enforcement‚ citizens are adapting strategies including education and awareness as their best defense against gang violence. This paper will address two prominent Los Angeles crime gangs‚ the 18th Street Gang and the Crips. Historical Perspective – 18th Street Gang The 18th Street Gang is primarily a Hispanic gang formed in the 1960’s in Los Angeles (The National Alliance of Gang Investigator’s Association‚ 2005). It is thought that the origin of the name stemmed from the older Clanton 14 Street gang
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Environmental Racism in Los Angeles and its Formation The siting of a $500 million railyard project backed by BNSF Railroad Company‚ which recently won the approval from Los Angeles Harbor Commissioners and Los Angeles City Council‚ has been a highly debated issue in Long Beach‚ Los Angeles. According to a report from Pacific Swell‚ ‘The BNSF railway’s project would serve as a transfer point between the harbor complex and rail. Short-haul trucks would travel four miles up the freeway to move
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Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles Outline Topic: The Zoot Suit Riots of 1943: What caused them‚ what happened‚ and what were the effects? Introduction Causes for the riots in 1943 History of racism Stylish dress seen as un-American during wartime. Stage set for riots Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the Zoot Suit riots Effects of riots Cultural repression Political activism in Mexican American community Series of reforms in the Los Angeles Police Department Causes Mexican Revolution‚
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1996 fue realizando fusiones y adquisiciones de otras entidades bancarias y tras un minucioso análisis de su arquitectura tecnológica‚ el banco llego a la conclusión de que su plataforma existente no le ofrecía la capacidad necesaria para sustentar los planes de crecimiento estipulados por la compañía. Por ello era necesario iniciar la renovación de la plataforma tecnológica sustituyendo sus sistemas de información. Este proyecto se iba a prolongar durantes 7 años (1999-2006). Esta plataforma iba
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You have to give credit to the Los Angeles Clippers’ owner Steve Ballmer. He’s taken a franchise that was in turmoil back in the Sterling days to a team with renewed energy and direction. His recent decision to remove coach Doc Rivers from having any front office duties and promoting Lawrence Frank is one that shows intelligence and savvy. The God of NBA journalism‚ Adrian Wojnarowski put it best when describing the situation: “Rivers’ losing his front-office duties isn’t so much an indictment
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There is a South African Proverb that states "Until lions write books‚ history will always glorify the hunter". In his play "Los Vendidos"‚ Luis Valdez tries to become a lion and let the voice of Chicano history be heard. Luis Valdez does this in a satirical way by presenting the views and stereotypes that many American’s have had and continue to have‚ about Chicano’s in the form of a shop where Chicano "model/robots" are sold. By presenting each Chicano as a robot and stereotype‚ Luis Valdez tries
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Chapter Two: Literature Review Thai Migration to Los Angeles The unprecedented increase in the number of Asians leaving their country to take up residence in the United States over the past decade has widely publicized by the media and intensively studied by social scientists. The simultaneous qualitative shift in the geographical origin of these new residents‚ however‚ has attracted less attention. Reinforcing the long-establish and well-documented migration streams from the Philippines‚
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Line Kurzmann 2.c | MFG Engelsk Los Angeles has always been a city of contradictions. Things are not what they seem like in the big city that is part of wild nature with hills and desert and yet is the emblem of modern life with endless freeways and cars moving in all directions. Los Angeles is the city of dreams where stars are made in Hollywood‚ but also the place of poverty‚ corruption and crime. The many faces of Los Angeles are captured in Truman Capote’s narrative essay “Hollywood”. The
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The four police officers were charged with assault with a deadly weapon and excessive use of force by a police officer. The trial was held in a predominately white suburb of Los Angeles because the defense attorneys argued that the police officers would not be able to get a fair trial because of the publicity. The four men were all acquitted by an almost entirely white jury. This resulted in the L.A. riots of 1992. These
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