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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is a recent article re a vigil by friends of the victim at Bradlee where they smoked pot and drank tequila. The teens complain the police officer didn't shoot his gun to break up the fight, the commercial tenants complain their customers now avoid Bradlee at certain hours and in the article photo the kids are flashing what I think is the 18th Street signal.

I believe the article was very poorly written but I am still in shock at what it does say and show.

https://www.alxnow.com/2022/05/27/friends-of-victim-say-police-didnt-do-enough-to-prevent-fatal-stabbing-at-bradlee-shopping-center/?fbclid=IwAR1e-GowiHU7-nnDRaIDImTHfTDZqSwY5Z79s3p9-g6_VgxkoMDIo9nW2Ak[/quote]

This is a very bizarre article. And are the students photographed minors? Did the newspaper get permission from their parents to publish their photos and details about them smoking pot and drinking tequila?[/quote]

Very progressive to interview gang members. They have video of the fight but won't share it with police because they don't "trust" them and think the police should have fired their guns to disperse the brawl.[/quote]

That article is the perfect reflection of Alexandria naivete/intentional misinformation.  The writer really does not think there is a remote possibility that gangs in Alexandria exist.  I know, as I have spoken to him about it, and he has bought the city leadership's mantra that they do not.  People here really think these kids just need mental health counselors.  Canek Aguirre has said gangs do not exist here, and it is racist to think otherwise.  What I really think is going on, is admitting that certain neighborhoods of affordable housing have gangs will undercut and greatly diminish the push to build affordable housing that is making some people in this City very wealthy.  So, we have the gaslit and the nefarious - then those of us who live in reality and fear cancellation and social retribution.[/quote]

How can you miss the the MS13 and 8th Street graffiti scrawled in the northern area of Del Ray? You just have to walk along the trails and it's easily spotted. I had no idea there were politicians and reporters denying the existence of criminal gangs. I'm assuming they grew up rich and went to private schools?[/quote]

Is denying gangs in Alexandria a new thing? The Latino gangs have always been pretty open with their street presence, certainly as long as I lived there. I don't anymore. They stuck out like you'd have to be blind not to recognize them.[/quote]

How can anyone deny there are Salvadoran gangs when 99% of the kids in the photo of the article are holding up 18th street signals. Holy $hit. It’s like an Onion article. [/quote]

Anyone have a good article to learn more about this gang?[/quote]

Mara Salvatrucha, 18th St gang, Ms 13. Once you're jumped in you never jump out. These gangs are where some kids go while mom and dad work all day and night.[/quote]

Mom and dad?[/quote]

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