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    the film implies? When did the actual events in the movie Gridiron Gang take place? Was the movie Gridiron Gang filmed at the real juvenile detention camp? Was it just as difficult in real life for Sean to find other schools to play against? Did the kids on the Camp Kilpatrick team really cry after losing their first football game? Did the real Sean Porter expect his team to lose the first game? Did the movie Gridiron Gang carry over a lot of the same speeches and lines from the documentary

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    Reducing Gang Violence

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    In order to reduce gang violence I would implement community crime prevention programs or strategies targeting changes in community infrastructure‚ culture‚ and the physical environment. Furthermore‚ gang violence will be reduced by executing a diversity of approaches including neighborhood watch‚ community policing‚ urban or physical design‚ and comprehensive or multi-disciplinary efforts. These strategies may seek to engage residents‚ community and faith-based organizations‚ and local government

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    Ms 13 Gang

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    CP April 21‚ 2011 Hidden Violence The word gang-everyone knows what it means or what it stands for. Of course by the time children get to the end of their elementary years they’ve heard of know gangs such as; the Cribs‚ Bloods‚ Latin Kings‚ Vatos Locos‚ but none of those names cause as much fear and terror as the gang called La Mara Salvatrucha aka MS-13. La Mara known for their psychotic methods of killing and running their turf‚ no other gang comes close to causing the same fear as La Mara

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    Myth: Gang Rape

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    Myth: Gang rape is rare. FACT: In 43% of all reported cases‚ more than one assailant was involved. This myth I believed to be true. Not that it was rare overall‚ but that in comparison to one-on-one rapes. The fact that it occurs in almost half of all reported cases is startling. I am interested in finding out more details about this fact. Gang rape is not something that is talked about much with the exception of an occasional news report‚ but those are far and few between. Myth: Most rapes involve

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    deterring gang members by judging them how they dress‚ and who they are associated with. In the book Ana Muñez was harsh on gang Injunctions‚ stating the strain that the injunctions puts on many members of the community‚ and the guilty before proven innocent mentality. The gang injunctions affect the life of a community‚ people are judged by what they are wearing and where they go. For example‚ in the book it stresses the effects of mundane acts when individuals are under the threat of gang injunctions

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    keeping close to the buildings. Daniel and Joseph Avery were dangerous; catch their eye‚ come into their orbit‚ and you would become their victim. They stalked the streets like warlords‚ their dogs always by their side‚ their gang of sycophants never far away. The rest of the gang had split up and were begging for money or cigarettes. Alone‚ they were invisible or abused; together‚ with the dogs as their messengers and the Brothers as their

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    asked to go to church with Granny Mac and her parents‚ Granny and Papa Turner‚ who lived a few miles away‚ across town. Dee-dee even became a Girl Scout leader at one point for the benefit of my oldest sister Tammy. Did I mention that we were the TL Gang? There was Tammy Lynn‚ Terri Lea and Tina Louise. We stuck together all of the time. I am only 10 ½ months younger than Terri‚ so we were practically twins. We spent a lot of time at Granny and Papa Mac’s house‚ too. Their house was smaller‚ but

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    Gangs of New York: Who’s A True American? “You can hire half the poor to kill the other half.” Boss Tweed spoke these words in reference to the Draft Riots. It shows that you can easily turn the poor against each other‚ if you bring money into the situation. Gangs of New York is about the separation of the Irish and the Natives‚ which eventually led into larger conflicts. In this film there are two important characters‚ Amsterdam Vallon and Boyle McGloin‚ who were both Irishmen in the Five Points

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    Delhi Gang Rape

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    ---------On 16 December 2012 a female physiotherapy intern[2] was beaten and gang raped in Delhi. She died from her injuries thirteen days later while undergoing emergency treatment in Singapore for brain and gastrointestinal damage. After watching a film in South Delhi in the early evening‚ she and a male companion had boarded a bus‚ which was being driven as an unauthorized "joyride"‚ thinking it was a public bus.[3] The only other passengers on the bus were five men who were friends of the driver

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    Gridiron Gang Essay

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    a scene would turn out the whole film up-side-down or the protagonist were losing and suddenly a confident-giving speech were thrown and the protagonist gain confidence over him/herself then turn the game on his/her side but in this film‚ “Gridiron Gang”‚ it is realistic and life changing film. Not the normal way of showing respect to the film but it is truly a masterpiece of what’s really going on to the streets nowadays and not only to the streets but also a film of self-realizing and life encounters

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