Tuesday, April 08, 2008

'Jamiel's Law' Targets Illegal Immigrant Gang MembersIn Wake of Los Angeles H.S. Football Star's Death

The household of a Los Angeles high school football game star allegedly killed by a pack member in the state illegally is getting behind a projected metropolis regulation intended to check down on illegal immigrant packs in the city.

The proposal, dubbed "Jamiel's Law" after shot victim Jamiel Henry Wheeler Shaw Jr., was drafted by Bruno Walter Moore, a political opposition of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

The parents of the 17-year-old Shaw spoke in favour of the regulation Tuesday before the Los Angeles City Council. A 1979 police force order parallel bars military military officers from enforcing federal in-migration laws, but the projected regulation would necessitate officers to Hunt down illegal immigrants who look to be pack members.

Pedro Espinoza, the 19-year-old suspect in Shaw's death, was released from jailhouse without government questioning his citizenship on March 1, the twenty-four hours before he allegedly shot Henry Wheeler Henry Wheeler Shaw to death, according to studies by MyFOXLA.com.

Police state Henry Wheeler Shaw was walking place from a promenade on March 2 when Latino pack members pulled up in a auto and asked him, "Where are you from?" — codification for what pack did he belong to, police force said. Espinoza then allegedly shot Shaw, who was not a pack member. Related
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Espinoza was arrested March 7 and charged with murder. The complaint have been labeled gang-related, which could do him eligible for the decease penalty.

Police said Henry Wheeler Shaw was a standout running back and a good pupil at Los Angeles High School. He also was the Southern League's most valuable participant last season and had been recruited by universities including Stanford.

Shaw's mother, Army Sgt. Anita Shaw, had been serving in Republic Of Iraq but returned place when her boy was killed.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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