Alphecca

Gang Bangers ARE Terrorists

A NYC mutant gang member has been indicted under NY State laws as a terrorist. His family, and some members of the elitest left think that's too harsh. From Reuters:

"They are comparing my son to (Osama) bin Laden ... and all those people who used bombs and killed thousands of people at random," said [his mother, Lourdes] Morales.

"They are making him look as if he was this cold-hearted person, and he is not like that."

Morales, 22, was indicted on murder and other charges as acts of terror in May, along with 18 other members of the St. James Boys Gang, a Mexican and Mexican-American street gang.

Morales faces the most serious charge of second-degree murder as a terrorist act. A New York grand jury returned the charges against him in connection with the shooting death of 10-year-old Melanie Mendez, who died from gunshot wounds two years earlier.
[...]
New York's use of the statute to prosecute gang-related crime has sparked disagreement among lawmakers who voted for the legislation.

A spokeswoman for state Sen. Michael Balboni, who sponsored the bill, said he does not mind that prosecutors have decided gang violence is a form of domestic terrorism and are using the statute to prosecute Morales.

"Gangs are a forum to promote terrorism," said Balboni spokeswoman Lisa Angerame. "Therefore, the anti-terrorism statue would be applicable against them, even if the original intent for this law was not exactly to prosecute them."
[...]
The anti-terror law passed overwhelmingly in the New York Senate 53-1.

Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson, who brought the charges against Morales, said the terrorism stipulation was justified.

"The obvious need for this statue is to protect society against acts of political terror," Johnson said in a statement. "However, the terror perpetrated by gangs, which all too often occurs on the streets of New York, also fits squarely within the scope of this statute."

The 70-count indictment said the gang members conspired to "intimidate or coerce a civilian population."

It included a long list of crimes cited as evidence they terrorized a city neighborhood, including allegations they harassed and robbed customers of a local restaurant, fired guns into a crowded park, shot a teenager in the face and slashed someone's throat.

Some residents say the law is being abused.

"We cannot compare gang violence with big scale terrorist attacks," said resident Miriam Medina.

Local store manager Lidia Chavez added: "Gang violence and terrorism are two different things."

If using terrorism laws will put a piece of crap like Morales away FOREVER then I say go for it. Otherwise, he would only get 25-life and that isn't enough for cold-blooded, premeditated murder.

And maybe if his mother had raised him better, he wouldn't have gotten involved in gangs. Maybe. I don't want to blame parents for the defective brains of their kids.

If you really want to see some parents who SHOULD be blamed for their creepy children, watch "Wife Swap". Watch the elitest rich liberals who can't last one day actually having to take care of a family and do chores. They haven't a clue of what children need in parenting -- how could they? They spend almost NO time with them. I saw segments on Oprah the other day and I was just amazed at the rudeness and condescending attitude of the NYC creeps. Those are Democrats. They're the ones who think we-all are stupid morons, red-necks with no culture. And they wonder why we don't want them running our country...