Taggers vandalize Ervan Chew Park
KTRK-13 reports on Houston's ongoing gang activity, in the heart of the Montrose area:
Residents living around a Montrose area park, the scene of a deadly gang fight, want something done to stop gang graffiti.
We're told on Thursday night, a resident saw what he says were several gang members spray-painting graffiti on public property in Chew Park. That's where 15-year-old Gabriel Granillo was killed last June. Seventeen-year-old Ashley Benton is awaiting trial for that murder. Residents are calling for something to be done."I think if they put more lighting up or put little lights up on the sidewalk, then it will deter a lot of crime activity," said Allen Cole, who lives near the park.
I snapped some photos of the latest graffiti over the weekend. The Flickr set can be viewed by clicking the photo above. One resident I talked to in the park told me the problem had improved somewhat, before this latest round. It's likely the same taggers who hit this park also hit the bridges over the Southwest Freeway on an almost nightly basis.
It's a shame that Houston cannot increase police patrols in these known hotspots, but unfortunately the manpower shortage means the manpower we do have must be concentrated on more "serious" crimes. And so these little crimes build to bigger crimes (as the broken windows policing advocates would contend, anyway).
RELATED: Teen killed in broad daylight in Montrose-area Park.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 04/01/07 04:24 PM | Print | Comments (4)
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