is Lester Rivera-Paz‚ who is tied to an original MS-13 cell in Los Angeles” (Kraul‚ Lopez‚ Connell). The gang is known for their heartless actions of violence and moral codes of revenge and cruel retributions. They have internal units specializing in recruitments‚ logistics‚ intelligence‚ murder‚ drug trafficking‚ and extortion (Wolf). Today‚ the gang has spread from Central America to the United States‚ originating in Los Angeles and evolving across 32 states. For this particular paper I will
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“Secrets of a Wild Child” Genie was a child who was kept virtually a prisoner. She was held by her parents in a suburb of Arcadia‚ Los Angeles‚ California. At thirteen years old‚ on November 4‚ 1970‚ she was discovered and was taken into custody by officials. Genie is not her real name; it has been changed to hide her identity. She was kept in such isolation by her parents she never even learned to talk‚ walk and eat correctly. She was still even wearing diapers when a social worker discovered
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descent‚ membership has opened to other backgrounds‚ including Central American‚ African American‚ Middle Eastern‚ Asian‚ Caucasian‚ and Native American.” This causes the growth of the 18th street gang to grow and expand larger into the city of Los Angeles. The start of the 18th Street gang was created by the rejection of youth locals who were trying to join the Clanton Street gang. At the time there was so many undocumented immigrants and mixed-race entering the State causing Clanton Street to
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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 living “la vida loca” (the
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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 have been in a violent war with the Bounty Hunter Bloods‚ which is another local gang. Main Street Mafia Crips is another street gang located on the east side of Los Angeles. This group does have a couple of
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The Bloods where founded in Los Angeles‚ California during the summer of 1972 by the gangs Pirus‚ Lueders Park Hustlers‚ Brims‚ Denver Lanes‚ and Bishops. They have some where between 30‚000-35‚000 members most members are African-Americans. Bloods" was a term that African-American fighting men called each other in the Vietnam War. The Pirus later changed their name to Bloods. Starting in late 1971‚ the Avalon Garden Crips‚ Inglewood Crips and various other Crip sets joined forces. They began to
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his mother having trouble in school. He lacks respect‚ maturity with his classmates and adults his teacher say‚ therefore his mother‚ frightened of her son future‚ sends him off to live with his father in Crenshaw neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles. The story about three friends growing up in the hood tragically. They’re trying to figure out how to survive in the violent‚ crime filled Crenshaw neighborhood. Each one has their own individual struggle and goals in life. Doughboy (Ice Cube)
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The film‚ Freedom Writers‚ directed by Richard LaGravenese captured the lives of underrepresented and at risk students whom lived in Long Beach‚ California‚ that were born into gang life and didn’t see their lives past than age eighteen. Erin Gruwell was a passionate young teacher keen on social change. Wanting to make a difference‚ she decided to teach at the newly voluntarily integrated Woodrow Wilson High School. The movie’s portrayal of stereotypes was emphasized through its technical aspects
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Informative Essay Gangs “Crip Nation” “Crippin’ is a choice‚ but it’s forever. You may slow down‚ but you will always be down forever.” (Washington 1969). Founded in Los Angeles‚ California in 1969 by Raymond Washington and Stanley Tookie Williams III; the Crips are now a loosely connected network of individual sets. Through the years the gang has grown to be one of the largest and most powerful gangs in the United States‚ currently with over 30‚000 gang members. Members of the are known
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by LAPD Chief Daryl Gates to combat the rising problem of gangs in Los Angeles‚ California. Each of the LAPD’s 18 divisions had a CRASH unit assigned to it‚ whose primary goal was to suppress the influx of gang related crimes in Los Angeles‚ which came about primarily from the increase in the drug trade. Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH) was an elite but controversial special operations unit of the Los Angeles Police Department tasked with combating gang related crime. CRASH
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