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Friday, June 20, 2008

Westside White Guy Slams Jamiel as Gang Member

Kevin Roderick - the epitome of suburban white mypoia - has decided he can oh so coyly tag hate crime victim, the assassinated Jamiel Shaw as a gang member, part of the liberal effort to take the heat off Special Order 40 that is coming from many corners. In quoting an LA Times story on the preliminary hearing WWG posts:

Testimony on Jamiel Shaw's gang ties

When he was killed, the teenager wore a red belt emblazoned with black skulls and a crudely written "20," used by the Rollin' 20s and had some of the gang's images on his iPod, an LAPD officer testified. A neighbor also said Shaw had friends in the gang and was known by the nickname "Deuces Wild," and a detective testified that Shaw's girlfriend told police he was a gang member.

What Westside White Guy doesn't tell is that 1) Jamiel's parents, friends and relatives have consistently said Jamiel was not a gang member, 2) Police officers, as mentioned in the story, are not convinced Jamiel was a banger and, 3) the judge in the hearing has ruled out the use of any information that paints Jamiel as a gangster.

Maybe this is how you win Pulitzers.

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29 Comments:

Blogger Red Spot in CD 14 said:

WWG should be listening to Jamiel Shaw Sr. on "John and Ken" at this moment.

But NPR is all the rage west of the 405.

June 20, 2008 3:28 PM  

Blogger Red Spot in CD 14 said:

The "facts" according to "WWG"

When he was killed, the teenager wore a red belt emblazoned with black skulls and a crudely written "20," used by the Rollin' 20s and had some of the gang's images on his iPod, an LAPD officer testified. A neighbor also said Shaw had friends in the gang and was known by the nickname "Deuces Wild," and a detective testified that Shaw's girlfriend told police he was a gang member.

Next "WWG" will be back producing "Puff" pieces on Villar.

June 20, 2008 3:35 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Higby, you're acting awfully stupid, blaming WWG for just posting the LAT article and an overview. All it says is that the defense is trying to make Jamiel out some gang member or with gang ties at least -- that's to be expected, what DA Hanisee had warned. It's like when a girl is raped, the defense tries to make her out a whore and break her down - it sucks, but that's the law, each lawyer has to do their best to discredit the other side.

Of course I agree the killer and the girl who drove the getaway car who "made out with him" at the park right afterwards, are cold-hearted, inhuman killer. (These are the people we're supposed to spend millions on for gang programs, and to get them jobs? Too late -- deport Espinoza, but making sure he won't be back like they do now, like the border's a revolving door.) The rest must be no parole or "social time" with fellow gangmembers.

Gangmembers in general, legal and not, are responsible for 7 of 10 homocides, per the LAPD's own homicide blog. Our city, LAPD and Public Safety Committee and even Rocky's office, have come up with a tough new anti-gang plan, including taking their cars and homes. Must be likely to work, if Alarcon calls it unconstitutional possibly -- like he's opposing the gang injunction in Pacoima.

June 20, 2008 3:43 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

forget deporting him, givehim the death sentence and we won't have to worry about him crossing the border again.

June 20, 2008 3:50 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Wet Spot what part of

"an LAPD officer testified"

do you not understand?

June 20, 2008 3:50 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

the rest of LAPD Det. Mark Holguin's testimony as reported by the LAT

But the detective also said the victim had never been arrested and had never been seen by police with gang members.

"Because someone says someone's a gang member doesn't mean they are," he said.

Ever hear of the word "frontin'"?

June 20, 2008 4:18 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Mayor Sam that one guy who always posts against you: I think with this post you have called him out as WWG. He is obsessed with this blog.

June 20, 2008 4:46 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Can Espinoza file as a stakeholder for the Neighborhood Council nearest County Jail?

June 20, 2008 4:47 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

I think he ran in Boyle Heights and came in second to Aguilar.

June 20, 2008 4:57 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Yes frontin' is right. Roderick doesn't give you the whole story. He re-slants the Times slant.

June 20, 2008 4:58 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Maybe this is how you win Pulitzers.

Not that anyone even remotely connected with Mayor Sam's will ever know!

June 20, 2008 6:04 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

According to officer Winston Lee of the LAPD, Jamiel had gang inscriptions on his red belt, end of story. Just because you never been to jail does not mean you are not part of a gang. And several of his friends, including the neighbor Torres, and the 14 year old girl friend said that Jamiel was a Blood.

How come no other gang murder victims get this much attention? amazing.

June 20, 2008 8:24 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Under questioning by Guzman, LAPD Det. Mark Holguin acknowledged that Jamiel's girlfriend told police he was a gang member. But the detective also said the victim had never been arrested and had never been seen by police with gang members.

"Because someone says someone's a gang member doesn't mean they are," he said.

June 20, 2008 11:16 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Parents say the darness things "My son is not a gang member"

June 21, 2008 9:26 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

There are alot of gang members who never get busted nor caught for anything. Like myself..
and I grow up in east los.....

June 21, 2008 9:34 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

I wonder how many prosecution witnesses will be murdered or receive death threats for testifying against Pedro Espinoza the 18th st cholo who murdered Jamiel Shaw. There have been many murders and death threats by mexican gang members to silence any prosecution witnesses. Below are a few other stories about illegal alien gang members which come to mind.

Two Hispanic men, both members of the 204th Street gang, were arrested a few months later for Cheryl's murder. One, Ernesto Alcarez, is apparently an illegal alien. The other gangster, Jonathan Fajardo, is the son of immigrants from Belize. He is also accused in the killing of a witness in connection with the Green shooting. Christopher Ash, 25, died of multiple stab wounds and a slit throat.

http://www.vdare.com/walker/080310_gangs.htm

http://cbs2.com/local/Four.Gang.Members.2.528670.html

16 year old Martha Puebla was murdered by cholos from Vineland Boys gang.
http://cbs2.com/local/Jose.Ledesma.Gang.2.639841.html


Arrests made in fatal shooting of baby. Five other gang members have been arrested and charged with murder for allegedly helping to plan and carry out the shooting, including Juan Pablo Murillo, who police say was in charge of the gang’s extortion and drug dealing in the area. Two other suspects are being sought in Mexico, said LAPD Det. David Holmes. The shooting, Holmes said, was retaliation against Francisco Clemente, 37, who had been refusing to pay the weekly “rent” that the 18th Street gang has extorted for years from vendors…

http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jan/23/local/me-shooter23

June 21, 2008 10:36 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Do you really thing that gang members care about there legal status.. you bonch of idiots

June 21, 2008 2:00 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Gang members care no more or less than any kid about what's right or wrong. Unfortunately the dynamics of gang structure decrees that their "rights of passage" must be so goddam dramatic. It's SHIT! and It Needs To Go Away..

June 21, 2008 2:31 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

The initiation ritual for the Bloods is as criminal as the 18 Gang. They watch someone be murdered. Women are gang-raped. The Bloods don't just let a youth pretend to be a Bloods. They put them up to dealing drugs, selling guns and recruiting young children. All gangs are bad news. So it's so sad to read people speaking about the Bloods like this is "Spanky And Our Gang" when it's so deadly serious to belong with any of these thugs.

June 21, 2008 4:17 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

The judge didn't rule out evidence that Jamiel was a gang member. Prosecution witnesses testified to it and it's the prosecution's evidence. Everyone's sorry for this father, and it was very generous of you for giving him a blog, but you shouldn't use him as your courtroom mouthpiece. His information is undependable, though understandable. And I'm an avid listener of "John and Ken" but now they're even advising the father to accept that his son was a wannabe. They used that word, "wannabe" meaning your passive-agressive attack on Kevin Roderick for his reporting of the facts doesn't hold water.

June 21, 2008 5:12 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

You've even got Japanese boys in Tokyo throwing down signs, like the real deal -- with the clothes, hair, everything -- except for the eyes up close, they look like cholos, their round faces and short figures 'n all.

Too bad that they and white surburban boys who can't cut the competition, all think it's "cool," when, it's about murdering in cold blood and then making out in the park. Jamiel sounds like he was a wanna be, but was too nice a kid to have ever done the deed - but when you live in the hood, appearance is enough sometimes.

Plus he was just at the wrong place at the wrong time -- Espinoza's girlfriend/ driver said they were looking for jamiel's neighbor (what's the story there? Do the Shaws know him? Was he a friend of Jamiel and a Blood?) but wasn't home, so Espinoza told her, "Wait a minute," went looking for someone else. (Why? Had he got a hit order from jail the day before? Baca knows his jails, that shot callers send these punks onto the streets with a "job" to do.)

Would Jamiel have been killed if he wasn't wearing the colors? If NOT, then it was a gang not racial hit - if yes, then it was a racial hit, but part of a gang war.

June 21, 2008 6:45 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

The Judge DID say that the gang papers the defense wanted to bring in is NOT going to be allowed in the case. I was in court.

Jamiel's Law will pass! Then the illegal alien gangbangers will get the hell out of here...and all who are defending them can leave too!!

June 21, 2008 8:48 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Arlington Heights is a good neighborhood. It's not "the hood" or "a ghetto" or a "bad bad neighborhood" like it's been said here and elsewhere to defend this thug. Ask his teachers and team mates. Jamiel was a thug. Nice, friendly thug. You never heard of that?

How about asking his neighbors before you say he did nothing wrong? Jamiel was known for spray painting his gang tags. If that was your home maybe you wouldn't be so quick to excuse it in the "hood" and "ghetto", and speak the truth. It's gang violence and it's a crime.

Please stop with the crap that Jamiel was a "nice kid" who didn't commit crimes. But for the insignificant act (to you) of defacing his neighbors property. Maybe it doesn't look like a nice neighborhood to you people, but it's peoples homes. Gang graffiti on there property is gang violence, criminal gang violence, and that was Jamiel Shaw to his neighbors who don't bang like him, and deface there "hood" like him.

June 21, 2008 9:14 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

The judge DID NOT say the papers were inadmissible. That's wishful thinking for the small faction who hope to hide Jamiel's gang banging. He said to bring in foundation, who it was, who it belonged to. The papers were already preserved as evidence. When it goes to trial the foundation will be shown.

What the judge allowed the defense was to show the photos to Officer Winston Lee who stated that Jamiel appeared to be a gang member by the hand signs which were Rollin
20s. It was dramatic testimony. I was in court to.

June 21, 2008 9:27 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Give it a rest 9:14, or Don Quicksand whichever you prefer. Your spelling and grammar identifies you every time. Give it a rest with your persistent campaign to besmirch and taint Jamiel Shaw's rep. At this point in time, with the proliferation of gangs in our city, many folks can get their heads around the fact that he may have been affiliated. What boggles most minds is the fact that "your man", this Espinosa performed his evil deed because he most probably was instructed to by "higher ups" in the LA County jail. His blind obedience speaks volumes of his stance and intent. This guy is a scourge on the land, as are many of his ilk. If an order like S.O. 40 will help to rid our streets of vermin like this cur, then lets rescind it and let the process begin. To Hell with your long- standing illogical, partisan rants.

June 22, 2008 5:21 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

When all is said, the killer is still an illegal alien gangbanger! Now defend that...

June 22, 2008 10:32 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

This kid was not a gang banger. He was murdered by a gang banger!
Stay focused.

Where is the support for an American Citizen? Don't hate on the kid?

What goes around comes around.

June 22, 2008 10:42 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

He was more Americanized then Mexican..
get over it,

South central has change..People fight back. what comes around goes around..

June 23, 2008 9:56 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

^^^^^^^
thats a don q way off thinking

June 23, 2008 12:10 PM  

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