We already had gangs, and the violence level was increasing already. Then you add to that this factor of gangs from New Orleans. They're walking in blind, but looking to make money and establish territory, and their level of violence is really high.

It was already a very shaky balance between gangs. If you add this new element to it, it's reached the tipping point.

It was already a very shaky balance between gangs.

The reason we have so much drug activity, violence and crime is because there are no jobs, ... There has got to be a change.

Violence is a path to destruction; it is a painkiller that kills its user along with the pain.

This is a formidable enemy. To dismiss it as a bunch of 'cowards' perpetuating 'senseless acts of violence' is complacent nonsense. People willing to kill thousands of innocents while they kill themselves are not cowards. They are deadly vicious warriors and need to be treated as such.