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NATION, Page 39American NotesCALIFORNIAMom's Day -- In Court
After Gloria Williams' 15-year-old son was accused of taking
part in the gang rape of a twelve-year-old girl, Los Angeles police
paid her a visit. They discovered what deputy city attorney Robert
Ferber described as "a museum for gang memorabilia." There were
gang graffiti on a bedroom's walls. There were snapshots of
Williams posing with teenagers making gang recognition signs.
Another photo caught her youngest son, 8, pointing a pistol at the
camera.
Result: Williams, 37, became the first parent arrested under
the Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act, a
six-month-old California law that compels parents to supervise and
control their children or be charged with contributing to
delinquency. Williams, free on $20,000 bail and denying guilt,
faces a possible year in jail and $2,500 fine.