Illegal Alien Gangs Battle on Fla. Beaches
James H. Walsh
Friday, May 4, 2007
On the Gulf Coast of Florida, just south of the metropolitan Tampa Bay area, lies once-sleepy Manatee County, which today is experiencing gang warfare waged on its beaches by illegal aliens.
In the past four years, Coquina Beach, a county park extending along the Gulf of Mexico for roughly three city blocks has become a gathering center for Hispanics. One such gathering turned ugly fast. On Easter Sunday, 2007, as in previous years, music began blaring, and "low-rider" cars and other personalized vehicles began cruising the unpaved parking lots that parallel the beach.
Throngs gathered until they packed the beach area.
Local officials estimated the crowd at 10,000 to 15,000 people. Off and on during the day, law enforcement officials, including officers on horseback, admonished the revelers to tone down the music, which carried for miles across the Bay to residential neighborhoods.
As the temperature rose, so did instances of alcohol and drug abuse. About 4:30 p.m. shots rang out, and even with heavy police presence, gang violence erupted.
Three critically wounded Hispanic gang members from a neighboring county were airlifted to the St. Petersburg Trauma Center. No arrests were made.
On the Gulf Coast of Florida, just south of the metropolitan Tampa Bay area, lies once-sleepy Manatee County, which today is experiencing gang warfare waged on its beaches by illegal aliens.
In the past four years, Coquina Beach, a county park extending along the Gulf of Mexico for roughly three city blocks has become a gathering center for Hispanics. One such gathering turned ugly fast. On Easter Sunday, 2007, as in previous years, music began blaring, and "low-rider" cars and other personalized vehicles began cruising the unpaved parking lots that parallel the beach.
Throngs gathered until they packed the beach area.
Local officials estimated the crowd at 10,000 to 15,000 people. Off and on during the day, law enforcement officials, including officers on horseback, admonished the revelers to tone down the music, which carried for miles across the Bay to residential neighborhoods.
As the temperature rose, so did instances of alcohol and drug abuse. About 4:30 p.m. shots rang out, and even with heavy police presence, gang violence erupted.
Three critically wounded Hispanic gang members from a neighboring county were airlifted to the St. Petersburg Trauma Center. No arrests were made.
posted by jillosophy at 5/05/2007 01:41:00 PM
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