LostAmerican
Rookie
- Feb 20, 2011
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- #1
The Latin Kings in Little Village wanted to kill Robert and Amy Castaneda.
Thugs ruling the corner of 30th and Drake twice tried to burn down their house soaking the porch with gasoline and setting it ablaze while the young couple slept inside because Rob had called the police after a shooting and showed investigators where gang-bangers had stashed the gun.
But it wasnt until one particular Latin King a short gang-banger with a loud mouth chucked a bottle through Rob and Amys front window on a frigid Sunday in February 2000 while shouting drunken threats Die, m-----------. die! that any of them got caught.
The bottle chucker pleaded guilty and spent three years in jail. The others spent up to six years in prison for aggravated arson. Some were charged under the Mireles Law, which aims to protect community volunteers from gang intimidation.
They considered moving to a safer neighborhood. They even put their house up for sale. Ultimately, they decided the Latin Kings would not scare them away. So they stayed.
More than that, Rob and Amy dedicated themselves to helping Little Village kids have a place to play and a chance to stay out of gangs.
They started an after-school basketball program, Beyond the Ball, and it became popular with kids who might otherwise be hanging on corners like the guys who set their front door on fire. Thousands of kids have played in their leagues and practices.
Nearly a decade after the damage from the fires and that bottle had been repaired, Rob and Amy found themselves face-to-face with one of their attackers.
They were not afraid.
The Gang-banger the loud, drunken one who wished them dead through the hole in their front window needed their help.
Read the rest at:
Little Village couple stand tall against gang-bangers - Chicago Sun-Times
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Little Village is a Latino infested area of Chicago that shows how these people bring crime and violence everywhere they are. All you have to do to bring the same to YOUR neighborhood is to sit there and do nothing.
Thugs ruling the corner of 30th and Drake twice tried to burn down their house soaking the porch with gasoline and setting it ablaze while the young couple slept inside because Rob had called the police after a shooting and showed investigators where gang-bangers had stashed the gun.
But it wasnt until one particular Latin King a short gang-banger with a loud mouth chucked a bottle through Rob and Amys front window on a frigid Sunday in February 2000 while shouting drunken threats Die, m-----------. die! that any of them got caught.
The bottle chucker pleaded guilty and spent three years in jail. The others spent up to six years in prison for aggravated arson. Some were charged under the Mireles Law, which aims to protect community volunteers from gang intimidation.
They considered moving to a safer neighborhood. They even put their house up for sale. Ultimately, they decided the Latin Kings would not scare them away. So they stayed.
More than that, Rob and Amy dedicated themselves to helping Little Village kids have a place to play and a chance to stay out of gangs.
They started an after-school basketball program, Beyond the Ball, and it became popular with kids who might otherwise be hanging on corners like the guys who set their front door on fire. Thousands of kids have played in their leagues and practices.
Nearly a decade after the damage from the fires and that bottle had been repaired, Rob and Amy found themselves face-to-face with one of their attackers.
They were not afraid.
The Gang-banger the loud, drunken one who wished them dead through the hole in their front window needed their help.
Read the rest at:
Little Village couple stand tall against gang-bangers - Chicago Sun-Times
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Little Village is a Latino infested area of Chicago that shows how these people bring crime and violence everywhere they are. All you have to do to bring the same to YOUR neighborhood is to sit there and do nothing.