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Published on Saturday, April 12, 2008
By Doug McIntyre
I am unapologetically enraged at the brutal indifference of this city to an epidemic of murder. We need candidates and money to challenge every member of the City Council. We need new political blood to stop the bloodshed in the streets of L.A. The current crowd abused the privilege.
Last week, the Shaws, Anita and Jamiel Sr., addressed the City Council urging the passage of "Jamiel's Law" in the hope their son's death may not have been in vain. Based on the rude and contemptible response the council members showed the Shaws and their supporters, looking to the council may be the ultimate exercise in futility.
So while Anita, an Army sergeant, packed to rejoin her unit in the Middle East, Jamiel Sr. is left to explain to their surviving son, 9-year-old Thomas, why those awful men and women at City Hall wouldn't listen
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