War Memorial Vandalized With Gang Graffiti

PHOTO: The War Memorial on North Lake Drive was vandalized with gang graffiti. The memorial, near the amphitheatre along Lake Carasaljo, was tagged with ‘MS’ and ’13’ along its two sides.

Other graffiti was also found nearby.

Employees of the Department of Public Works spent some time today attempting to clean the taggings. [TLS-CCP]

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21 COMMENTS

  1. Time to take out the TRASH!!! They show no respect they should get no respect! Time to hold the Slumlords accountable for renting to this trash!!

  2. It always amazes me to think there are mature adults of all ages that belong to a “gang.” Babies, grow up. Become a productive member of society instead of being pathetic, immature and belonging to a group of guys who sport tattoos, do drugs and murder each other. Hey big shot lets see you make it big in the real world!

  3. if caught these clowns should be made to wear pink prison garb and do hard labor on a military base . Work them until they are exhausted and beg to go back to their home land.

  4. I feel this is an insult to those that served and If they catch these people that did this, they should be made to clean up everything. I served my country w/o reservation and these people come here think they can take over..its a war without a war on criminals and vandals.

  5. I sure am glad our tax dollars went to educate these fine citizens so that they can have a better opportunity here than in their native country.

  6. Let’s find them and make them clean it off before they ” 3 square meals and a cot ” plus internet access . I get sick to my stomach when I see our police officers volunteer to clean graffiti. ( G-d Bless the Lkwd PD)

  7. I did my service and am not shocked or taking it personal. It’s nice we have staff to take care of. Most people upset, probably didn’t even know we had a war memorial. Besides all that why not offer some time to help clean up lakewood instead of complaining about nothing.

  8. I would take a guess they never served in our military
    ……No fines no jail , let a vet take care of the person who did this. If you fine them, they will just sell more drugs to get the money. If you send them to jail, we pay for their sorry (moderated).

  9. the slumlord who gave these animals a place to live/sleep & eat – has blood on his hands.

    how long till the slumlords themselves are attacked by their very own tenants? only then will these slumlords learn.

  10. I think they should be hung in the town square. We need to take Lakewood back from these savages. Amazing how one group can ruin an entire town.

  11. ENOUGH with the slumlord’s already. Most of the graffiti put up is not even from the gangs themselves just a bunch of unsupervised bored kids that have nothing better to do.

  12. MS-13 we should be really really scared.’
    from wikipedia
    Mara Salvatrucha (commonly abbreviated as MS, Mara, and MS-13) is a transnational criminal gang that originated in Los Angeles and has spread to other parts of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America.[6] The majority of the gang is ethnically composed of Central Americans and active in urban and suburban areas. In the U.S., the MS-13 has an especially heavy presence in Los Angeles County and the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California; the Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas of Fairfax County, Virginia, Montgomery County, Maryland, and Prince George’s County, Maryland; Long Island, New York; the Boston, Massachusetts area; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Houston, Texas. There is also a presence of MS-13 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Members of MS distinguish themselves by tattoos covering the body and also often the face, as well as the use of their own sign language. They are notorious for their use of violence and a subcultural moral code that predominantly consists of merciless revenge and cruel retributions. This cruelty of the distinguished members of the “Maras” or “Mareros” earned them a path to be recruited by the Sinaloa Cartel battling against Los Zetas in an ongoing drug war south of the United States border.[7][8][9] Their wide-ranging activities have drawn the attention of the FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who have initiated wide-scale raids against known and suspected gang members – netting hundreds of arrests across the country.

    If these guys are in town we need to do something about it. Demand action from our elected officials.

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