The Portland area is as bad as SF. They coddle their gangbangers until they murder someone too.
June 18, 2008
Man, 23, sentenced to life in murder
Casimiro Blancas, 26, of Hillsboro was sentenced to life in prison last month for stabbing Cruz, who was 27. Pablo Guzman, who testified against the other two, also is charged with murder and is awaiting trial
Blancas gathered fellow members of the 12th Street gang to seek revenge on Cruz, a drug dealer and member of the 18th Street gang. Three days earlier, Cruz punched Blancas in the face and knocked him to the ground outside a Hillsboro convenience store during a fight someone else started.
After drinking at Gonzalez’s house and at a gang member’s ranch, seven men piled into a Dodge Durango to go hunt down Cruz. Gonzalez provided a gun and urged the driver on.
http://olive-3.live.advance.net/metrowest/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/metro_west_news/1213754111317340.xml&coll=7
Portland and Seattle are every bit the cesspools that SF is.