Don’t forget that devil music which them kids call “rock ‘n’ roll”.
From The [Delmarva] Daily Times: Reality of violence hits Wicomico:
When Dan Dougherty sat down to listen to rap music lyrics for the first time, he was appalled.
“They talked about sex and killing cops,” Dougherty, the Wicomico County Gang Resistance and EXILE director, said Monday night. “Now you turn on the TV and see carnage … Extreme raw violence is making an impact on our young people, and we’re growing an acceptance for it.”
Dougherty spoke — at times shouted with fury — to a packed Delmar Town Hall, where about 40 residents and Wicomico Neighborhood Congress members received a non-sugarcoated view of their county.
There are nearly 500 known gang members in the county who have helped Wicomico earn the second-place ranking in the state for violent crime per capita. Wicomico County only trails Baltimore City. Dougherty blamed violent lyrics and excessive violence on television and especially in video games.
“In Grand Theft Auto, you score points by killing cops, stealing cars and beating prostitutes,” Dougherty said and cited cases in Maryland where kids re-enacted scenes from the game. “In the ’80s and ’90s, you didn’t have video games, you didn’t have the violence in the media, you didn’t have the Internet. It creates a lack of respect for life and makes violence acceptable.”
This moron is supposed to be preventing gang crime when he knows absolutely no history of gang formation or crime in the United States?
Here’s a brief history for this moron:
1969: The street gang the Crips is formed in Los Angeles.
The number one single that year: The Beatle’s “Get Back”.
Highest grossing film: The Love Bug.
In television: The Brady Bunch and Sesame Street premiere.
In video games: Nothing. They didn’t exist yet!
1971: The street gang the Bloods is formed in Los Angeles.
The number one single that year: John Lennon’s “Imagine”.
Highest grossing film: Fiddler on the Roof.
In television: Masterpiece Theatre; Sabrina, the Teenage Witch; and Soul Train premiere.
In video games: The United States Patent and Trademark Office received a patent for “television gaming and training apparatus”.
1978: The Folk Nation (an alliance of already existing gangs) is formed in the Illinois Department of Corrections.
The number one single that year: the Bee Gee’s “Stayin’ Alive”.
Highest grossing film: Superman: The Movie.
In television: Dallas, WKRP in Cincinnati, and Diff’rent Strokes premiere.
In video games: The arcade game Space Wars is released.
This ignoramus should be nowhere near a government office, much less involved in gang prevention.