In an article called Malibu Local’s Only: “Boys will be Boys”‚ Brian Ludeke successfully argues how MLO qualifies as gang explaining multiple factors as to why it should be established as a criminal street gang. The California Penal Code 186.22‚ defines a criminal street gang as‚ “an ongoing organization of 3 or more persons‚ with a common name‚ or identifying mark or symbol‚ having as one of its primary activities the commission of the crimes listed and whose members individually or collectively
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Alcohol hasn’t always been so easy to get. You couldn’t always just walk into a liquor store and buy your favorite brew. People have been making their own alcohol for generations and generations. This all started when prohibition ended the legal sale of alcohol‚ this meant if you wanted your liquor fix you would have to start making it yourself‚ or rely on buying it from others illegally. This is where bootlegging came in to play. Bootlegging was goods illegally sold and distributed‚ without proper
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illegal drug trade is worth more than $320 billion. As of right now the only people who are truly benefiting from this revenue of drug dealing is your local gangs. Some 33‚000 violent street gangs‚ motorcycle gangs‚ and prison gangs with about 1.4 million members are criminally active in the U.S. and Puerto Rico today. These are gangs in your city even you backyards. Many are sophisticated and well organized; all use violence to control neighborhoods and boost their illegal money-making activities
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Katie Hughes Mr. Lewis Pd. 4 PIB LA 10 31 February 2013 Cold Constantly being cold has numerous negative effects on the health of the human body. It decreases the ability of the brain to function‚ weakens the immune system‚ places you at risk for viruses and hypothermia‚ and is simply dreadful. Although it is impossible for someone who is warm to imagine what this terrible sensation is like‚ the idea of continuously freezing is absolutely awful. If this prison camp had a nicer
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representative of a real turning point in the relationship between Walt and Thao‚ enhancing the theme of relationships; the third symbol‚ tying in with the theme of death‚ is the way Walt falls to the ground following the final confrontation with the gang. Considering it is the title of the film‚ one would expect the Gran Torino to play an active role in the movie. This is not the case‚ but the car still plays a very powerful role. The vehicle is dually symbolic‚ being representative of Walt in
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The films Romero‚ El Norte‚ and Sin Nombre show the audience in justice within a gang and countries such as‚ El Salvador‚ Mexico and Guatemala. The films also shows how the lower class or the indigenous organize and fight for fairness and dual rights. In the film ’Sin Nombre’ gangs are seen as the power and guiding source in people lives and try to control members. We also see in the films how the ruling class seek to take control of the lower class and violence is often times the end solution to
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The situation that is being focused on in this paper is the fighting street crime‚ specifically a street gang that has been operating in Redondo Beach‚ California. While trying to fight this negative force in the community‚ the criminal justice had to come up with innovative ideas‚ they realize that focusing on a specific trouble area is one that is not new to most law enforcement officers. It is believed that the “shifting the focus of policing from responding to incidents to proactive crime prevention
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younger adults) join gangs for a spectrum of reasons. Furthermore‚ some may join because they have limited life options or they may join because they want to. Whatever the reason is‚ no matter what‚ it is an illogical decision to join a gang. People in‚” The Outsiders‚” joined for a few different reasons. One example is‚a partly main character‚ Steve‚ joined from peer-pressure. On page nine‚ it states that‚”He was cocky‚ smart‚ and Soda’s best friend.” If Soda was in the gang before Steve was‚ Steve
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Screeching Halt. These boys were involved in a gang and considered to be the most dangerous and violent individuals in the metro area. I sat down and talked to a officer that I know that works in the area where they were arrested. I had asked him what the gang was involved in and how old where the boys that were arrested. He replied and said that the gang members were involved in drugs‚ weapons‚ dealing of illegal substances‚ and committing crimes of the gang and a aggrevated robbery. The drugs that the
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into responsible‚ young adults. This was definitely the case for the two gangs within the town of Hanibal‚ the Saints and the Roughnecks. Most members of the two gangs are now respectable men who have achieved college degrees and started their own families‚ although their teachers from back in high school may tell you a different story. The gangs’ mischievous actions led to the different labelling of the two groups. The two gangs received treatment from opposite ends of the spectrum‚ the Saints were
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