Landry and the driver of the other vehicle made U-turns and the vehicles collided again and Landry's SUV hit a utility pole. Smith said Landry got out of his SUV to inspect the damage, and was shot by one of the two occupants of the car. The suspects then fled the scene. THAT INFO STATED ABOVE IS A TYPE OF INITIATION FOR A GANG MEMBER OR IT COULD BE SOME TYPE OF MISSION OF A GANG MEMBER, IF I COULD SPECIFICALLY REMEMBER... I KNOW I HEARD THE SAME RUMOR GOING AROUND SCHOOL ABOUT SOME MEXICAN GANGS BUMPIN STUDENT CARS AND WHEN THEY GET OUT THEY WOULD SHOOT YOU AND TAKE YOUR CAR........ JUST LETTING YOU GUYS KNOW... BE SAFE........CARL LANDRY IS A PLAYER FOR THE HOUSTON ROCKETS........ moreResolved Question: DID anyone SEE THE glottal stop musiC aawards last NIGHt?
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There is a street just north of downtown Houston called "Laura Koppe" and I was wodnering if anyone could tell me who she was. I did a quick websearch and came across "Laura Koppe Road Gang" and some guy named Freddie the Cat. I'm completely confused and hope some Houstonian could shed some light on this mystery. moreResolved Question: Why are Latino gangs allowed to run rampant in Houston how do Latino's draw strength from illegals what gives?
WASHINGTON — The federal government's top immigration enforcement officer on Wednesday released a report that showed Houston has fallen short in a nationwide crackdown on violent, predominantly Latino street gangs that draw strength from undocumented immigrants. Houston, the nation's fourth-largest city, accounted for just 71 of the 1,759 arrests in the roundup in 53 cities over the past four months, according to the report provided by Julie L. Myers, the assistant secretary of homeland security in charge of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, or ICE. Myers said the reluctance of police departments in cities such as Houston and Phoenix to fully cooperate had forced federal immigration authorities to negotiate narrow, targeted enforcement efforts. "We have had certain instances where the cooperation has not been as full as we'd like," Myers told a news conference where she unveiled the latest results of the Bush administration's long-running campaign against transnational street gangs such as MS-13, which operates in the United States, Mexico and Central America. "It's definitely a problem for us if local law enforcement are encouraged not to cooperate with ICE or not to work with ICE even when we're talking about known gang members who may have committed very, very serious crimes," Myers said. Myers declined to specify cases where Houston law officers failed to cooperate fully with federal immigration agents in the hard-hitting, federal-state-local enforcement operation dubbed Operation Community Shield. Houston's arrest count trailed seven other cities nationwide that participated in the gang crackdown, including cities with smaller populations such as Boston, Atlanta, San Diego and Dallas. The number of arrests in Houston rivaled the 70 tallied in Tampa, Fla., the nation's 56th most-populous city. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6035002.html moreResolved Question: Gangs Signs or Band signs? In Houston, TX?
Around my neighborhood in Houston ive scene little pacman on the sidewalks, it looks like someone has glued them on? And i also have scene a razor blade with the words "give up" underneath of it? The razor blade is normally on street signs or utility boxes that are on the ground. thanks moreResolved Question: I'm originally from houston and i was wondering if there is ethnic cleansing of blacks in houston?
i live in california it is a every month thing here mexicans killing blacks who are not even gang members just random people on the street and vice versaI lived there until 2004 im 18 now moreResolved Question: What areas are safe for a family to live in or around the NYC area?
Im looking to get some info on this question. I have done my research on some neighborhoods but I rather get straightfoward answers from people that actually live in or around these areas. I currently live in Houston TX and my wife and I along with our two daughters plan on moving up north to the NYC area. We would like to move somewhat close to the city it can be in NYC or around there like NJ. Were of middle class you can say. Im looking to move to a neighborhood where I can walk down the street to a store or drive around with my windows down and not worry about some punk kids throwing gang signs at me or having a gun flashed at me. Im not looking for a big fancy neighborhood cause of course I dont have that kind of money, but just a decent neighborhood where my wife and I dont have to watch our back while we enjoy being outside our home with our daughters. Of course there is some kind of crime everywhere doesnt matter where you live, but im sure you guys know what I'm looking for. moreResolved Question: Did the President overstep his authority in this matter?
MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press HOUSTON - The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday rejected an appeal from a death row prisoner whose case was among several dozen nationally involving condemned killers who were born in Mexico and whose punishments had been sidetracked after intervention from President Bush. "We hold that the President has exceeded his constitutional authority by intruding into the independent powers of the judiciary," the court said in a 64-page ruling that included 283 legal footnotes. Lawyers for condemned murderer Jose Ernesto Medellin had argued his rights were violated when a Houston court tried and sentenced him to death in 1994 for the rape-slayings of two teenage girls. Specifically, Medellin, who was born in Mexico but who spent most of his life in Texas, contended he was denied legal help under international treaties when he was charged, tried, convicted and condemned for the 1993 slayings of Jennifer Ertman, 14, and Elizabeth Pena, 16, in Houston. At issue overall was how much weight U.S. courts should give to decisions of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, which ruled the convictions of Medellin and 50 other Mexican-born prisoners violated the 1963 Vienna Convention. In 1969, the Senate ratified the Vienna Convention, which requires consular access for Americans detained abroad and foreigners arrested in the United States. The Constitution states that U.S. treaties "shall be the supreme law of the land," but does not make clear who interprets them. In February 2005, Bush unexpectedly ordered new state court hearings for all 51 prisoners, whose cases have stirred tensions with foreign countries over convictions of their citizens in violation of international law. The Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday said the presidential order "cannot be sustained under the express or implied constitutional powers of the President relied on by Medellin and the United States or under any power granted to the President by an act of Congress cited by Medellin and the United States. "As such, the President has violated the separation of powers doctrine by intruding into the domain of the judiciary." The decision Wednesday means Medellin, 31, is not entitled to additional review of his international rights claim. The Supreme Court 18 months ago, citing the presidential order, rejected Medellin's case and those of the 50 other Mexican nationals on death row in the United States and sent them to their respective state courts for review. That ruling avoided the dispute over whether international law is binding on American courts. In 2004, the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Texas in a ruling that federal relief for Medellin was barred because he did not file objections at his trial. In their arguments to the Supreme Court, Medellin's attorneys said his court-appointed trial lawyer was suspended from practicing law for ethics violations during the case, and he failed to call any witnesses during the guilt phase of the trial. Lawyers for Mexico said the country would have made sure Medellin had a competent lawyer had it known about the trial in 1994. Medellin was supported in his appeal by dozens of countries, legal groups and human rights organizations, as well as former American diplomats and the European Union. Much of the international community is opposed to capital punishment and the execution of Mexican nationals in Texas, the nation's most active death penaltly state, is a particularly touchy point. Medellin, 18 at the time, was one of six members of a fledgling Houston street gang convicted in the slayings of Pena and Ertman, whose bodies were found four days after they failed to return from a friend's house. The pair had been tortured, raped and strangled. They were attacked as they took a shortcut along some railroad tracks and stumbled on the group drinking beer after initiating a new gang member. One of Medellin's companions, Derrick Sean O'Brien, also 18 at the time of the slayings, was executed earlier this year. Evidence showed the girls were gang raped for more than an hour, then were kicked and beaten before being strangled by a belt or shoelaces. Two others, Efrain Perez and Raul Villarreal, had their death sentences commuted to life in prison when the Supreme Court last year barred executions for those who were 17 at the time of their crimes. Peter Cantu, described by authorities as ringleader of the gang, remains on death row without an execution date. O'Brien, in a confession, said Medellin was at one end of the belt being pulled around Jennifer Ertman's neck as he yanked on the other. The sixth person convicted was Medellin's brother, Vernancio, who was 14 at the time and received a 40-year prison term.Trainerma.., KISS MY ASS. Why can't all you wiseasses just not answer the damn question if it bothers you so much. There is nothing about 'hate' in this news article. moreResolved Question: Im startin a gang up in my school.dont know what 2 name it?
ok so ima start a street gang dont know what 2 name it tough..gimme sum help i would apreciate it....this would help im from SouthEast houston tx..it can only be mexicans "latinos"in the gang... moreResolved Question: I'm moving to Houston soon.?
I'm from New York. I've been gang banging all my life here in the streets. Now my family decides to go to Houston, and even though I want to stay in New York, I have no choice but to go. Now, I hear a lot of gangs over in Houston. Is this true? Do I need to watch my back? I don't want to start no problems, especially if I'm a new cat over there. Now I know everyone can agree with this. A lot of dudes in the south don't appreciate with dudes from New York... So what can I expect if I'm going down south? moreWelcome to Houston Street Gangs News
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