Varrio Hawaiian Gardens Gang

Many of my readers may not know who the Varrio Hawaiian Gardens Gang is, but ask folks in Los Angeles an they would be able to tell you right away.

So-called brown-on-black or black-on-brown violence has been a long-standing concern in neighborhoods where black residents are being supplanted by Latinos. Acknowledging it, however, has political implications and officials often downplay the tension.

"Saying gangs make targeted racial hits can add a great deal of fear of communities," said Joe Hicks, vice president of Community Advocates Inc. and former executive director of the city's Human Relations Commission. "We are not on the edge of some kind of racial Armageddon here. It's just part of the picture, but it's a particularly frightening part of it."


Guns confiscated in the recent raid.

Members of the Latino gang, Varrio Hawaiian Gardens, were charged with trying to rid the city of Hawaiian Gardens of all African Americans. The Hawaiian Gardens Gang, also known as the “hate gang”, for their lack of racial tolerance, have aligned themselves with the Aryan Brotherhood according to the FBI website.

Five indictments charged a total of 147 members and associates of the Hawaiian Gardens gang with various infractions. The indictments detailed attempted murder, narcotics, firearms, kidnapping and other charges that to the attacks on African American citizens inside Hawaiian Gardens, California.

This is the largest takedown in U. History

Jamiel Shaw's Family Wants Crackdown on Illegal Immigrants

Many people might remember the young man Jamiel Shaw who died an unnecessary early in March. Charged with Jamiel’s murder is Pedro Espinoza, a 19-year-old alleged member of the 18th Street gang. Less than a day before Jamiel was killed, Espinoza had been released from jail, where he had been serving time for assault with a deadly weapon. Federal officials have determined that Espinoza could have been deported since he was smuggled into the country illegally as a toddler.

Jamiel's Law is a law proposed by candidate for Mayor, Walter Moore. To sum it Jamiel’s Law calls for a “no sanctuary” policy for gang members and an effort by the Los Angeles Police Department, immigration officials and the U.S. Attorney’s office to “identify, arrest, prosecute, imprison and deport illegal aliens who are, or appear to be, gang members or affiliate gang members.” Current law, known as Special Order 40, forbids the police to arrest someone on immigration violations alone.

His mother Anita Shaw, Army sergeant who was recalled from Iraq after the death of her son, said she planned to attend Espinoza's arraignment today before shipping out Thursday(tomorrow) to Kuwait and then to Germany.

"I'm safer, somewhat, in Iraq than my son is safe on the streets of the United States. It doesn't make sense," she told the council.

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Updated Informaton on Jamiel Shaw

According to KCBS NEWS, it looks like they have found the killer of Jamiel Shaw. A known gang member Pedro Espinoza was scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon at the downtown Los Angeles courthouse on the capital murder charge in 17-year-old Jamiel Shaw Jr.'s slaying in the 2100 block of Fifth Avenue, just steps from his Arlington Heights home.

Jamiel was an up coming football star. His dad had mentioned that already several football organizations had been approaching him. Jamiel's mother, Army Sgt. Anita Shaw, was serving in Iraq when her son was slain. She called for community action to stop gang violence.
I am just happy that they have a suspect in custody. Sadly, this is an occurrence that affects the community everyday. It is not just this one case. It takes the media to bring cases like this in the forefront.

Many mourners gathered at the West Angeles Church of God in Christ for a funeral service for Shaw -- who was remembered Monday night at a public viewing as a young man with a promising future that was cut tragically short.


I spend several years in Los Angeles, where I had to watch the "colors" I wore and what my kids wore just to go to the store.