Rival groups. RIVAL GROUPS? F'ing gangbangers shoot up

[ben_meyers]

Toys R Us and they are called RIVAL GROUPS? At least it looks like they offed each other.

Authorities: Two handguns found near bodies of victims in Toy R Us shooting

Riverside County sheriff's investigators have recovered two handguns "in close proximity of the deceased" men, according to a sheriff's spokesman. The two men were killed in what might have been a clash between rival groups late this morning inside a crowded Toys R Us in Palm Desert, officials say. Police say the area is safe and they are letting shoppers leave the scene at 72-314 Highway 111 after an hours-long lockdown.

Rival groups of what? What are they afraid to say?

http://www.mydesert.com/article/20081128/NEWS10/81128021/1263/UPDATE

[jody]

1. I understand from numerous news articles that Latino/Black Gang Warfare has been increasing in

Orange and Riverside counties.

[Trajan]

2. I don't understand your apoplexy ...

Humans have formed associations that have agitated against each other for ages ....

Rival Groups ? ... Rival gangs ? .... Whats the difference ?

[wtmusic]

3. Calling them gang members erroneously can result in a defamation suit nt

[ben_meyers]

8. You have to be kidding

Gangs can sue for defamation? On what grounds.

[wtmusic]

11. Any citizen can sue for defamation

but particularly if they are labeled as a gang member and are not. If they had used the word "alleged" it would likely have been ok to use "gang member".

[Hanse]

15. It's also a catch-all dismissal phrase for black violence.

Shooting at a white high school? Well, that's a national tragedy. A watershed moment for an entire generation. Months of news.

Shooting at a black high school? Oh, that's just gang members. 30 second blurb on the evening news.

[MadMaddie]

4. Probably Gangs

These Gangs have been allowed for the last 8 years to grow and committ crimes against the citizens of this country. The government has spent more money on the phoney war against drugs then trying to destroy these gangs. The local police departments can only do so much with the revolving door in the prison systems.

What's the answer? I don't know, but I do know we can't let this keep happening.

[Nevernose]

6. They shit all over Bill Clinton for funding midnight basketball programs

There was a general hue and cry about how the Federal Gubment was wasting our money bu coddling kids when the parents should be taking care of them and we should be cracking down on drug dealers. Nevermind that the crime rate in those neighborhoods went down by some outrageous number like 90% when the kids were provided something to do.

Of course, try and explain to conservatives and even many liberals taht an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure and they'll look at you like you just claimed that Ben Franklin was really Batman.

[Dis Pater]

9. If they were up late playing baketball, they would probably sleep in

and this would never have happened.

[Nevernose]

12. LOL, I get the joke.

But the idea behind what I was saying -- if we give kids something semi-productive to do with adult supervision, they wouldn't need to join gangs in the first place. Or take drugs, or just get into trouble, or whatever...

It's virtually unheard of to see an adult criminal who doesn't have some kind of juvenile record. If we can cure the disease in its early stages, we won't have to worry so much about two assholes shooting at each other in a toy store.

And if you want a REALLY funny joke, ask me what the difference between a liar and a lawyer is...

[dweller]

13. okay, what's the diff?

all i saw of the news was a woman sitting on the sidewalk crying...outside of T-RUs
i don't think she was involved, just happened to be there and her reaction.
dp

[Nevernose]

14. The dipthong (n/t)

n/t

[MadMaddie]

18. I agree and lets not forget the poverty in these areas

no jobs for adults and certainly no jobs for teens.

[daninthemoon]

5. This just happened. it would be irresponsible for the police to divulge

too much detail. the facts may not be entirely clear yet, and an investigation is surely going 24/7.

[rocktivity]

7. I'm almost relieved to hear that it wasn't a pair of Black Friday shoppers

trying to buy last Elmo doll in stock (or whatever "the" hot Christmas toy is this year).

:(
rocknation

[Bigmack]

10. Just listening to Sandy Eggo TV news..

and they said witnesses say "it started with an argument over a toy."

We'll see.

[NYC_SKP]

16. Rival Groups....of Gangmembers!

Simple!

[pitohui]

17. c'mon they can't say f'ing gangbangers in a family newspaper

gangbanger actually used to be a nasty word that referred to rape and fucking still is a naughty word

we're all adults here, we can read thru the lines