Which Way, L.A.?
Drugs, Crime and Big Money on the November Ballot
Prop 5 would save a billion dollars a year on prisons by providing treatment instead of incarceration for kids with drug problems and non-violent drug offenders. Also, dozens of motorcycle gangsters are arrested for murder and mayhem...
By Warren Olney • • 30m ListenProposition 5 would save a billion dollars a year on prisons by providing treatment instead of incarceration for kids with drug problems and non-violent drug offenders. Also tonight, Dozens of Mongols motorcycle gangsters are arrested for murder and mayhem.
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3 storiesRound-up of Mongols Bikers on Federal Racketeering Charges
The Mongols motorcycle gang was formed by Latino rejects from the Hell's Angels. Early this morning, dozens of Mongols were arrested by 1000 heavily armed federal agents and local police in California and five other states. Charges include money laundering, selling drugs and murder.
Read the story5 minProposition 5
Proposition 5 promises treatment instead of incarceration for kids with drug problems and non-violent drug criminals. Parolees and prisoners would get treatment too. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst says the treatment programs would cost a billion dollars a year while saving at least that amount on jails and prisons.
Read the story11 minNew Building Honors ACLU’s Ramona Ripston
Ramona Ripston may not be a household name to Southern Californians, but for 36 years she had led the local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, which definitely is.
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