Exciting Gang new in Davis!

[nafe.livejournal.com]

This is for everyone who calls Davis home:

About 8:30ish this evening (Thursday), I was walking home and passed Hodgkins Park , and in the play-ground on the corner of Holland and Paulina there were a bunch of kids (early teens) all dressed in red, and red caps, loitering about after having spray-painted "Bloods" all over the jungle-gym slides and whatnot.

I called the police to notify them, but I suspect the kids left before they showed up. So...if we could all keep a watchful eye out on the park, and give a friendly shout out to Somerville's finest if we see this happening, perhaps we can nip a really irritating problem in the bud before it gets any worse.

Comments

[ellf.livejournal.com]

How is a person without anywhere else to go finding a relatively safe place to sleep worth calling the police, or in any related to the gang activity mentioned in this post?

[catbird.livejournal.com]

Here here! I'll second ellf's comment. I don't see a reason to object to people sleeping in public space.

[nafe.livejournal.com]

This post was in no way related to folks sleeping in public space. It's about a really nice community assett potentially turning into gang turf. I apologize for any misunderstanding on this point.

[c-m-i.livejournal.com]

Given the rash of bored kids setting sleeping bums on fire or merely just beating them up over that past few years, sleeping where the wannabees lurk may not be the best of ideas.

[moneypenny.livejournal.com]

Huh?