July 26, 2012

Racial Tensions in Home of Disneyland, Anaheim CA

[From article]
"What you have is all these young men who graduated from high school, and there are no job opportunities, and they're drawn into the criminal life," Arellano said. "While this is happening, the city leaders have done next to nothing to tackle this issue."
Caught in the middle, he said, are decent people who don't like crime but feel alienated from police.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0726-anaheim-violence-20120726,0,2619070.story

Protests reflect deep divisions in Anaheim
Latino residents struggle with crime and unemployment in neighborhoods where tourists are scarce.
By Nicole Santa Cruz, Christopher Goffard and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times
July 25, 2012, 7:54 p.m.

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