More than 1,700 people arrested in "gang surge"

[floatingingalway]

Operation Community Shield - got a nice ring to it hasn't it?
A bit of street cleaning going on over yonder in the good ol' US of A
ICE arrests more than 1,700 during largest ever nationwide gang surge

"October 2, 2008 – ICE arrested 1,759 gang members, associates, criminals and immigration violators in a four-month Operation Community Shield operation that targeted violent street gangs and criminal associates in 53 cities across 28 states. Of those arrested, nearly 1,500 were gang members, associates or those otherwise criminally charged. Operation Community Shield uses immigration and customs authorities to target transnational violent street gangs"

[geraghd]

Could you enlighten us (particularly in the thread title) where it is you are talking about?

[floatingingalway]

Could you enlighten us (particularly in the thread title) where it is you are talking about?

Post suitably edited now. Can't figure out how to change title unfortunately

[floatingingalway]

They were even good enough to give us a map of where they arrested the people
http://www.ice.gov/doclib/pi/investi..._surge_map.pdf

[Michael McMullen]

pity they can't spread to trhe knackers in crumlin/drimnagh. dublin needs cleaning up worse than any city in the States man