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Many of the gangs in Pine Ridge, like the Tre Tre Crips, were started by tribal members who encountered them in prison or while living off the reservation; others have taken their names and colors from movies and records.
Even as they seek to bolster policing, Pine Ridge leaders see their best long-term hope for fighting gangs in cultural revival.
“We’re trying to give an identity back to our... Read More
How's this for a tourist's L.A. itinerary: On Monday, the hop-on, hop-off Double Decker Hollywood fun tour. Tuesday, the Movie Stars Homes Tour. Wednesday, the Strip and Beverly Hills. Thursday, a tour of the streets that gave rise to the Crips, bloods, Florencia 13 and the 18th Street gangs.
In January, tourists will actually be able to do all of that. Alfred Lomas, a former Florencia 13 gang... Read More
Thirty-four year old Jamal Shakir of Los Angeles, California was sentenced earlier this week to multiple life sentences following the May 2008 conviction on charges of multiple murders, money laundering, obstruction of justice, and of being a kingpin of a violent gang rooted interstate drug trafficking organization.The federal government urged the death penalty, but Shakir’s life was spared. Th... Read More
“Pizzy” Nabbed After Cemetery Chase
Lt. Holly Wasilewski spotted a familiar face behind the wheel of a car. She knew he was a gang leader — and didn’t have a license.
She pulled over “Pizzy,” the alleged leader of the Grape Street Crips gang — and ended up catching his passenger, who fled into the cemetery with a gun and crack, according to police.
The encounter began at about... Read More
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<!-- P2P_LIVE_EDIT "content_item_subheadline_preview" START -->A group of civic activists is preparing to offer bus tours of some of the grittiest pockets of the city, with profits funneled back into the community. Some of the particulars are raising eyebrows.<!-- P2P_LIVE_EDIT "content_item_subheadline_preview" END --&g... Read More
Newark's 21-year-old school board member works to keep students off gang-heavy streets
By James Queally/The Star-Ledger
December 04, 2009, 5:30AM
NEWARK -- As the youngest person ever elected to the city’s school board, Marques Lewis pushes programs to keep students in the classroom and off the city’s gang-heavy streets.
The 21-year-old Lewis often comes to board meetings in a black busines... Read More
Shardise "Kaiso" Malaga on Friday said she pleaded with her 14-year-old cousin as he fiddled with a gun clip as he contemplated killing JoJo Lee Brandstatt on the hill of a West Valley City golf course in February."He said, 'You know sis, it wasn't supposed to go down like this," Malaga, 19, testified during the first day of a hearing to determine whether the boy will be tried as an adult. "I s... Read More
Snoop Dogg Speaks on Gang RelationsAs a Crip of the old school, Snoop Dogg caught up with DJ Green Lantern to speak on the current status of gang life and how it has transitioned drastically from what it was initially.
“Me personally, I feel like if you banging outside of California, stay there cause if you come back to California where it originated at, we have different sets of rules and... Read More
WoW Guilds Just Like...Street Gangs?
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World of Warcraft has been compared to many things over the years. Everquest at first, then later, crack. But I don't think I've ever seen it compared to street gangs in LA.
Earlier this year, scientists from the US and China published a paper called "Human group formation in online guilds and offline gangs driven by... Read More
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