Good Cop / Bad Cop Ex-LAPD officer arrested in Saddleback Church burglaries

Ex-LAPD officer arrested in Saddleback Church burglaries »

Nov. 25, 2009 | KPCC Wire Services Former Los Angeles police officer Charles Mottern, 45, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly burglarizing Saddleback Church several times since August 2008, when he worked there as a security guard. Mottern...

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In Mexico, reversing legacy of police corruption is a tall order

In Mexico, reversing legacy of police corruption is a tall order »

By Ken Ellingwood, Tribune Newspapers November 18, 2009 SAN LUIS POTOSI, Mexico – — Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s 3-year-old drug offensive has laid bare the extent to which crime syndicates have infiltrated police agencies at virtually...

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Former NYPD Officer Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to 78 Months in Prison for Armed Bank Robbery

Former NYPD Officer Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to 78 Months in Prison for Armed Bank Robbery »

For Immediate Release November 12, 2009 United States Attorney’s Office Southern District of New York Contact: (212) 637-2600 Former NYPD Officer Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to 78 Months in Prison for Armed Bank Robbery PREET BHARARA, the United States...

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Problems found with some LAPD probes of officers’ alleged bias

Problems found with some LAPD probes of officers’ alleged bias »

by Joel Rubin (LA Times) November 10, 2009 An independent examination of how the Los Angeles Police Department investigates officers accused of profiling people based on race, gender or sexual orientation found serious problems with a third...

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Street Gangs

The FBI steps up anti-gang efforts in Los Angeles »

The FBI steps up anti-gang efforts in Los Angeles

By Alex Alonso (StreetGangs.com) November 26, 2009 n November 17, 2009, the Federal Bureau of Investigation along with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department arrested 17...

Nov 26 2009 / 4 comments / Read More »

Man gunned down in Westmont area of South LA »

Man gunned down in Westmont area of South LA

By Alex Alonso (StreetGangs.com) November 25, 2009 SOUTH LA – A man was gunned down tonight in unincorporated Westmont, a neighborhood in South Los Angeles....

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Exchange your guns for giftcards »

Exchange your guns for giftcards

The LA County Sheriff’s Department is asking for your guns, no questions asked Streetgangs.Com Staff November 25, 2009 On December 5th & 6th, 2009, the Los Angeles County...

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Religious hate may be encouraging Obama’s assassination »

Religious hate may be encouraging Obama’s assassination

By Alex Alonso November 20, 2009 In late 2008 there was an alleged plot in Tennessee by white supremacists to rob a gun store, shoot 88...

Nov 20 2009 / 5 comments / Read More »

Was Ashley “AJ” Jewell from Real Housewives of Atlanta murdered? »

Was Ashley “AJ” Jewell from Real Housewives of Atlanta murdered?

By Alex Alonso November 18, 2009 The Fulton County coroner has ruled Ashley “AJ” Jewell’s death was not a result of the injuries that...

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LAPD respond in full force: 100 gang members in park »

LAPD respond in full force: 100 gang members in park

November 13, 2009 StreetGangs.com LOS ANGELES – On August 2, 2009 there was a massive police response were about 100 teens were having a social function...

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FBI call MS-13 the most dangerous gang in America.

Lessons of a Gang Cop by Tony Moreno

Hip-Hop

The battle over controversial Lil’ Wayne film – legal problems »

The battle over controversial Lil’ Wayne film – legal problems

The battle over controversial Lil’ Wayne film By Lisa Respers France, CNN November 24, 2009 12:44 p.m. EST In 2008, superstar rapper Lil’ Wayne allowed a film crew full access to his hectic life. Cameras rolled as he smoked marijuana, drank soda mixed with prescription cough syrup, recorded rap...

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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony rapper robbed by an LA anti-gang worker »

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony rapper robbed by an LA anti-gang worker

Associated Press November 24th, 2009 LA anti-gang worker gets 12 years in prison after pleading no contest to rapper burglary. A Los Angeles anti-gang intervention worker has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for a burglary he admitted was done for the benefit of a street gang. Marlo...

Nov 25 2009 / 11 comments / Read More »

Video – Jennifer Lopez falls during American Music Awards performance »

Video – Jennifer Lopez falls during American Music Awards performance

StreetGangs.com Staff November 22, 2009 LOS ANGELES – If you were on the west coast, you saw the censored version of the American Music Awards that showed Jennifer Lopez, 40, make a dazzling leap off the back of one of her dancers in slow motion while she...

Nov 23 2009 / 1 comment / Read More »
Policing

Charlie Beck named L.A.’s new chief of police »

Charlie Beck named L.A.’s new chief of policeby Joel Rubin (LA Times) November 17, 2009 The Los Angeles City Council today appointed Charlie Beck as the city’s new police chief. The council unanimously approved Mayor...

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legal Duarte officials afraid neighbor’s gang injunction will strengthen a gang in their city

Duarte officials afraid neighbor’s gang injunction will strengthen a gang in their city

By Nathan McIntire (Pasadena Star News) 11/23/2009 DUARTE – Officials in Duarte think a neighbor’s gang injunction might strengthen a gang in their city. City officials from Duarte and Monrovia will meet today to discuss the...

Nov 23, 2009 / More »
Lies I Heard Hyperbolic Attack of Illegal Citizens through a Misinformation Campaign

Hyperbolic Attack of Illegal Citizens through a Misinformation Campaign

By Alex Alonso September 9, 2009 As a gang researcher the issue of illegal immigration comes up often when being interviewed or asked to opine on the subject of Los Angeles gangs. For some,...

Sep 9, 2009 / More »
Good Cop / Bad Cop Ex-LAPD officer arrested in Saddleback Church burglaries

Ex-LAPD officer arrested in Saddleback Church burglaries

Nov. 25, 2009 | KPCC Wire Services Former Los Angeles police officer Charles Mottern, 45, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly burglarizing Saddleback Church several times since August 2008, when he worked there as a...

Nov 25, 2009 / More »
Race Girl frightened during race riots grows up to be first black mayor of central Pa. city

Girl frightened during race riots grows up to be first black mayor of central Pa. city

by Marc Levy (Associated Press) November 28, 2009 YORK, Pa. (AP) — A little girl who trembled in her house as a National Guard tank rumbled past during York’s chaotic 1969 race riots has grown...

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Policing Charlie Beck named L.A.’s new chief of police

Charlie Beck named L.A.’s new chief of police

by Joel Rubin (LA Times) November 17, 2009 The Los Angeles City Council today appointed Charlie Beck as the city’s new police chief. The council unanimously approved Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s nomination at a hearing this morning....

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Street Gangs The FBI steps up anti-gang efforts in Los Angeles

The FBI steps up anti-gang efforts in Los Angeles

By Alex Alonso (StreetGangs.com) November 26, 2009 n November 17, 2009, the Federal Bureau of Investigation along with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department arrested 17 members and associates of the Athens Park Boys, a...

Nov 26, 2009 / More »
News Documenting life — and then death

Documenting life — and then death

By Victoria Kim (LA Times) December 1, 2009 Vanessa Roth studied the girl sitting across the table. A light smell of deep-frying oil hung in the air of the Carl’s Jr. restaurant, where the girl worked...

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Politics Committee finds mayor’s gang office should be made independent

Committee finds mayor’s gang office should be made independent

Taking Los Angeles’ $20-million gang intervention and prevention programs out of the mayor’s auspices would allow for more transparency and City Council oversight, ad hoc panel reports. Corina Knoll (LA Times) November 24, 2009 The city...

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