Ex-Inglewood officer pleads no contest in off-duty gun brandishing incident »
by Baxter Holmes (LA Times) November 4, 2009 A former Inglewood police officer who allegedly flashed a firearm at a motorist in a threatening manner while off-duty pleaded no contest today, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s...
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Veteran LAPD officer surrenders after being indicted on weapons charge »
by Scott Glover (LA Times) November 3, 2009 A veteran Los Angeles police officer who owns a private security company in Belize surrendered to federal authorities Monday after being indicted on a weapons charge. Johnny Augustus Baltazar, 50,...
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L.A. is seeing its police officers in a new light »
by Scott Gold, Catherine Saillant and Joe Mozingo (LA Times) November 1, 2009 Hilda Samayoa did something a few weeks ago that would have been highly unusual in her South Los Angeles neighborhood not too long ago:...
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LAPD officers won’t be charged in MacArthur Park melee »
by Richard Winton and Andrew Blankstein (LA Times) October 31, 2009 The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office will not file criminal charges against any of the LAPD officers who discharged rubberized bullets and wielded batons during...
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Graffiti writer Alski, one of the first in Los Angeles »
Alski throughup at the Rapid Transit District (RTD is now Metro) bus alley near 6th Street and Wilton, 1985. Alski, is considered to be one...
Oct 31 2009 / 7 comments / Read More »Amazing 5-year old skater at Summer Night Lights »
By Alex Alonso October 28, 2009 During the summer of 2009 I visited the 16 parks where the Summer Night Lights program had transformed the parks...
Oct 28 2009 / No comment / Read More »Gangs, Migration and Crime »
October 25, 2009 Many explanations have been offered about why gangs form. Such explanations, however, often understate the diversity of social forces that lead to...
Oct 25 2009 / 4 comments / Read More »Godwin Heights Public School wants to “remove” student for “gang activity” »
Does a student at a local public school in Gran Rapids, Michigan deserve to be “removed”? By Alex Alonso October 20, 2009 Administrators from the Godwin Heights...
Oct 20 2009 / 2 comments / Read More »After Fed Crack Down, Still Violence in Highland Park »
Alex Alonso for Streetgangs.com October 4, 2009 On September 22, 2009 Los Angeles City Councilman Ed Reyes said that the recent Avenues bust had removed a...
Oct 4 2009 / 20 comments / Read More »Differences between gang and non-gang inmates on self-control and family influences »
Alex Alonso September 29, 2009 Criminology researchers from California State University, Fresno (M. Jason Kissner, J.D., Ph.D.) and Arizona State University (David C. Pyrooz, M.S.) explored...
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