From - Sat Mar 9 23:18:45 2002 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 BCC: archive@localhost Message-ID: <3C87FA93.A26944F7@earthops.net> Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 23:41:07 +0000 From: Tiny Human Ferret Organization: copyright 2002 all rights reserved -- non-UseNet transmission prohibited. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.0.38 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.politics.immigration,alt.politics.usa,alt.california,dc.general Subject: Asian Home Invasion (was Re: Illegal Mexicans get discounted tuition References: <3C812B62.5F3AD425@earthops.net> <20020307160633.03398.00000920@mb-fz.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Toniuolevaiavea Fonoimoana wrote, mostly to news:alt.politics.immigration : > > Ferret says: > <> > > No, it doesn't. Speaking of which, I just saw a Discovery Channel show on just > that, and the invaders were all white. Bursting into the homes of rich whites > and forcing them to open their safes. > faitau Tusi Pa'ia Well, let's clear up some of your anti-latino pro-SE-Asian "misconceptions": http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=q&sc=on&q=%2Basian+%2B%22home+invasions%22&kl=XX First, from Australia: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/nca_ctte/ncaaoc/ncaaoc3.htm Parliamentary Joint Committee on the National Crime Authority ASIAN ORGANISED CRIME IN AUSTRALIA A Discussion Paper by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the National Crime Authority CONTENTS CHAPTER 5 5. Vietnamese Organised Crime in Australia Introduction 5.1 For over a decade there has been concern expressed about the growth in Australia of organised criminal activity by Vietnamese, with media attention focusing initially on 'crime gangs'. For example, a 1988 media report stated: 'Criminal gangs in the Vietnamese community are increasingly heavily armed, are moving into drugs and gambling, establishing links with Australian crime figures, and becoming involved in standover rackets in their own community'. note#67 A 1991 media report quoted an unnamed police source as saying that Vietnamese groups were mainly involved in crimes against their own community including murder, extortion, robbery and petty drug dealing, with standover and extortion being the most common. note#68 5.2 Similar concerns have emerged in Canada note#69 and the United States. In 1992, a United States Senate subcommittee reported: note#70 Vietnamese gangs are known to be highly mobile. Vietnamese gang members often travel interstate, perpetrating a variety of criminal acts in a short period of time. Such gangs utilize contacts in various U.S. cities which were made in refugee camps in South-east Asia. Vietnamese crime groups are generally considered to be less organized but more violent than ethnic Chinese organized crime groups. Some groups, such as the New York-based BTK (Born to Kill) Gang are well structured with a definite leadership hierarchy. Other gangs are very unstructured and constantly changing in affiliation. Ethnic Chinese from Vietnam (sometimes called 'Viet-ching') often play an important role as members of Vietnamese gangs or as links between Vietnamese and Chinese crime groups. ... Vietnamese crime groups are involved in a wide range of criminal activities. ... [a witness] identified the major areas of Vietnamese-related criminal activity to include: Extortion; fraud; auto theft; terrorism (political and criminal); high-technology theft; gambling; prostitution; narcotics trafficking; and home invasion robberies. 5.3 In 1992, the then head of the Victoria Police's Asian division, Detective Sergeant Stephen Pierce, was reported as saying: 'Whilst the Vietnamese gangs lack organisation, they pose greater dangers due to their ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ease of mobility and transient nature, their random selection of targets, their lack of ties and ability to enact extreme violence upon their victims'. note#71 T ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ http://www.nagia.org/asian_youth_gangs1.htm Before 1975, Asian gangs were largely limited to disaffected Chinese youth living in the "Chinatown" of larger cities. Such youth, alienated from the greater community, were also largely marginalized within the Chinese community itself due to a variety of social and economic conditions. Prior to the departure of American forces from Viet Nam in 1975, the stereotypical American concept of Asian gangs derived largely from the image of San Francisco tongs or triads of an earlier era. Since that time, the image of Asian gangs has changed to include new immigrant groups, such as Vietnamese, Vietnamese-Chinese, Laotian, Cambodian and Hmong gangs, which can now be found in communities across the nation where recent Southeast Asian immigrants have settled. [...] Other immigrant adults develop a true bicultural orientation. A few totally adopt the language and mores of their new country. In any case, although their elders may not quickly assimilate, most youthful immigrants do. They learn English, adapt to the common youth culture, and generally respond to their parents' cultural orientation in positive and productive ways. Relatively few such youth develop such maladaptive social responses, which may include joining a youth gang. Nonetheless, it is imperative to recognize the negative influence of the racial and linguistic isolation that many Asian youth face in school. [...] Ethnic Vietnamese or ethnic Chinese-Vietnamese gangs are also a known, recent illicit subculture within their greater communities. Vietnamese youth gangs may develop independently of adult influence, or may arise when adults within the community develop influence over youth gang members, introducing them to more organized criminal activity. For example, within Vietnamese communities, a new form of gang is becoming well-known. It is called the "hasty gang" -- a loose, quickly formed, mobile, nomadic gang that forms and disbands following a brief crime spree such as home invasions or ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ burglaries of occupied dwellings. These gangs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ commonly lack adult leadership or organization. Conversely, ethnic Hmong, Laotian and Cambodian gangs were largely unknown in their homelands prior to such ethnic groups' relocation in the United States following the Vietnam War. No history of development or maintenance of modern youth gangs in these cultures has yet been documented. The report does note that Asian youth involvement in criminal gangs is really rather rare, and generally a function of non-competence in English. The better a student speaks English, the less likely to be involved in criminal activity. But, further, from http://www.ipsn.org/asg08107.html "Asian Street Gangs and Organized Crime in Focus" (Illinois Police and Sheriff's News) A Rising Threat From the Far East On February 9th of this year, two young men of a criminal bent burst through the doors of the Chinatown Community Center at 250 W. 22nd Street and threatened the directors, Mark Lee and Houlin Li, with physical harm unless they immediately agreed to cancel a neighborhood festival which they deemed objectionable. The two offenders identified as members of the Hip Sing and On Leong organizations were arrested later that day by Chicago Police assigned to the 21st District, and charged with acts of intimidation. Seventeen other men were picked up for similar offenses at the Chinese New Year celebration in this secular, highly insulated community where close-mouthed secrecy prevails. Behind the pleasing facade of Asian restaurants, bakeries, herbal medicine drug stores, and gift shops pandering to suburbanites and tourists, investigators have been tracking a major heroin trafficking operation involving the importation of multiple kilos of heroin brought into the neighborhood for resale on the street. [...] The tide of foreign nationals pouring into this city from Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, Mexico, and South America have forced law enforcement officially to divert thinly stretched resources across the board to counter each new threat. Skilled investigators like Pat McCarthy of the Chicago Police Department are constantly on the trail of Asian gangbangers, but their task is never an easy one because of the mobility of the criminals they deal with. Very often a gangbanger from another city will arrive in Chicago, complete a specific "job," and slip away in the night without leaving behind a clue as to their identity. This is particularly true in the growing Vietnamese community. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Asian crime is difficult to investigate, even harder to prosecute because of the reluctance of the victims to approach the police. The vast majority of the people the gangs target are Asian, and because of long standing mistrust and suspicion directed against the police and the government - attitudes that took shape overseas in the face of brutal political oppression - it is often hard to gauge the extent of the local problem. Immigrant Belizians, Hmong, ethnic Chinese, and Vietnamese have organized street gangs that in some ways, constitute a greater danger to the public safety than Larry Hoover's army of drug runners who peddle dime bags in the projects. The Belizians, it was pointed out by Detective John Sebeck of the Chicago Police Department at a recent gang crimes seminar sponsored by the National Gang Crime Research Center at Chicago State University, shoot first and ask questions later. The Chinese gangs in Chicago have evolved out of two old and historic community organizations - the Hip Sing are active in the Uptown community along the lakefront. The On Leong, a Tong sharing the same name as the On Leong Merchant's Association, are a South Side group. [...] There already exists a bitter ethnic rivalry on the North Side of the city between the Vietnamese and the Filipinos. The Vietnamese, recent arrivals to American shores, tend to work for the better organized, more sophisticated Chinese gangs like the North Side Hip Sings and the Hung Mun Tong, serving as their "muscle." The Hung Mung ("Red Door)") and its satellite gang, the Hung Ching composed of underage children, are involved in home invasions and drug trafficking. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "There is some recent evidence that the North Side Hip Sing and Hung Mun gangs are merging and forming alliances for ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ common purpose," Brongiel reports. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Home invasion robberies have escalated across the country ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ since the fall of Viet Nam in 1975, and the exodus of ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ thousands of Vietnamese refugees into the U.S. The victims of these relentless and often brutal gangs are most often other Vietnamese, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Laotian, or Chinese citizens because they are the easiest prey. Home invasions of this type have been reported in Highland Park, Naperville, Westmont, Glen Ellyn, and Glendale Heights, dispelling the illusion of the supposedly "crime-free" suburbs. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The Wolf Boys, Black Widows, and Local Boys are three Vietnamese gangs currently active in the Chicagoland area. The Vietnamese "BTK" is another street gang with a national presence. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "The Vietnamese gangs are pre-disposed to violence," ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Jim Brongiel reports. "Very often they carry out the "heavy work" for the Chinese groups. They can be easily identified by the presence of three dots on the hand signifying their membership in the gang." Burn marks and skin tattoos commonly signify membership in Asian street gangs. The West Coast remains the stronghold of Asian organized crime activity, particularly within the communities of Santa Ana and Garden Grove, in Orange County, California. The importation of drugs from the "Golden Triangle" region of Thailand, Burma, and Laos is a prime source of revenue as the gangs take root in their respective communities. "Ice," the crystalline, smokeable form of methamphetamine, has turned up on the West Coast in recent years. Ice originated in Japan reportedly around 1919, but is being produced in Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, Thailand, and the Philippines for distribution in the U.S. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Thus far, the drug is mostly confined to West Coast communities, but the situation is likely to change as the Asian street gangs and tong groups shift their base of operation to the hinterland. Tong gangs have fanned out across the U.S. and are particularly active in Maryland, Los Angeles, and New York City. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Houston's Asian community was hit particularly hard in 1996 with numerous drive-by shootings and continuous gang warfare. During the 1970s and 1980s, the Wah Ching, a Chinese street gang organized in 1966, came to control most of the criminal vices in the Chinatowns of Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. Their extortion and protection rackets are reminiscent of decades-old Mafia activity. The power of the Wah Ching on the West Coast was never seriously threatened until 1989 when a new criminal organization, the Wo Hop To triad of Hong Kong began moving into the San Francisco Bay Area. In recent years, there has been a consolidation of power between these two groups and the evolution of an Asian "super gang." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ [...] See also http://www.ncmonline.com/special-reports/2000-03-03/home.html for Vancouver's experience with "Home Invasions", especially with respect to Asian criminals preying on Asian immigrant victims in Vancouver BC Canada. More on Vancouver's experience may be found at http://www.acjnet.org/docs/feardoj.html including Vancouver: Four separate consultations were held with the Chinese, Vietnamese, Black and Aboriginal communities. Barry Thomas watched a Chinatown jeweller take 25 minutes to put two steel grates over his store. Similar security was evident elsewhere. There were references to high levels of fear with personal safety and property concerns at the top of the list in the consultation with the Chinese community. Disorder and incivility are a problem for some. "You see people fixing themselves (drugs) right on the street. Chinatown is dead at 8:30 in the evening," Mr. Thomas said. The elderly have concerns with fears. Wealthier families from Hong Kong and Taiwan are concerned with the number of robberies and break and enter crimes. The Vietnamese consultation focused on youth gangs, including the threat of home invasions ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ which are a reality in the city. Many of the gang members ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ are from the refugee camps. "I guess the streets of Vancouver are tame compared to some of the camps and the experience of Vietnam," Mr. Thomas noted. "The kids hang around on the street, have time on their hands, get into petty and then more serious crime. They get hassled by the police, stopped, get a rap or a reputation and then bothered constantly. They get criminalized fairly easily." He suspects the elderly in many of these groups have a "double and triple whammy" with respect to their fears, struggling like seniors in the Caucasian race to deal with elder abuse but also being prisoners because of language problems and, in the case of women, often inferior status within their culture. The racial factor mingles with the youth factor so that a group of young black men on a streetcorner are perceived to be more threatening. There's lots more, Samoa27. Would you like a Tiny Human Ferret to take the time and trouble to not only research all of this, but also to archive significant references and make a web-page of it, or will you retract your senseless statements that Asian immigrants are only good students and respectful workers? Asian gangs and criminals are certainly not the majority of Asian immigrants, but you can't try to perpetuate a stereotype without me showing you the exceptions to the rule. -- Be kind to your neighbors, even though they be transgenic chimerae. Whom thou'st vex'd waxeth wroth: Meow. <-----> http://earthops.net/klaatu/