to a group like the aryan brotherhood is your threats have worked, the system has cracked. right. it s exactly what they want. and, you know, in a case where they may have nothing to do with the murder of these two district attorneys, the colorado prisons chief, you know, the jury is still out on that. but in a case like that, it elevates their street credibility in a way that s disproportionate to reality. even reporting on is difficult. i remember going out in l.a., reporting on gangs there, and gang cops in l.a. were very loathe to use the names of gangs because they didn t want to give them more street cred, even reporting and talking about this group in texas gives them probably exactly what they want, which is, you know, in their eyes, street cred. right. and i think that s happened here, especially with this withdrawal. and it was not publicly announced when judges or prosecutors had protection. i mean, that was certainly the rule that i knew about, that i
ahead with this. it s because the signal it sends to a group like the aryan brotherhood is your threats have worked, the system has cracked. right. it s exactly what they want. and, you know, in a case where they may have nothing to do with the murder of these two district attorneys, the colorado prisons chief, you know, the jury is still out on that. but in a case like that, it elevates their street credibility in a way that s disproportionate to reality. even reporting on is difficult. i remember going out in l.a., reporting on gangs there, and gang cops in l.a. were very loathe to use the names of gangs because they didn t want to give them more street cred, even reporting and talking about this group in texas gives them probably exactly what they want, which is, you know, in their eyes, street cred. right. and i think that s happened here, especially with this withdrawal. and it was not publicly announced when judges or prosecutors had protection.
so i think those of us inside the world are a little shocked that he would do this at this time. we don t know the details so you don t want to make judgments. but it certainly was troubling to both of us. i think you want to look at why it s troubling. which is not that some other ausa can t pick up the case and drive it forward. a couple people stepped up already and said we ll move ahead with this. it s because the signal it sends to a group like the aryan brotherhood is your threats have worked, the system has cracked. right. it s exactly what they want. and, you know, in a case where they may have nothing to do with the murder of these two district attorneys, the colorado prisons chief, you know, the jury is still out on that. but in a case like that, it elevates their street credibility in a way that s disproportionate to reality. even reporting on is difficult. i remember going out in l.a., reporting on gangs there, and gang cops in l.a. were very loathe to use the names
prove that gun control laws don t help. maybe the city needs more gang cops, cops that break up the gangs but they certainly don t need more gun laws. the cops don t get on the street and do foot patrol. they stay in the car. they don t form militia. andrea: a lot of culprits are the young kids. don t put pressure on them. they protest it. last year alone 96% of gun felonies were not even prosecuted in the town. so, how do you fix it from here? dana: everyone is focusing on the wrong problem. gun issue, i would like it if we waved a magic wand and there was never more gun violence. the root cause is the dissol lution of the family. underperforming school. if you take a map of chicago and overlay gun violence and the crimes and the drug abuse or drug war crimes,
gang cops, cops that break up, the gang. but certainly don t need more gun laws. i know. the cops there, what they don t do is get on the streets and do foot patrol. they stay in their cars. they don t form relationships. because the civil rights groups in chicago. because a lot of these culprits are young kids.ot they put pressure on them, don t lay hands on these kids. last year alone, 96% of gun felonies were not even prosecuted in the town. so how do you fix it from here? i think that what everybody is doing is focusing on the wrong problem. so the gun issue, yes, i would like it, too, if we could waiveu a magic wand and there would be no more gun violence. the root cause of this is the dissolution of the family, underperforming schools. if you take a map of chicago and you overlaygo gun violence and climbs and drug abuse or drug war type crimes over the