] NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Rival street gangs the Crips and
] Bloods have agreed to a truce in Newark, New Jersey,
] aimed at stemming the violence that has plagued the city
] and gone too far for even the gang members, officials
] said Tuesday.

] The peace agreement, reached over the weekend, involved
] 150 members from several gang factions and laid out a
] 10-point plan including an immediate cease-fire.
]
] The plan also asks gang members to refrain from using
] gang hand signals, graffiti or other symbols to incite
] the killing of rivals.
]
] Under the truce, gang members also vowed to designate
] places like schools, churches and parks as neutral zones
] and to avoid encroaching on each other's territory
] without notice.

This is surreal

These are teenagers doing their best to kill other teenages in the process killing other people by mistake, all so the surviving teenagers can sell more drugs that in turn kill more people!

And the mayors office is basically endorsing this "truce" that says the gangs have agreed to kill each other/sell drugs in the designated areas only.

What a messed up world we live in.