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Homicide Division. Trouble has been brewing with juvenile gangs on the street. Fights are rumored to be breaking out, but you don’t know where.
Learning about the gangs with partner, Ed Jacobs, Joe Friday gets briefed on the climate of gang wars. Gangs building alliances to fight other gangs. Home made knives and weapons, and ringleaders imported in from the midwest. Will it help to mobilize parents to break the hold the ringleader has over their kids?
Joe describes the range of responses from parents. Approaching Mrs Lawson, the mother of the ringleader, will she be cooperative? Does she know the depth of her son’s activity? How will young Robert react to Joe’s warnings? Mr Lawson is even less cooperative, but Joe does his best to get word out to as many parents as he can.
The call comes in.. the gang war is on. Joe describes the fighting, weapons confiscated, and ruined young lives. What about Robert? How has he fared from his denials of gang involvement?
Interviewing Robert’s girlfriend, details of how the gang fight started are revealed. The explosive start is a melee of confusion as knives come out to do their damage. Crime lab technicians, the coroner, and others clean up the mess, as teens are hauled in. Joe continues to report on how the survivors will be processed by juvenile bureau.
And who blames the police the most for not protecting their sweet little delinquents? for not stopping them? For not caring enough to keep them from fighting? The parents of the delinquents.
