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Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 May 2008 09:38 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 27 May 2008 09:38
From Greenville Online:
Pickens County residents have been called into action in the fight against gangs.
“We do have a gang problem in the state,” S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster said at a gang forum in Pickens County last week. “There’s work that every citizen has got to do if we’re going to get a grip on this thing.”
Caring Communities of the Carolinas put on the forum where community members, law enforcement, school officials and church leaders gathered to learn about the growing problem.
McMaster told the more than 50-person crowd that law enforcement isn’t big enough to handle it alone.
He said “swift, purposeful prosecution” must be coupled with an effort aimed at prevention rather than punishment.