BF,

I hear you and what you said makes sense, BUT law enforcement study stats, trends,etc....and more importantly they monitor what goes on in prisons.

I saw an HBO documentary in the mid 90s about Bloods and Crips in Arkansas. ARKANSAS!!! We watched it and laughed and swore that it would/could NEVER take root out here. But it did.

I'm not a conspiracy theorist and I always believe that people are responsible for their own actions(not because of some bogey man pulling strings) BUT it's hard for me to believe that law enforcement in East Coast, South and Mid-West were totally blindsided by the spread of west coast gangs to their regions and states.


I think it's their best interest sometimes to allow certain amount of crime, to get funding rather than being proactive to prevent it.