Peninsula cops Basically sayin Fck Tongans...In the west Bay
- Thread starter djsincere510
- Start date
I don't get the tittle of this thread....
It looks like these fools shot some dude in a car jacking started blasting at the police and got killed.
EPA police had nothing to do with it but are trying to reach out to the community.
People need to understand, you cant do something and expect not to pay for it.
It looks like these fools shot some dude in a car jacking started blasting at the police and got killed.
EPA police had nothing to do with it but are trying to reach out to the community.
People need to understand, you cant do something and expect not to pay for it.
Samoans, Tongans vow to cut crime
By Kelly Pakula, STAFF WRITER
Article Last Updated: 01/12/2007 03:05:15 AM PST
EAST PALO ALTO — Samoan Chief Tuimavave Auelua and Tongan Chief Mau Fatongia stood shoulder-to-shoulder Thursday as the East Palo Alto Police Department to address violence among Pacific Islanders and plans to quash it. The meeting, held at the East Palo Alto City Hall, was the second of its kind in a month following a series of incidents within the Pacific Islander community, including two fatal shootings.
"This generation is a generation that needs to have peace in their lives," Willie Uili, a pastor from the Samoan community, said. "The concern in the community here in East Palo Alto is we want to have unity, we want to reconcile." Rumblings that a rift was forming between Tongans and Samoans surfaced after the death of 19-year-old Melevea Fifita, who moved to East Palo Alto from Tonga about two years ago. She and 21-year-old Seu Tuimavave of San Francisco quarreled on Dec. 29 on the 2700 block of Fordham Street. The quarrel escalated and led to Fifita's death and Tuimavave's injury.
"Melevea Fifita's family is asking for peace in this community. They are Christian people, and they forgive what was done to Melevea," said Heilala Ahio, pastor of First Tongan United Methodist Church of Palo Alto. "Samoans and Tongans are one, and we are all one in Jesus Christ."
As part of a multiphase plan to reduce crime among the city's youngest residents, East Palo Alto Police Chief Ron Davis announced a series of events and initiatives, including a unity march and rally sometime within the next two weeks, a Youth Summit to address violence March 10 and the formation of "community street teams" to make contact with youths. "We were seeing a representation of the community as being divided ... and violent," Davis said. "(Today) you see a united East Palo Alto that's going to work together to address violence."
In addition to launching more youth-oriented programs, the Police Department said it plans stricter enforcement of the city's curfew from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. for people under 18. Davis also said the department will work closely with local liquor stores to make sure minors aren't purchasing alcohol.
"We're looking at the increasingly troubling use of drugs and alcohol amongst our youths," Davis said.
A handful of teens present at the meeting didn't seem to agree with some of the statements made. One girl whispered, "Bulls—" in response to Davis' assertion that alcohol may have played a factor in at least one of the city's recent shootings.
Davis said the Police Department plans to conduct a comprehensive link-analysis between the city's newest incidents, including the deaths of Fifita and 16-year-old East Palo Alto resident Maikeli Iongi. Iongi was fatally shot by Menlo Park police and a San Mateo County sheriff's sergeant Dec. 22, after allegedly firing at the officers.
"The challenges of youth violence extend to any community," Davis said. "We're facing the same challenges as any city in the Bay Area."
By Kelly Pakula, STAFF WRITER
Article Last Updated: 01/12/2007 03:05:15 AM PST
EAST PALO ALTO — Samoan Chief Tuimavave Auelua and Tongan Chief Mau Fatongia stood shoulder-to-shoulder Thursday as the East Palo Alto Police Department to address violence among Pacific Islanders and plans to quash it. The meeting, held at the East Palo Alto City Hall, was the second of its kind in a month following a series of incidents within the Pacific Islander community, including two fatal shootings.
"This generation is a generation that needs to have peace in their lives," Willie Uili, a pastor from the Samoan community, said. "The concern in the community here in East Palo Alto is we want to have unity, we want to reconcile." Rumblings that a rift was forming between Tongans and Samoans surfaced after the death of 19-year-old Melevea Fifita, who moved to East Palo Alto from Tonga about two years ago. She and 21-year-old Seu Tuimavave of San Francisco quarreled on Dec. 29 on the 2700 block of Fordham Street. The quarrel escalated and led to Fifita's death and Tuimavave's injury.
"Melevea Fifita's family is asking for peace in this community. They are Christian people, and they forgive what was done to Melevea," said Heilala Ahio, pastor of First Tongan United Methodist Church of Palo Alto. "Samoans and Tongans are one, and we are all one in Jesus Christ."
As part of a multiphase plan to reduce crime among the city's youngest residents, East Palo Alto Police Chief Ron Davis announced a series of events and initiatives, including a unity march and rally sometime within the next two weeks, a Youth Summit to address violence March 10 and the formation of "community street teams" to make contact with youths. "We were seeing a representation of the community as being divided ... and violent," Davis said. "(Today) you see a united East Palo Alto that's going to work together to address violence."
In addition to launching more youth-oriented programs, the Police Department said it plans stricter enforcement of the city's curfew from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. for people under 18. Davis also said the department will work closely with local liquor stores to make sure minors aren't purchasing alcohol.
"We're looking at the increasingly troubling use of drugs and alcohol amongst our youths," Davis said.
A handful of teens present at the meeting didn't seem to agree with some of the statements made. One girl whispered, "Bulls—" in response to Davis' assertion that alcohol may have played a factor in at least one of the city's recent shootings.
Davis said the Police Department plans to conduct a comprehensive link-analysis between the city's newest incidents, including the deaths of Fifita and 16-year-old East Palo Alto resident Maikeli Iongi. Iongi was fatally shot by Menlo Park police and a San Mateo County sheriff's sergeant Dec. 22, after allegedly firing at the officers.
"The challenges of youth violence extend to any community," Davis said. "We're facing the same challenges as any city in the Bay Area."
