On August 22nd, Riverside district attorney Rod Pacheco filed a Complaint for Permanent Injuction to Abate a Public Nuisance with the Riverside Superior Court against East Side Riva, Riverside's most notorious gang.
East Side Riva Injunction Safety Zone Map.
On the 24th, Pacheco served "Summons to the East Side Riva Criminal Gang" via a full page ad in the Riverside's The Press Enterprise (page B6), as well as their Spanish language version, La Prensa [no link available]:
You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plantiff. [...]
Through this lawsuit, the Riverside County District Attorney's Office seeks to prevent East Side Riva and its gang members from engaging in numerous activities within the Safety Zone (see adjacent map). The lawsuit requests the court to order the following:
*No Associating with East Side Riva Gang Members*No Drugs
*No Blocking Access
*No Trespassing
*No Curfew Violations
*No Lookouts/ Do Not Warn of Police
*No Reckless Driving
*No False Information
*No Intimidation
*No Public Consumption of Alcohol
*No Guns or Illegal Weapons
*No Graffiti or Vandalism Tools
*No loitering
*No Gang Apparel
*No Gang Signs
*No Fighting
*No Police Scanners
*No Two-Way Radios
*No Violations of Law
Apparently East Side Riva didn't take too kindly to that:
RIVERSIDE - Police are investigating a yard sale ad that appeared in the classified section of The Press-Enterprise on Saturday as a possible gang-related threat to Riverside County District Attorney Rod Pacheco. [...]
The listing was printed under the location heading "East Riverside" and advertised a weeklong "BIG BLOWOUT Going Out Of Business" event, adding that "Proceeds benefits Rod Pacheco Memorial Fund." The ad also supplied personal information [i.e.; cell phone number and home address] about the district attorney.
As for the Ron Pacheco Memorial Fund:
The penalty for threatening a public official is a maximum of three years in state prison with eligibility for probation [...]. However, if gang members are shown to have made the threat to benefit the gang, they could face up to four additional years in prison [...].
The article goes on to say of the original injunction:
Those found in violation can be fined or receive six-month jail terms. Pacheco said Friday that injunctions against gangs have been successful in Oxnard, Los Angeles and San Bernardino, which has had such a court action in place since 1995.
We can only hope some Rivas see jail time soon. Couldn't happen to a more deserving gang of thugs.
I can forgive the legend of Laker Showtime hoops immortality almost anything, but not this:
Hillary Clinton's campaign will announce any minute now that Magic Johnson will host a fundraiser for her at his house six days later on Sept. 14. [...]"Senator Hillary Clinton understands the domestic and international issues better than anyone," Johnson will say in the release. "and has the experience and knowledge to help lead our country and get us to a better place. We need a winner as our next president."
(h/t: MM)
It's official—a dirty player has juiced his way past Hank Aaron's record.
ESPN--[Hank Aaron's] legacy might even be strengthened because, as far as we know, he hit 755 home runs naturally, legally and honestly.
"Naturally, legally, and honestly:" Three words that will never be used to describe the steroid-induced exploits of Barry 'Roids.
In the link cited above, one Barry 'Roids apologist admonishes us, "Record books should be free of moral judgments or other subjective criteria." This is why record books are soulless—they care not whether an athlete cheated his way onto its hallowed pages.
Fortunately, moral judgment still impels us to care about right and wrong, to differentiate between records nobly attained, and those ignobly attained. It is for this reason Barry 'Roids will always merit a neon asterisk in the record book of public opinion.
(h/t: Hot Air)