Jamiel's Law

Army Sgt. Anita Shaw was serving her country as a proud American soldier in Iraq. While Sgt. Shaw was serving her country - her country - let her down!

Sgt. Shaw returned home from Iraq to bury he son. Jamiel Shaw, a 17 yr old high school football standout was gunned down for nothing. Even though sad & tragic, in reality it happens everyday.

Hard enough dealing with the loss of her son, Sgt Shaw got a kick in the stomach when it was learned that a gang member who is an ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT was responsible for the murder of her son.

From San Francisco Times --

"My son was murdered by someone that was not in the country legally," Jamiel Shaw told the Los Angeles City Council.

"We're not living in Beirut or Iraq. We're living in a nice neighborhood. He thought he was safe," Shaw said.

"We're not here to cause dissension between the black and the brown communities. We're trying to fix something that we think is broken," Shaw said. "But the facts are that our son was murdered on our street. Every time we come outside, we have to be reminded."

"No matter how you look at it, the guy was here illegally." "We are not after Hispanic people," Shaw said.

Anita Shaw, an Army sergeant who was recalled from Iraq after the death of her son, said she planned to attend Espinoza's arraignment today before shipping out Thursday to Kuwait and then to Germany.

"I'm safer, somewhat, in Iraq than my son is safe on the streets of the United States. It doesn't make sense," she told the council. More...

Gang member, Pedro Espinoza, has been charged in Jamiel's murder. Espinoza was released from LA County jail one day earlier on charges stemming from an assault with a deadly weapon in Culver City.

The Shaw's are pushing to have Los Angeles council members pass - Jamiel's Law. Put into effect, this law would counter the protection given illegal immigrants by L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa and Special Order 40.

Between L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa declaring the City of Illegal Immigrants a sanctuary city & Special Order 40, gang members and illegal immigrants have a free run of the city.

In a show of support for Sgt. Shaw, as a way we can really support one of our soldiers, I would ask that everyone contact the L.A. City Council and express their disgust of them refusing to even consider passing Jamiel's Law.

Here is the contact information for the L.A. Council.