Gangs
...A 3-year-old is killed and her 2-year-old brother wounded.
-A Chinese immigrant in Brooklyn is kidnapped by a Chinatown gang which
demands ransom payments from her family. She is murdered when the family fails to pay.
-Two FBI agents and a police sergeant are murdered inside the Washington,
D.C. police headquarters by a gang member.
-A Pittsburgh police sergeant walking home with his daughter is killed with
his own gun after he stops and confronts a gang spraying graffiti on a street.
II. Resolved : that the Federal Government should pass laws to prevent the
development gang related youth violence.
Definitions-
1. Development: as defined in Websters Dictionary is "to make more
elaborate; to enlarge"
2. Gang: as defined in Websters is "A group of persons who are organized
and work together or socialize regularly; a group of adolescent hoodlums or
criminals; gang up on; to attack as a group."
3. Violence: as defined in Websters is "Physical force or activity used
to cause harm, damage or abuse"
4. Youth: as defined in Websters is "The appearance or state of
appearing young; the time of life when one is not considered a adult; a young person"
III. Our current juvenile justice system is no longer adequate for
today's hardened young gang members. Demographics indicated this problem is not
going away. In fact, only will get worse. This is a serious problem that can
not be left unchecked. If this is not addressed it will only lead to the decay
of our society. We must take action to combat gangs in a new way. Vice
President Albert Gore recently told the White House press corps, "Gangs have
been a major cause of the growth in violent crime in the past decade." He cited
a Treasury Department report that found the presence of rival gangs, the Bloods
and the Crips, in 35 states and 58 cities across the...
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