Pete Carroll and Marlo "Bow Wow" Jones
"How's the missus?"
Yesterday, cops in LA charged 30-year-old Marlo "Bow Wow" Jones with robbery and burglary with the special allegation that the crime was in furtherance of a street gang. Well, that's good news, you say. Now for the bad news. You see, "Bow Wow" was part of an initiative hatched in the City of the Angels to fight gangs. In other words, Jones was one of those "former gang members" who was receiving LA tax-payers' funds to work with inner city youth to convince them not to join gangs.
This particular "former gang member" had been making appearances with USC football coach Pete Carroll and others as part of the city's gang reduction efforts. In addition, Jones, like others, was getting public funds courtesy of LA City Council member Janice ("Big Bucks") Hahn, who was doling money out in her role as an "anti-gang crusader".
Lots of money.
Jones, a "former member" of the Grape Street Crips, who had served seven years for robbery and drug violations, also pleaded guilty last October to a charge of spousal abuse and received five years probation. He was involved in a group called "Unity One", a sub-contractor of the Toberman Neighborhood Center. He is charged with being involved in a January 5 robbery of a rap-singer at the Universal City Hilton.
Nor is "Bow Wow" the only example of government largess run amok. Last year, Hector "Big Weasel" Marroquin, another "former gang member" who was working with the group, "No Guns" was busted selling assault weapons to federal undercover agents (No Guns, get it?). According to the LA Times, "Big Weasel's" group (No Guns) had received about 1.5 million dollars from the taxpayers, courtesy of "Big Bucks" Hahn.
No Guns-Big Bucks.
But make no mistake; LA's anti-gang efforts have been a "huge success", as government bureaucrats are fond of saying. Don't take my word for it. Just tune into the 11 o'clock news any night in LA. You will see just how well your tax dollars are spent.
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