Gang_Violence_In_The_San_Fernando_Valley

Gang Violence In The San Fernando Valley Gang violence in the San Fernando Valley “My son, my son! He was a good boy, sure he hung around a bad crowd of friends, had a shaved head, and wore baggy pants, but he’d never hurt anyone. Why did they have to shoot him' Why'” It seems that that more and more parents all over the valley are crying out a similar cry. The significant increase in gang violence in the San Fernando Valley is one of the biggest problems that the valley suffers from. The streets of the San Fernando Valley appear to be the battleground for a Civil War between a numerous amounts of gangs. Too many young people are dying from gang violence, especially innocent by standers. Gangs in the San Fernando Valley appear not to diminish through the years, rather have increased. Despite the vast amount of programs offered or mandated around the valley focusing on gang prevention, such as the Jeopardy Program or the L.A.P.D. CRASH Unit, the killing of human lives continue in a rapid growth. Gangs and gang violence are a big problem in the San Fernando Valley and will continue to be so, unless there’s a truce between all gangs marking an gangs, gang, valley, san, fernando, violence, adolescents, programs, one, increase, continue, communities, target, prevention, now, little, go, far, drive, between, years, wars, unless, together, through, thefts, sure, stray, standers, son, significant, shot, shootings, shooting, seems, search