Anti-crime teams sent to 4 more cities

[babsbunny]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070601/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/crime_fighting

WASHINGTON - A violent crime spike in four cities led the Justice Department on Friday to dispatch additional teams of federal agents to combat guns, gangs or surging murder rates in Mesa, Ariz.; Orlando, Fla.; San Bernardino, Calif., and San Juan, Puerto Rico.


The four-city push comes as the FBI is expected to report a 1.3 percent rise in violent crime nationwide in 2006 — an increase for the second straight year.

At the same time, a new internal Justice report rapped crime-busting task forces for failing to coordinate efforts and potentially endangering agents' lives.

"Each of these cities has seen an unacceptable increase in homicides or other violent crimes," Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told employees at the Washington headquarters of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. "Authorities in each have come forward and asked for our help."

[whistle]

1. There will be rivers of blood running in the streets of Orlando FL

....as raids on gang hideouts will be the newest attraction for this tourist mecca. It will be known as Gladiator World and will be a traveling show moving from neighborhood to neighborhood.

[bluerum]

2. Great. Time to politicize the distribution of federal aid for crime deterrence.

If Albert handles this anything like the attorney debacle, they will be trading aid for vote rigging.