Executive Director of the California Gang Investigators' Association
Executive Director for the California Gang Investigators' Association; retired veteran (36 years, including 28 in the gang detail) from the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and co-author of Understanding Street Gangs
Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back in LA's War on Gangs There's good news and bad news with two gang-related arrests in the past two days. Today, LA's Mayor and Police Chief announced today the arrest of Steve Garcia , a murder suspect who was buying an ice cream cone in Rosarita Beach, Mexico. The bad news is that Mario Corona was arrested yesterday and charged with possessing a pound of methamphetamine. Corona, a former gang member with a master's degree in social research from USC, has been part of the controversial LA Bridges gang intervention program.
Terrorism and tweets, hate speech and murder Just days before an election, Britain is coping with a rash of deadly terrorism, and Prime Minister Theresa May is on the defensive. And again today, President Trump has tweeted criticism of the Mayor of London. Later, a double murder in Portland, Oregon has revealed the ugly past of a supposedly “progressive” city. One immediate question: is “hate speech” protected by the First Amendment?
Trump's 'America First' goes missing abroad In the Middle East, President Trump is changing some policies of the Obama Administration—and reversing his own campaign attacks on Islam as a religion that "hates us." We hear about his visit to Saudi Arabia and what's at stake for the rest of his foreign excursion.
The longest US war: Will Trump send more troops to Afghanistan? The Trump White House is divided over the Pentagon's request for more troops in Afghanistan—where the US has been fighting for the past 16 years. Is there a formula -- either for "victory" or a political settlement? Is there an end in sight for America's longest war?