We mustn’t keep the oxygen thieves from their “education” as that would violate their civil liberties and pursuit of happiness so the sensible thing to do is limit the liberties of others all the while exposing them needlessly to the inherit dangers of gang members. This after all is progress . . . 
Imagine how much more you could have learned in such an environment.
I’m all for supervised education in a state facility until they are ready for “big boy” jail. And if a few decide to get their act together they can even return to “normal people” school.
I know why there “are” gang members, but I suspect you intended to ask why we tolerate them and don’t just lock them up.
Agreed. They should declare open season on those leeches of society.
IMHO, Hollyweird and assholes like Spike Lee are directly to blame for the popularity of gang lifestyle. They have put so much emphasis on this most destructive activity that even non-gang bangers have started to dress, act, and throw out signs to emulate their favorite movie or TV actor.
Johnny Third Grader may not be rolling with the 18th Street Gang but that isn’t going to matter when a car load of Piru Street Boys roll by and take him out, just to make their bones because he is wearing the wrong shirt, on the wrong street. Yes, it happens.
No, not what I intended at all! Why have traditional groups of disaffected American teenaged boys, morphed from just that, disaffected kids looking for a little adult male attention, into transnational, multi-billion dollar per year crime syndicates?
I can hear the bean counters crying about all the lost revenue for the district.
I understand the reason for gangs, they have been with us since people started hanging out in groups. Most likely will be with us till the roaches inherit the earth.
I can understand the need for these rules, however I believe that they are all fundamentally flawed. They are the equivalent of a dot bandaid for a sucking chest wound. May help your self esteem for trying to help, but in the end you’ve done bupkis.
I always find it funny (sad actually) that we incessantly accept sacrificing the rights and well being of our good and decent people for the sake of a few deuche bags who don’t care and won’t amount to much. Heck of a lot easier to do than to actually remove the problem kids and maybe even address the root cause of the problem.
Because popular mainstream made it cool.
Pimps, bangers and dealers are all rock stars now.