“In tracking down and eliminating terrorists, we need to change our metaphor from a "war on terror" - exactly what, pray tell, is that? - to the mind-set of Interpol tracking down master criminals through intense global cooperation among nations, or the FBI stalking the Mafia, or local police determined to quell street gangs without leveling the entire neighborhood in the process.” NeedsMindWarNationsProcessStreetsMastersPrayingPoliceDown AndMetaphorTerrorDeterminedCriminalsTerroristIntenseLocalsNeighborhoodCooperationGangMafiaFbiStalkingWar On TerrorNeed A ChangeEliminatingMind SetTracking Author:Bill Moyers
“Even when black youth gangs target white strangers on the streets and spew out racial hatred as they batter them and rob them, mayors, police chiefs and the media tiptoe around their racism and many in the media either don't cover these stories or leave out the race and racism involved.” StoriesBlackWhiteRaceStreetsMediaYouthInvolvedRacismHatredPoliceStrangerChiefsTargetGangMayorsTiptoesBlack Youth Author:Thomas Sowell
“All the drug dealers and gang members with whom I dealt had [a cell phone] long before any police officer I knew did.” LongInspirationMotivationTechnologyDrugMembersPolicePhonesCellsOfficersGangCell PhoneDealerPolice OfficerDrug DealersGang Members Author:Marc Goodman
“What I want to know, though, is why all of a sudden is everybody acting like gangs are some new phenomenon in this country? Almost everyone in America is affiliated with some kind of gang. We got the FBI, the ATF, the police departments, the religious groups, the Democrats and the Republicans. Everybody's got their own little clique and they're all out there gangbanging in their own little way.” KindCountryReligiousActingRepublicanPoliceDemocratPhenomenonGangFbiClique Author:Tupac Shakur
“Not only did we survive AIDS, Reaganomics, poverty, racism, gang violence, police brutality, substance abuse - not only did we survive that, we created something endured. And whatever you might think of commercial hip hop now, there's a lot there to like and there's a lot there to critique and there's a lot of things you could say both about. But we created something that endured when we ourselves were not supposed to endure. When we ourselves were not supposed to survive and thrive. So I think that is worthy of respect and preservation and it's US history.” ThinkingPovertyViolenceRacismAbusePoliceEndureHip HopWorthyAidsThriveGangPolice BrutalityCritiqueSubstance Abuse Author:Sofia Quintero
“A libertarian is someone who can believe that the police are no more than a gang of thugs without realizing that in the absence of police, thugs will gather into gangs.” BelieveRealizingPoliceLibertarianAbsenceGangThug Author:S.M. Stirling
“Kids have to be tough to survive on the streets of Kathmandu, where older gang members often beat and rob them. They face cold winters, hunger, homelessness, and unsympathetic police. But under each hardened shell there is still a child.” ChildrenStillsKidsFacesStreetsColdMembersBeatsToughPoliceWinterHungerShellsGangHomelessnessHardenedGang MembersWinter ColdUnsympathetic Author:Craig Kielburger