Boy Found Dead Covered In Blood on Sidewalk Just yesterday a boy at the age of sixteen was found dead on a sidewalk by the alley downtown. Witnesses tell investigators that his name was Andy. He had been stabbed to death. The knife had entered just below his rib cage and had been drawn violently across his body‚ opening the wound. Due to the immense amount of blood found at the crime scene‚ investigators state that the boy bled to death. Witnesses state that the victim was a member of a gang who
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Tupac’s Analyzed Poem My poem is by Tupac Shakur. This poem is titled “And 2Morrow”. He was an activist of violence and gangs. So in this poem Tupac discusses the downs of gang-life. Tupac wrote this poem in a text message way of writing. He spells “tomorrow” “2Morrow”‚ “see” “c”‚ and “to” “2”. I believe he did this because he was speaking to his audience‚ gang member or soon to be gang member‚ in their language. Tupac is not illiterate so he spelled all his words correctly in the last stanza of
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In ALWAYS RUNNING‚ Luis J. Rodriguez offers a loosely organized but thoroughly wrenching account of his experience growing up in and around Watts and the Las Lomas barrio‚ just east of Los Angeles. Rodriguez‚ a poet and journalist who now resides in Chicago‚ was born in 1954 in El Paso‚ Texas. His parents‚ recent immigrants from Mexico‚ soon migrated to the Los Angeles area. There‚ Rodriguez experienced the indignities of poverty‚ prejudice‚ and nearly unchecked police brutality. Joining a gang and
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Gangs are a major deterrence of minorities having a meaningful and successful life. Various reasons cause the nation’s youth to fall into the death trap of a gang. Parents‚ environment‚ upbringing and education are some of the biggest things that play an important role in keeping minorities out of a gang life. The movie "Colors" shows some of the conflicts minorities of different races face when being a member of a gang. Death‚ prison‚ money‚ sex and even bonding are but a few of the things a gang
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Haylie Galvan Bloods & Crips California is home to several street gangs that identifies themselves with two of the most iconic African American street gangs in America. One group is the Grape Street Crips‚ which is located in the Watts part of Los Angeles. This group was originated within a little housing project that consisted majority of African Americans. This gang is considered to be one of the biggest Crip groups in the local area. There crimes include drug trafficking‚ murder‚ and theft. They
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Crips and Bloods Made in America Crips and Bloods Made in America To start with‚ a vast number of neighborhoods suffer from gradual increase of criminal activities. Black teenagers still build their own street-based gangs that provoke crime. Nevertheless‚ there are number of social theories that can explain such behavior. The documentary filmed by Stacy Paraeta‚ named “Crips and Bloods: made in America” reveal some vital facts about the reasons of criminal behavior in black neighborhoods
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Crips and Bloods: Made in America 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Why did black clubs originate in Los Angeles? Why did people join the clubs? How was segregation maintained in Los Angeles in the 1950s and 1960s. Was this legal? Explain. What were the causes of the Watts Riot in 1965? Who labeled it a riot? How did the black community view this conflict? A result of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement was the Black Pride movement. What was black pride and what
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Colton (" C-Loc" ) Simpson was a Crip. Beginning at the impossibly tender age of ten in the mid-1970s‚ Simpson’ s world was defined in terms of war. By the time he quit the first gang member allowed to do so he’ d risen through the ranks to become Stabilizer and later‚ General. Simpson was the son of Dick Simpson‚ a ballplayer for the California Angels‚ but even before he became a gangbanger‚ his childhood was tough. Raised by his grandmother at the edge of Los Angeles’ s South Central‚ Simpson
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Not only in the past but in today society the term "gang" is a hard word to define‚ because "No two gangs are alike" (Mays & Winfree‚ 2006‚ 313) The National Institute of Justice report adopted the the definition of street gangs as "groups of youths and young adults who have engaged in a sufficient amount of antisocial activity to warrant attention by the criminal justice system." however to add on to that definition‚ the law enforcement uses the definition " an ongoing‚ organized association of
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Century later‚ during the 1900’s in los Angeles California‚ gave birth to the Crips (blue bandana) and the Bloods (red bandana)‚ both gangs were composed by Black males‚ fighting deadly for turf and honor-based feuds; one of the differences that I found in both of them was that Roach Guards and Dead Rabbits grew their membership under
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