Brandon Roy shot in leg shielding children from gunfire

[hwangjini_1]

I wish we could do more about gang violence. Isn't there some sort of RICO statute we can use? The very act of being in a gang should be illegal, and every member of such gang should be responsible for all crimes committed by the gang.

If that violates the law, change the law.

Well that sounds problematic.

I wonder if the same should be said about fraternities...

Lol. Yes, frats routinely murder innocent people.

Gang murders make up something like 15% of all homicides in the US, but let's compare them to fraternities.

I was thinking of rape.

Ha, ha, ha.  FanVT, perhaps you would like to rephrase this. 

[GratefulCs]

Well this pretty quickly became the most passive aggressive thread I've ever seen on CB.

The parallels with Minority Report are just too stark for my liking. But I'm not going to deny that, as usual, when stuff escalates I'm around.

lol

I'm just finding the level of snark in this thread to be off the charts.

But yeah, I mostly agree with your position. I'm not sure how you'd ever define "gang" in such a way that it could be used both consistently and fairly if made illegal.

they should probs throw Pierce in jail for that one time he threw a gang sign..

[Roy H.]

Well this pretty quickly became the most passive aggressive thread I've ever seen on CB.

The parallels with Minority Report are just too stark for my liking. But I'm not going to deny that, as usual, when stuff escalates I'm around.

lol

I'm just finding the level of snark in this thread to be off the charts.

But yeah, I mostly agree with your position. I'm not sure how you'd ever define "gang" in such a way that it could be used both consistently and fairly if made illegal.

they should probs throw Pierce in jail for that one time he threw a gang sign..

Or, for a Boston area star who really was gang-affiliated, Aaron Hernandez. It sure would have sucked getting him off the streets.

Instead, society enabled him and made him into a millionaire.

[Big333223]

I wish we could do more about gang violence. Isn't there some sort of RICO statute we can use? The very act of being in a gang should be illegal, and every member of such gang should be responsible for all crimes committed by the gang.

If that violates the law, change the law.

Well that sounds problematic.

I wonder if the same should be said about fraternities...

Yes, absolutely! And the lakers too. anyone who joins the laker team/gang/fraternity should be sent to jail.

Now if we could just change the laws to make this happen.....

 

TP for that! We need to get these dangerous Laker fans off the street. They're clearly all deranged.

[Fan from VT]

Unless you are also going to go after country clubs if 1 member is guilty of fraud, embezzlement, etc, or a KKK chapter if 1 or 2 have histories of assault, etc, i do not seeany way that this isnt just going to be another way to disproportionately target minorities for stuff that is already illegal.

[Roy H.]

Unless you are also going to go after country clubs if 1 member is guilty of fraud, embezzlement, etc, or a KKK chapter if 1 or 2 have histories of assault, etc, i do not seeany way that this isnt just going to be another way to disproportionately target minorities for stuff that is already illegal.

One of the primary goals of country clubs is organized crime?

If minorities disproportionately commit violent crimes, they should be disproportionately targeted. That said, not all violent gangs / organized crime are minority.

[CelticsFanFromNYC]

Controlling gangs is like trying to control racism. It literally starts deeper then making "gang violence illegal". Honestly its borderlinee church/fraternity life if were going there. How about this Brandon guy though lol?

[KG Living Legend]

 Brandon Roy sounds like a courageous hero.
 Well done.