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Prohibition-Induced
Gang
Warfare
on
Native
American
Reservation:
50
shots
fired
between
children
battling
over
drug
turf
12/5/97
On November 27, 25 young people were arrested on the Menominee Reservation
in Keshena, Wisconsin in the aftermath of an inter-gang battle in which
at least 50 shots were fired. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that
more than 30 members of the Gangster Disciples and the Latin Kings, armed
with pistols and sawed-off shotguns were involved in the melee. No injuries
were reported.
Tribal Police Chief Karen Neconish-Gardner told the Star Tribune, "Where
you have a gang problem, you have a drug problem. This is not about using.
This is about trafficking. It is all about criminal activity -- about drugs
and crime and power." The "gangsters" arrested were all
between 12 and 17 years-old.
DRCNet suggests: Send an email "letter to the editor" of the
Star Tribune at [email protected],
highlighting the obvious damage being done to these children by Prohibition,
over and above the damage that the drugs themselves may be doing on this
reservation.
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Issue #21, 12/5/97
British Correspondents Needed for The Week Online | Harvard Study Finds Mandatory Sentences Wasteful | Study Finds Racial Disparities in Drug Sentences in Alabama: Really? Hmm | Clinton Backs UN Drug Czar's Plan to Give Economic Aid to the Taliban in Exchange for Opium Eradication | New Hampshire Legislator Introduces Medical Marijuana, Hemp Bills: "It's time to discuss these issues" says lawmaker | Prohibition-Induced Gang Warfare on Native American Reservation: 50 shots fired between children battling over drug turf | Colombia Passes Extradition Legislation... But it Won't be Retroactive | Mexico: Gun Battle at Border Kills Guard, and Newspaper Editor Shot by Cartel. More Prohibition-related violence | UK's New "Drug Czar" Rejects Legalization of Cannabis | Quote of the Week: Mr. Hellawell should hear what was said about the possibility of repealing Alcohol Prohibition in America! | Drug Policy Institute Accepting Applications | Editorial: Supporting barbarians in the drug war
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