ACROSS AMERICA:
Gang disturbances are more common in public schools than in state prisons.
More than one-third of schools report gang conflicts.
One-fourth of our schools experienced a nearby gang shooting in the last year.
Half of our schools report gang graffiti in the surrounding neighborhood areas.
America is spending $40-billion a year on graffiti removal.
Gangs are a community problem. They are a school problem. They are a family problem. In today’s society, we have to address this issue and do something about it now! If we don’t, we are headed for a civil war, a war between the gangs and us. “Us”—being the law-abiding citizens of America who want and expect the freedom to walk down the street, grocery shop, or go to a mall—without being shot at. “Us”—being parents, able to send our children to school without the fear of knives, guns and their recruitment into gangs. “Us”—as home, condo and apartment dwellers—being able to accept our neighbors—without fear and prejudice. Because of fear, we put on blinders. We bury our heads in the sand and do nothing. Nothing! The gang members are growing across America and we try to ignore them and run away, but to no avail. We need stronger and better laws and we need to unite and let them know that we are not afraid. They are controlling our prisons, controlling our schools, and controlling our neighborhoods. We all need to stand up, become informed and try to do something. Anything! We need to put a wider circumference around our schools and make the punishment for gang recruitment and graffiti around our schools five times more stringent. Without new members, a gang will start to die and fade away. We need to get educated—meaning our clergy, our civic leaders and parents—about gang profiles and how to keep our young people safe. The community must galvanize and respond to graffiti and realize its consequences upon property values. The home value can deteriorate 20%―even if graffiti is just in the line of sight.
How do we know if gangs exist in our community? Widespread vandalism, auto thefts, robberies, muggings, drug trafficking and use, rampant graffiti on streets, curbs, buildings, in schools and around schools—all shout gang activity.
It’s time to take the blinders off. It’s time to stop running; trying to find the perfect neighborhood and school that has no gang activity whatsoever. The newspapers run articles, the evening news programs inform us, yet we think: “That’s not us, that’s not in our neighborhood.” We have become so used to graffiti, we often don’t see it anymore. We have become so used to our painted-over graffiti, our patchwork walls, that we ignore the real issue. This graffiti is not the work of some young, aspiring artist that wants recognition. This graffiti is the “underground newspaper of the streets.” It is a sophisticated communication that publicizes the gang’s power, status, claims turf, warns intruders, disrespects other gangs, names people on their hit lists, gives respect to the fallen and advertises the sale of drugs and weapons. Graffiti upside down or crossed out is generally a ‘put-down’ or threat to a rival gang or person.
I interviewed an undercover detective who has worked for years, fighting gangs and their graffiti. His comments stop you in your tracks and might just make you want to wake up to the situation that is all across our country and starting to spread across the Las Vegas Valley. He is a soft-spoken man with so many stories. I’m sure that a book might, and should be in his future. His knowledge is astounding and he can back up his remarks with statistic after statistic. Sitting with him recently on a warm, sunny afternoon, the world seemed at peace and the Vegas Valley seemed at peace. As the aroma of newly budding flowers made you think that there was only love in the air, he unleashed a dark reality that made me realize that this was something so large and frightening that we have to let people know. I—like so many others—have had my blinders on.
SLV: Why is this not at the forefront of our news and school policies?
BB: Ninety-nine percent of America doesn’t know this exists. There are statistics now that say that over eighty percent of our children do know it exists. Almost forty percent know how to read gang signs, know the gangs members within their schools and know how to purchase a gun from a gang member. It’s here and we need to wake up. Just look at the news in the last three years of how many deaths have happened in schools. It’s here, it’s now, and we have to take action.
SLV: You’re saying that all large cities have gangs?
BB: It’s not just the large cities, it’s the little cities. The wealthy leave troubled areas, but their children still need their drugs. Just like we learned with Dr. Seuss, where do you go if you have not? You go to those who have. If you have, you sell to those who have not. That’s why the gangs have gone all the way over to the area known as Summerlin to sell. They’re selling at Palo Verde. Look down Charleston, look down Town Center, you’ll see the tag signs.
According to our news, there was a shooting death near Palo Verde High School on February 15, 2008 in Summerlin, an upper-class outlying area of Las Vegas. Christopher Privett, a 15 year-old honor student, was walking home after school with some friends. One of the friends jokingly flashed a gang sign at some other teens in a car. The car did a U-turn and came back, and a teen fired a .22-caliber handgun into the group, striking Privett and killing him. The teen that did the shooting and the driver of the car are alleged to be part of a hybrid gang, (a gang which doesn’t follow the traditional gangs which are based on race and neighborhood loyalty). What an absolutely senseless and horrifying end to a young man’s life. What an absolute waste of three lives!
SLV: What are gang signs?
BB: If you’re unaware of sign language, you don’t realize or recognize that a conversation may be taking place right next to you. If you’re aware that gang members communicate with their hands, you’ll see conversations all the time on all the streets. Hand signals and gang signs are a means of communication. Symbols formed and flashed with the fingers, hands, and body-walk have very specific meaning to the gang.
SLV: What’s the advantage of being in a gang?
BB: A million-fold. At minimum, once you’re in the gang, you’ve got 60,000 people, no matter what city you are in, in America, that are your family, and know your gang symbol. Just like the Masons used to put symbols on buildings as you enter, and according to the symbols, you knew which street to go down, which house to go to locate a 16th level Mason. At that house you could ask for money, for food, for clothes, for extra gas, for whatever you need. As a gang member, you go into any of these cities in America, you can find your Family or your Church, you can find the house and they’ll give you anything. Anything! And if you’re in trouble, you’ve got 60,000 friends that have no problem killing on your behalf. No problem! You will have some of your gang members in every single city in the United States. A fourth of our city’s schools have gang activity right now. 52 percent of the gang members surveyed said they have no problem shooting! 78 percent said they’d rather live by the law of violence, than the law of the land. 70 percent of the kids in our schools were asked: “Can you stop a gang from setting up in a city in America?” Their answer was “No.” The kids already know this shit. The politicians are closing their eyes. They’re hoping it’s going to go away. They throw money at it, they throw cops at it. But you can’t throw cops at it, because they’re not afraid of cops. The only thing we can do as a society to prevent this is to have something they fear. Prison? Shit no, it’s a party house! You have guards supplying steroids, you have guards supplying porno, you have guards supplying hookers, and they pay them off. Our prisons are not prisons. Can we make the prisons better? If we do, we better be ready for civil war. You have to get something they fear. The death penalty? The gang members that were asked: “Would you even care if you had the death penalty?” Twenty-three percent said they don’t even care if they die. As long as we are financially burdened with this, we must institute something they fear, and right now we don’t have anything they fear.
SLV: How do you join a gang?
BB: For the most part it is “blood in, blood out”. You want to join the gang, you go through ten to twenty minutes where they pummel you and you may not defend yourself. If they like you, they won’t hit you in the head, if they don’t know you and you have no ties to them, anything goes. They literally beat the shit out of you until you can’t walk, you can’t see, you can’t swallow. You are in excruciating pain and you probably have several things that won’t work correctly for the rest of your life. Sometimes you die while you’re being pledged into the gang. Now you respect them. They just beat the shit out of you. You respect them because they can do it to you. Can a cop do it to you? No! As soon as he hits you, you can sue him. Your friends always have a video camera going, a cell phone going. You say anything to me as a cop, I can prosecute you. You’re supposed to fear the shit out of cops. That’s what we used to do. Did they abuse it? Hell yeah, that’s why we feared them. Do you fear them now? No! There’s no fear because the new laws have tied their hands.
There is a video game out that is GTA IV, Grand Theft Auto IV. I quote Doug Elfman’s review of the game in the Las Vegas Review Journal: “Everybody dies, by getting shot in the head, neck, legs, chest, eyes, ears, toes, knees, butt and elbows. You murder, murder, murder, and die, die, die and have fun, fun, fun, as long as you can forgive yourself for firing bullets into the faces of virtual women, cops and pedestrians.” He said that they are expecting sales of 5-6 million during the first week on the market.
SLV: Is this a part of what’s happening to our youth?
BB: It’s a combination of Video games, TV, Internet and the schools. If you go into any school right now, what is the problem with our students? Teachers and administrators will say: “No respect.” Without respect there is no fear, and with no fear there is no modification of behavior. That is the crux. These guys are soliciting our junior high kids. “You carry my drugs to that house over there and I’ll give you $100 bucks.” The kid carries over $50-thousand dollars worth of drugs, you bust him, he didn’t know what he was doing—poor baby. But he still got the $100 bucks, even though he got busted. That kid is bought. He will never give a shit what he can learn in school. The rest of his life—he’s a gang member. The grip the gang has on its members is very strong and cult-like.
SLV: What do you do with a thirteen year-old? Put him in jail for life?
BB: We don’t have anything that answers this problem, that’s the bad thing.
Gangs recruit by promises of earning lots of money, belonging to a close “family” that will be their friends, invitations to many parties, to provide security and protection, and with fear and intimidation. Teenage gang members start recruiting the young as early as 8, 9, and 10. They use them to carry weapons, drugs, and commit other crimes such as tagging. They recruit the children because they tend to attract less attention from police.
SLV: Where can you find a school where this isn’t going on?
BB: There are no schools. You go to a private school, you get the kids with the money that have hatred towards their parents and they’re in a gang. You have to teach the kids the truth. Let them choose. They’re going to be who they’re going to be. You have to educate them. Can a good person be turned bad? Absolutely. Can a bad person be turned good? Very rare. Without intervention of religion, I doubt it.
This brings me abruptly to the point where I have to ask: “Why is there so much hatred? Why is there such an attitude of disrespect? Why is there so much anger? Why do so many of our youths not know how to settle a disagreement without reaching for a knife or gun? Why is there such apathy towards education and trying to better oneself? Why are there so many drugs, alcohol, and hookups for sex that leave them feeling used and empty? Why is society not paying attention?”
I know the majority of our young people are trying hard to make a future for themselves, by studying hard to get good grades, joining activities like sports, drama and music, and even working at low-paying jobs after school. Á great majority of our young people are involved in church, love their families and are law-abiding citizens. But what are we doing to keep this majority safe from the ones that have no respect for life or laws? Are we demanding stricter rules and disciplinary actions from our teachers and principles? Are we demanding that parents try harder to instill good moral values into these kids? Are we demanding that our youth realize that quick money from a drug sale is morally not the same as hard-earned money from mowing lawns or working at a fast food restaurant? Are we demanding that our youth is held accountable for their time spent at home and away from home? Are we putting enough of a high value on education? Where is the respect for authority and the lessons of life that put them on the road to having self-respect and a future that doesn’t include jail?
SLV: How much do we need to blame on home life as it is today?
BB: Do parents know their children anymore? No! We’ve raised them at our house for two hours, we feed them, they’re in their room doing homework, and we kiss them goodnight. The schools are where they learn everything. The internet is their friend, and their parents are both working.
SLV: Is our liberal society and greed for money also the cause?
BB: The pendulum of society has swung very far to the left. I was a child that needed to be physically punished, and I was, and it taught me. I learned only from being physically punished. There are some children that all you have to say is: “That hurts my feelings,” and they’ll never do it again. I would say statistically, that there are far more kids that need to be physically punished to learn. They think they have more rights than their parents and legally they do. It used to be that you could say: “If you act like that, get out of my house.” Now, if you kick a kid out of your house, he knows he can sue you for child abuse. We haven’t gone to the farthest pendulum yet. People in prison have more rights than people out of prison. A gang has more rights than the officer. A gang member has to point his weapon at an officer before the officer can unbuckle his weapon. That is the law. As soon as we get our heads out of our asses and figure out, that as soon as an officer says freeze, you shut up, you kneel down and put your hands behind your head, because he has every right to shoot you in the head if he wants to. As soon as that’s acknowledged, we’ll have society back where it should be. You cannot give power to evil.
SLV: How about the schools?
BB: Statistically there’s more violence in our schools than in our state prisons. We send our children everyday into buildings of death, into slaughterhouses, and we think we’re parents. Yet nobody wants to acknowledge what’s really going on, and that is, that we’ve lost control of society.
SLV: The teachers can’t discipline, the principals are no longer feared...
BB: Kids have no function in society. They do not feel they are benefitting or needed by society. They do not pay taxes. Their neuron-transmitters aren’t even firing accurately according to the scientific study of last year. It’s twenty-four by the time they think straight, and yet they drive, drink, smoke, have as much sex as they can get in. Parents think: ‘As long as you don’t bother me making my money, do whatever you want to do.’ But that’s not being a parent. Now we have several hundred million children that realize there is no law. If you look at the statistics, the gang members do not even fear the death penalty. 58% of the gang members who are incarcerated don’t even care.
SLV: How can they not care?
BB: Prison is not what society thinks it is. Prison was created for those that have, to protect them from those who have not. The Scottish, the Italians, the Irish, all living with the British. The British had their cities and the Welsh had their money. Everybody used to borrow or steal, because they didn’t have jobs, so they created prisons to teach thieves how to read and write and abide by the laws of those that had. Now prisons are a huge gang party. The Aryan Nation stays by themselves, the Hispanic community stays by themselves, and the Black community stays by themselves. There’s no crossing over and there are serious fights within. As long as they respect each other, the prison functions, and yet they all run their gangs from within the prisons, and there’s nothing we can do about it. They’re already serving life sentences. What can you do to them? We no longer put them to death. They spend millions of dollars, your money and mine, just keeping them alive for life. Yet, if you sat in the same cell, your blood would congeal. They don’t play by our rules, and they never will. We think we can slap them on the hand and they’ll change?
SLV: At what age do you think children realize that they might have this control and that the laws aren’t for them?
BB: By age five, six or seven. They’re already seeing older kids that have no respect, have lots of money, carry guns, and people (their parents) that fear them. Fear is the power that nobody can control. You can drive a Bentley and all I have to do is let you see a chrome gun and you wet yourself. That’s the power the gangs wield. We cannot punish them. We can’t, and unless we institute the death penalty, they will never fear anything. Some of the gangs like the Old Nordic belief: “When I die in war at battle, I sit at the table of Valhalla.” They teach that, too. You have to recite those who have fallen in your gang and give them respect.
SLV: Is going to prison just a notch on their belts?
BB: It is a notch. They earn stripes. There are certain color beads you get to wear when you’re joining gangs. They only change after you’ve killed somebody or you go to prison. Once you’ve gone to prison, you get to change your beads. It is totally an honor system. It is totally the ability to look at you and say: “You move now” and you will. “If you don’t move for me, those people on the other side of the street will move you.”
Graffiti has been called the “newspaper of the streets.” Each gang has its unique symbols and cryptic types of writing. Graffiti is not artwork, it is a sophisticated communication system that publicizes the gang’s power, status, delineates territory, sends messages, and warns intruders. Graffiti upside down or crossed out is generally a ‘put-down’ or threat to a rival gang or person. ‘Death warrants’ for police officers are known to have been posted with graffiti.
SLV: Explain more to me about graffiti.
BB: Graffiti is communication from one gang member to another gang member. Graffiti is one of the initiation tasks given to a new recruit. Graffiti is being used to claim turf, disrespect other gangs, give respects to the fallen and advertise the sales of drugs or weapons; what I’m selling, what you can buy, who is here, who’s on the hit list. They aren’t to be trifled with, and they mean what they say.
SLV: Does one gang buy these things from another gang?
BB: Absolutely, and that’s why there’s gang warfare. Gangs have advertised the sale of drugs, as well as AK47’s. There’s always one dealer at the top who distributes down and if a hooker is in somebody’s area, they have to buy the drugs from the gang that owns that area. If the hooker buys from another gang, she will be punished, and usually it’s a gang rape. But she’ll be punished. Motorcycle gangs can use any of the gangs for their supplies.
SLV: You want to buy. How do you find a gang member?
BB: You can always tell a gang member’s walk; special ways they wear their hats, hand cantor, hairstyles, jewelry, or even the way a person stands, or folds their arms and hands. Colors can also identify the gang member and show member pride and affiliation. Even sports teams logos and colors are used in gang affiliation.
Gang Colors
Red, Black, Brown & Pink: Bloods
Blue, Grey, Orange & Purple: Crips
Black & Gold: Latin Kings
Blue & Black: MS13
Black & Blue: Gangster Disciples/Folks
Black & Red: Vice Lords
Orange: People
Sports clothes that have strong gang affiliation:
Detroit Tigers or Lions: “D” is for Disciples Black/Blue
Chicago Bulls: Vice Lords Black/Red
L.A. Kings: Latin Kings
Green Bay Packers: “G” stands for gangster
Georgetown: “G” stands for gangster
Chicago Bulls: People
North Carolina: Crip Nation or Cobra Nation
SLV: What are we to do about all the graffiti?
BB: We have to begin by protecting our walls and buildings by putting on protective coatings, anti-graffiti coatings, to keep their tags off of them. I have read in Las Vegas that they’ve spent $30 million, last year, painting over graffiti, and all they have done is create what is called by some the ‘ghetto quilt’ effect. The new choice of graffiti “paint” is a mix or India ink and muriatic acid. These tags are meant to cause damage and rebuke the city for messing with their tags. Orange County is spending $100,000 a month on replacing their signs, because once their reflective film is messed up, the sign’s no good. You can sue if a sign is not reflecting properly at night. A proactive approach to our walls is the protective coatings—that all you have to do is wash them off with water. At this point, what they’re doing is removing some of the paint with muriatic acid—that’s what takes it off. The kids are learning how to ride through the work sites when they’re removing graffiti. They use their cell phone camera and post it on YouTube or MySpace. They ride through the work space and make sure they get some muriatic acid on them. Now they’ve got something that’s hazardous on them, and they can sue the people removing the graffiti and the school that hired them. If you don’t remove it, leave it alone, the violence will increase. A construction company in the city of Chicago got sued $1.3 million because they didn’t remove it from an outhouse in a timely fashion. So you have to remove it, remove it quickly, without anybody watching, in case they slide in for a lawsuit.
SLV: Then removing the graffiti becomes a dangerous job?
BB: The people that remove it have a high-risk, high-risk job. The only thing I have seen and read about is to put up one of these protective coatings, so when the kids tag, you can drive up with a power-washer, spray it off in a couple of minutes and get out of there before someone makes a cell phone call and you’re in danger. Cleaning up as fast as possible, that’s the whole key.
SLV: Do city officials know all about this?
BB: The Mayor of Las Vegas knows how all of this works. He has intimate knowledge from his diverse case history. He knows, without a doubt, that graffiti is commerce and graffiti takes away from the city’s commerce and puts a negative image on the city and in its cash flow. Any tourist in this world sees a gang symbol and they have a fear factor, and they’ll avoid walking that way or start thinking: “Wow, they’ve lost their upper hand and now the gangs are coming in.” It will affect everyone.
SLV: So if we could get the walls coated, it would make it faster and easier?
BB: It has a huge benefit. If you put up a graffiti sign and I put up my graffiti sign, by the code I have vowed, I must do you physical, violent harm. If we can get schools devoid of gang signs, now you minimize violence around schools. You minimize recruiting.
SLV: What would the cost be to coat our walls?
BB: To remove, prepare and repaint over two very small tags (7” x 3”) on an electrical box would cost about $1,750. To apply the coating over the electrical box would cost about $400. It’s much, much cheaper and then once it’s coated, you just take a wet rag or wipe and wash the tags off. The coating products cost about $1.50 per square foot on a clean surface.
SLV: What else can we do?
BB: What we have to do is prepare for the next generation. Teach them differently and the only way we can do that is create somewhat of a learning environment. Prime Minister Blair said it’s a self-image problem. It goes back to pride. It goes back to fear and respect. If you’re living and going to a school where gang symbols are all over, gang people are free to do what they want—we’ll never get this. If I know you’re a gang member and you come to school and you flash a sign, and now almost all the schools have videos in them, and I can prove you flashed a sign—you’re documented. The next time your gang does that within a five mile radius, you’re the first person we pick up. You’re likely to do five-times the amount of time for whatever crime was done. You can’t find anybody else, you do the time. That’ll scare the hell out of a lot of these kids. Then the gang loses its edge. Right now we don’t have anything to throw at them. This Five mile radius, five time penalty, that’ll work. If you’re a gang member throughout the United States and you do something, you get a five time penalty. Yes, that’ll help. But we have to focus on the schools; a five mile radius. That’s what is required for kids to walk, which is why they tag all the way to school, advertise, and spit on the face of other gang signs. It has to be a five mile radius, five time penalty as far as the penalty can go, maximum sentence five times if you’re a gang member. That will slow down on the recruitment. They’re starting to recruit at eight. The schools are where we have to start to protect them, and they might grow up with a chance, but right now there’s a 40% increase in violence on school grounds. It’s just going to explode! We really don’t have any heroes. Sports people are busted for steroids. Nobody seems to withstand the stress of American life and not bend the rules. Once you bend the rules, it’s dark, it’s fast, and it’s a slide, and then what do you do?
SLV: But this isn’t just an American problem?
BB: No, of course not. But right now, I’d say over 80% of the world despises America, except for the money it gives. We have a very bad rap. To give you an idea how bad it is, the gangs have tagged tanks and walls over in Iraq. They are our gangs. The gangs are in our Army, our Air Force, the Marines, and the Navy. They’re full of our gang members. They now have the best military training, the best weapons, and we wonder how some of these gangs get weapons? They’re selling weapons to the gangs because they themselves are gang members and they are bound by code, punishable by death, by the codes they’ve sworn when they join their gangs. Iraq has hundreds of graffiti tags from our gang members over there. It’s to say to the world: “Yes, America is here, do not be mistaken, the gangs are doing the dirty shit. Don’t mess with us. We have access to everything.” Islamic gangs have lots of funding, lots of money, lots of organization. It’s a religion. To our gangs, this is a time of rising, a time of power and glory. If America was to have a civil war, hypothetically, how many wealthy white people have more than one gun? How many gang members have more than one hand gun, and have access to over two assault riffles? Statistics: It’s bad! You have to take into consideration when our forces are asked to fight for us, and they belong to the gangs, bound by blood to their gang, be not mistaken they will not be fighting for the American Marines, Army, Navy or Air Force—they will go to their gang. They’ll join the Marines, Army, Navy and Air Force to get their hands on weapons and deadly knowledge and money. One of the major studies going on right now by our military is how easy it is for gang members to join and how do we combat that. They’re not acknowledging that, but they’re trying to figure out how to deal with it.
SLV: What advice would you give to parents?
BB: Don’t allow sagging pants. In prison, you sag to show submission and disrespect to authority. You’re submitting, that’s why you sag. Pull it up—you’re protecting your shit and kissing white’s ass! Most parents think this is just a fashion statement, and sometimes it is. How many children have been shot because they are wearing the gang colors and clothes!! Follow them. Their room is in your house, so their room is your room. Their backpack is your backpack. Their cell phone is your cell phone. Know who they’re talking to and who they communicate with. Know their friends. Learn what colors stand for what gang, and which sports teams logos stand for which gang.
So where is the hope? Let’s get that protective coating on our walls. Get graffiti under control around our schools. Push to enforce tougher rules and laws. Gang graffiti left unchecked can be dangerous. Remember it can communicate an outright threat against an opposing gang or person. The more visible and prevalent the graffiti is the more likely violence will occur in the surrounding area. Graffiti should be removed to reduce the likelihood of continued violence. Remember the four R’s, but always let the police know and don’t try to remove it or paint over it yourself. It is highly dangerous! SLV
Read It! Record It! Report It! And Remove It!
First the graffiti must be read and interpreted for danger signals. Second, it should be photographed. Then, a police report should be made for tracking purposes. Finally, the graffiti should be removed to reduce the likelihood of continued violence.
WARNING SIGNS of possible Gang influence
• Unexplained money and jewelry
• Obsession with a certain color and sports team apparel
• Tattoos of words or letters on knuckles
• Small tattoos between the thumb and index finger
• Burn marks (brands) on the arms, hands or chest
• Eyebrows shaved or lines shaved through them
• Bandanas hanging from belt loops or pockets
• Writing on the inside of hats or under the brims
• Brim of hat turned to one side or backwards
• Flashing hand signs
• Grades dropping and truancy
• Slang use and new nicknames
• Evidence of drug abuse
Where Does Gang Activity Affect You?
▼ Schools: High School, Middle and Elementary Schools
▼ Movie Theaters, Arcades
▼ Parks and Recreation Centers
▼ Sporting Events
▼ Shopping Centers/Malls, Grocery and Convenience Stores
▼ Apartment and Multi-Dwelling Complexes
▼ Public Transportation
▼ Hospital Emergency Depts.
How Does Gang Activity Affect You?
▼ Increases crime
▼ Increases cost for police and city services
▼ Increases cost for security services for businesses and schools
▼ Increases burden on social service systems and emergency and hospital systems
▼ Influences business recruitment and overall city economic development
▼ Impacts overall image of the city
▼ Causes trauma, grief, confusion and depression over the injury or death of a loved one due to gang violence
▼ Increases likelihood of you becoming a victim of crime
▼ Damages personal property through acts of vandalism
▼ Increases fear for your personal safety or the safety of your neighborhood
▼ Puts you at-risk of becoming a victim of harassment, intimidation or other, more violent acts, such as drive-by shootings
▼ DEATH?
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