Library Police Public Works Recreation Senior Center Transportation Utilities Administration Administration Dept. Responding to a recent spate of race-related incidents, a group of residents, business people, educators and religious leaders is forming a task force under the aegis of the City Council to address conflicts in hopes of preventing future violence. 729 N. Azusa Ave. The incidents in question, which include residential firebombings and a fatal shooting, have mainly targeted blacks. When the task force first met informally Oct. 26, most residents there agreed the conflicts are often gang-related and that racial tension is at the root.
Police believe racial conflicts in prison have spilled onto the streets.
A majority of residents are law-abiding and get along with various cultures. However, the Hispanic gang has shown a propensity to violence to blacks and that's the main cause of our hate-crime problem. Azusa Councilman Dick Stanford said he is very concerned. This is not Azusa. Karen Pihlak of the Azusa Police Department's Operations Division.