Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams III was the co-founder of the Crips‚ with its roots in South Central Los Angeles in 1971. In 1979 he was convicted of four murders committed during the course of robberies‚ and he remained in prison for the rest of his life. Later on in his life‚ he became an author of twelve books‚ including anti-gang and violence literature and children’s books. Williams apparently rebuffed the police in their efforts to investigate his gang‚ and was implicated in several
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America face challenges daily that help them grow into a productive member of society. In the book‚ Edgewater Angels by Sandro Meallet‚ the story is set in the projects of San Pedro‚ California‚ a heavily gang influenced town that is a part of Los Angeles. The book exposes the youthfulness of Sunny Toomer‚ a mischievous teen always faced with the decision between right and wrong in a neighborhood where you can get jumped for walking on the wrong side of the street. Sunny is just trying to find
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Waking up at six in the morning on a Sunday is not typical‚ especially so when it is to run ten miles. However‚ this is how I have been spending my Sunday mornings for the past three years. I am a member of Students Run Los Angeles (SRLA)‚ an organization that provides students the opportunity to run the LA Marathon. It is thanks to SRLA that I have been able to complete two marathons and am currently in training to complete my third. SRLA has not only taught me the importance of setting goals in
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you want protection from the gang‚ you have to join. It causes them to feel that they have power over other people…” –page 2 (How do Gangs Start?) “Many local youths became involved in selling drugs and also adopted the gang culture brought from Los Angeles. They felt devoted to these groups
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It was summer time in the Dominican Republic When Dante realized that he had to get away. He had to go to America. Dante lives in a small town In the Dominican called Barahona. Barahona has lived in poverty for as long as anyone can remember. The streets are infested with drug dealers‚ and gang life is entrenched in the society. The name of Dante’s gang is called La Familia Cartel. (cartel is the Dominican name for gang) Dante lives in a crammed house with 6 of his brothers from his gang
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For Sport Film Analysis assignment I decided to analyze a movie named Goal! The Dream Begins‚ which Is a film about a young Mexican that goes by the name of Santiago Muñez‚ who lives in the not so good part of los Angeles‚ is given a chance to achieve his dream of playing professional soccer by trying out for an English club team named Newcastle United when he is spotted by a talent scout with contacts with Newcastle united. In the Film Santiago Muñez is portrayed as a an overachiever who even though
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Los Angeles Police Department EVENT Escorting the client‚ David Foreman‚ from his home to the Metropolitan Courthouse and provide security to Mr. Foreman’s estate. LOCATION Laguna Beach‚ CA Metropolitan Courthouse‚ Los Angeles‚ CA DATE Monday‚ November 3rd‚ 2014 TIME 0900am-1200pm BACKGROUND CLIENT: David Foreman 40 years old High profile Outspoken Attention-seeker‚ i.e. loves to talk to the media/press Controversial white supremacist Wheelchair-bound
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Ifeanyi Nwagbologu February 3‚ 2014 English 1102-402 Analytic Writing White Lies in L.A. Dagoberto Gilb’s short story‚ deceiving titled “Love in L.A.”‚ paints a portrait of a hilarious event involving a minor car accident on the jam-packed Los Angeles freeway. When first reading the title‚ you automatically start making assumptions that this story has something to do with how a couple finds “Love in L.A.”. This story has nothing to do with love‚ in fact it has nothing to do with a minor car accident;
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fantasy seen’’. ALAN SEGER The chapter looks at the roles different groups of intellectuals played in constructing or deconstructing L.A mythography starting with the booster era. It also looks at attempts to establish authentic epistemologies about Los Angeles with Louis Adamic’s initial efforts in the Debunkers period. The Boosters Over a 35 year period from 1880 - 1915 L.A. emerged as the largest city in the west with a population of close to a million. The growth‚ production‚ population and income
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Apart from a single reference to the gang’s presence in Los Angeles‚ there is no mention of the MS-13’s origins in southern California‚ and the U.S. government’s role in facilitating its emergence and spread. Salvadoran migrants‚ whose very residence there was owed to U.S. support for El Salvador’s brutal military-oligarchy alliance‚ created the gang in the 1980s as a form of self-protection. U.S. deportations of members helped to internationalize the gang‚ which now has a strong presence in many
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