Teen Gunned Down in Watsonville, No Leads

Rosie R. January 22, 2013 at 06:51 pm

They were censored by the Patch because they were upsetting people with their dirty talk.

Rosie R. January 22, 2013 at 06:51 pm

This is not juvenile or petty. For many this is life or death.

Rosie R. January 22, 2013 at 06:52 pm

Thank you Patch for removing the dirty talk.

Beverly Young January 22, 2013 at 07:30 pm

Rosie, how can you say only "white" people can be racist? What you are saying is extremely racist. Many Latinos here are from other countries besides Mexico also. This is America where there are a multitude of ethnic backgrounds and that is what has always made America a good place to live. Why do you want America to be like Mexico when millions of people have come here to better their lives? I find it to be very puzzling.

Doc January 22, 2013 at 07:37 pm

Well put and exactly right Beverly. Watsonville is not a brown town. It is a beige town - a mixture of all of the different people who are here. And no single group should demand privilege over any other.

RTHL January 22, 2013 at 07:54 pm

You guys don't get it. This story is about a Mexican kid that was murdered in the street by gangs. The white haters have turn all the comments to how Mexicans are bad. You should think about how the vast majority of people feel. We are tired of being put down because we are poor Mexicans. This is why the Brown Berets are becoming so powerful.

RTHL January 22, 2013 at 08:03 pm

Doc -you may consider yourself clever but please keep in mind that your actions have driven several people to join the Brown Berets and even other more radical groups. Your special kind of hate perpetuates it's self and will no doubt come home to you on a personal level, karma and all that. The mexicans in this town are tired of white haters like you and at some point they may take severe action. Already the city is run by a radical group that plans on tearing down the police and parks department. What makes you think they do not have influence in the zoning, health, safety and planning? Perhaps a icity inspector will show up at your home and demand that you meet new codes? Can you pay for tens of thousands of upgrade that must be done in three days or you must move out? This is the type of power they are using right now,

RTHL January 22, 2013 at 08:21 pm

Doc I see your self serving comment is gone. Not sure if you deleted it or the editor took it down, either way is fine with me.

Cathy P. January 22, 2013 at 09:26 pm

@Beverly: I posted nothing vulgar (or dirty). Trolls will be trolls.

Carlo Antonio Salazar January 22, 2013 at 10:20 pm

For those of you who are adding to the conversation let me first apologize for the ignorance of the so called hard Brown Berets posting here. This is not how our people are suppose to act. As a national member we'll bring this up at the next meeting for sure and discuss the identities of those within the Watsonville chapter. The Brown Beret's were meant to combat racism, not promote it and if the people posting here are truly members then they know that. How dare you drag the name through the mud! If you don't understand and think this is some street gang then please go read the code of conduct and dismiss yourself from the group at the next meeting: http://nationalbrownberets.com/CodesofConduct.html
I may not be a person of notoriety within the organization, but this type of behavior from members of our organization, if you are members, is reprehensible.

C. Argo January 22, 2013 at 11:21 pm

Doc uis full of it. Whites have Ben stepping on the necks of Mexicanos for 200 years in this town. Now is the time to even things up and get a little of what we took.

C. Argo January 22, 2013 at 11:28 pm

Such vulgar nasty language from the Cathy person again, wow if I wrote stuff like that I would be cut out of he page. I guess she can cuss ns be nasty cause she white, right?

LSMFT January 22, 2013 at 11:35 pm

You have nothing to do with the Watsonville Brown Berets. The local Brown Berets are a atomous chapter. In case you are ignorat that means we can do what we want. We have had the same leader sence 1994 and he and he wife are leading us to a new place where there will be no more haters. You should keep your nose out if our business.

Nicanora Nguyen January 23, 2013 at 12:16 am

Why? The Tan Klan is already "up in here" in full force. A kid gets murdered and the first thing people do is try to fight racist garbage with more racist garbage here on this forum instead of trying to fix what's wrong.

Cathy P. January 23, 2013 at 12:32 am

@Carlo: thank you for your comment & apology, you sound very sincere. I hope you do bring this up at your next meeting and not only discuss the identities of those within the Watsonville chapter, but also come back to The Patch and reveal their names. Our coummunity needs to know who these people are. If you truly mean what you say "The Brown Beret's were meant to combat racism..." I'll look forward to an update from you, please come back soon and often.

Cathy P. January 23, 2013 at 12:34 am

@ C. Argo: please show me my "vulgar nasty language."

Just a guy from Freedom, blvd January 23, 2013 at 01:08 am

Wow, Cathy P has gone over to the BBs, Docs gona love this...lol

Cathy P. January 23, 2013 at 01:55 am

@Just a guy from Freedom, blvd: you are so funny...I forgot to laugh!
@Nicanora: you are right let's "fix what's wrong." Si se puede! (yay or nay?)

Nicanora Nguyen January 23, 2013 at 02:21 am

What can the city council do to help create more opportunities for work and education for the youth? Nothing stops a bullet like a job.

Maria after the meeting January 23, 2013 at 02:24 am

@Carlo - we run our own show here in the Ville. We fight the white racist everyday and fight for the rights of poor farm workers. We do not need you or your coconut buds.

Tim B. January 23, 2013 at 03:01 am

The local Beret Bunch has a problem of identy. They are trying to play both sides of the red and blue bangers and running their own petty criminal enterprises at the same time. It seems that they are also full of Police informants to the point where informants are narking on other informants. I really don't know if the cops can even keep track of who is who any more. At the root of it all is the whole political thing. It is a poorly kept secrete that the BBs act as strong arms for a local political figure. Dirty tricks, sneaky fund raising, threats and intimidation, what have you...which has lead to the corruption of the corruption. The city is so over run with BB want to bes it's hard to tell who's who. Corruption of power in the city and to a lesser extent the county and state is overflowing into the streets and there is much infighting and jelacies. Then there are the teachers. These are the truly radical members of the group that are working in public schools and teaching young kids to hate on the public payroll. These teachers do a lot of the posting we see on the patch. There also is a female student, white, from back east who is always sturing the pot. Very radical stuff. Vandalism, threats, very nasty tricks. I won't go into the 'natural medicine' ie pot, business, maybe later. So that's a simple view of the Watsonville BB, I hope it's food for thought.

Inez A. January 23, 2013 at 03:17 am

The scam that I have personally come across is the bike shack. If a bike gets ripped of in Santa Cruz county there is a good chance it will go through the shack. Some how the BBs get all the bikes that local law enforcement picks up for free. Normaly these are sold at auction. The nice bikes are stripped for parts and sold on the Internet. The rest are chopped up, reprinted and sold. The BBs call this public service, lol.

Just a Guy January 23, 2013 at 10:51 am

I knew they were selling pot but had no idea about the bike stuff. I see them out partying in Santa Cruz all the time and they never leave a tip.

As IC it January 23, 2013 at 03:35 pm

Cathy, grow up.

As IC it January 23, 2013 at 03:42 pm

I for one am a bit supprised that these little punks are still around. The have been kissing up to both of the major gangs in town, playing one aginst the other, a dangerous games to be sure. At the same time they are informants for law enforcement another perilious path. One of the little girls from the BBs got up in my face about my race (Japanise) and all I had to say was 'Boo' and they went running. They came back with Nortunos gang members as muscle who retreated when they saw how silly all this was. Maybe they should change their names to the Brown stained diapers.

HizDesign January 25, 2013 at 04:49 pm

Having a job, even showing up for work every day, won't stop gangsters from using guns, knives, fists, brass knuckles, etc., etc. In my opinion, the majority of the current city council is not interested in stopping gang violence or any other type of violence unless it somehow benefits their particular agenda. Just sayin'......:)

HizDesign January 28, 2013 at 12:43 am

"his"? blogging system? Who is "his"?

HizDesign January 28, 2013 at 12:49 am

Has it occurred to anyone.......( probably not; that, or you're just not saying so)..that whenever a person w/gang affiliations is murdered, or shot or stabbed but lives to tell it, the news of it lights up facebook like a fireworks show on the 4th of July. Marco T.-w/gang affiliations, is murdered in cold blood, and the entire FB world is completely silent. Just thinking out loud.

The United People's of Akizenkia January 28, 2013 at 12:52 am

Are you really that out of touch with this town?

HizDesign January 28, 2013 at 01:05 pm

Akizenkia? Apparently you haven't much knowledge about the alternative methods used in the handling of scrap that is deemed not fit for recycling. End of discussion.