CrimLaw

Overstating the gang problem.

The problem with the primary source for this article's argument is that he has shown that local law enforcement can handle the problem: "L.A. recently made headlines by cutting its murder rate by 22 percent from the previous year." The claim that cracking down is moving street gangs to other nearby locales is not easily believable. Street gangs are almost always tied to a territory where the members live and are not all that mobile.