Rich Canadian Reserve Becomes a Gang War Zone (Part 1 Of 2)
Rich Canadian Reserve Becomes a Gang War Zone (Part 1 Of 2) – In a town of 12000, a dozen firearm-related reports over the span of three weeks make Hobbema sound like a war zone. But on the Alberta reserve, where a stray bullet from a drive-by shooting struck a toddler last Sunday, the number of reports actually marks an improvement. “In 2005, we were averaging four or five drive-bys a night,” said Corporal Darrel Bruno, a spokesman for Hobbema’s RCMP. At the time, the detachment carried a caseload that was more than three times the national average. But after the massive national attention that its gang-related violence drew, 10 additional members were dispatched to the reserve, 80 kilometres south of Edmonton. Marred by disenfranchisement, high rates of drug abuse, fragmented family life in part as a result of the residential school systems, and violence, Hobbema is a business hub for 13 native gangs, including the Redd Alert, Indian Posse and the Alberta Warriors. Experts attribute the increase in crime to a growing need for crack cocaine. As Alberta becomes more affluent from oil money, more people in boomtowns such as Fort McMurray want drugs. Despairing towns like Hobbema become thoroughfares for this kind of trafficking, and the gangs start jockeying for power. “It’s supply and demand,” observed Ms. Grekul. Gangs rely on recruiting young people to do their bidding, and more than 50% of Hobbema is 18 or younger. They also bolster their number in prisons. A freed prisoner, however, typically remains attached to his gang and …
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