Matthew 24:12 “And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.”
Important Takeaways:
- 17 L.A. gangs have sent out crews to follow and rob city’s wealthiest, LAPD says
- More than a dozen Los Angeles gangs are targeting some of the city’s wealthiest residents in a new and aggressive manner, sending out crews in multiple cars to find, follow and rob people driving high-end vehicles or wearing expensive jewelry, according to police.
- Victims are robbed soon after leaving luxury boutiques and hotels, ritzy restaurants, trendy nightclubs and other locations where the gangs are scouting for targets.
- There were 165 such robberies in 2021 and 56 so far this year, he said, including several over the weekend.
- Through surveillance video and other evidence, police have identified crews rolling three to five cars deep in some of the attacks, Tippet said, with gang members jumping out and blindsiding victims.
- “There’s no chance or opportunity for these victims even to comply
- Police Commission President William Briggs said that the pretrial release of individuals allegedly involved in violent robberies at gunpoint represented a failure of the criminal justice system.
- “This revolving-door criminal justice system that we have right now clearly is not working and is endangering the citizens of Los Angeles and is creating a public safety crisis,”
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