Published: July 31, 2009 at 1:55 AM
LONDON, July 31 (UPI) — The conventional wisdom that gangs are at the root of gun crime in Britain is overstated and gangs are not involved in most illegal shootings, researchers said.
Working on separate research projects, researchers Simon Hallsworth and Dr. Daniel Silverstone independently concluded that the importance of [...]
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Alex Alonso for StreetGangs.com
July 31, 2009
One of the most comprehensive, long lasting, and effective gang programs in the State of California, Homeboy Industries, is raising money because many of their regular donors have not been able to continue to finance the program because of the slumping economy.
It cost 9 million dollars per year [...]
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POSTED: 3:06 pm EDT July 29, 2009
BOSTON — A Boston police officer was placed on administrative leave after he allegedly used a racial slur when referring to Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Boston Globe
In a mass e-mail, Officer Justin Barrett, 36, called Gates a “jungle monkey,” according to a law enforcement source.
Gates, a black Harvard scholar, was [...]
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Alex Alonso for StreetGangs.com
July 29, 2009
Miller Gangster Bloods is a neighborhood located on 120th Street between Avalon and Central Avenues who have occupied that area for over 25 years. Lil Bay Boo, 18, grew up in this neighborhood and we caught up with him on 120th Street across the street from Magic Johnson Park. [...]
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Alex Alonso for StreetGangs.com
July 29, 2009
Glenn Beck, revealed his true feelings about Barack Obama, by calling him a “racist” on the Fox and Friends morning show on July 28, 2009. Although President Obama was raised by white people, has hired white people to run his cabinet, and grew up with white people, Beck believes [...]
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By Jennifer McLain
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
EL MONTE, Calif. — An El Monte Flores gang member who was kicked in the head by a police officer on live television demanded $5 million for his injuries from the city Thursday.
Parolee and gang member Richard Rodriguez, 24, now suffers from headaches, blurred vision, and dizziness, according to the [...]
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07:36 AM EDT on Monday, July 27, 2009
By W. Zachary Malinowski
Journal Staff Writer
CRANSTON — The ongoing battles between violent street gangs such as the Young Bloods, Hanover Boyz, Asian Outlaw Boyz, MS-13 and Providence Street Boys know no boundaries.
It’s no secret that most of the state’s 1,400 gang members are scattered across several Providence neighborhoods [...]
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A work progam in Lynn for troubled youths helps them to separate their lives from crime, focus on their futures
By Steven Rosenberg
Globe Staff / July 26, 2009
With green T-shirts, jeans, and sneakers, the teenagers look like any other summer job crew that appears as a blur to passing motorists.
But these kids know they’re not [...]
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By Brian Day, Whittier Daily News Staff Writer
Posted: 07/25/2009 08:35:26 PM PDT
PICO RIVERA – Three men were in custody Saturday in connection with a June pizza parlor shooting that left three people dead and seven more wounded.
Rudy Ruiz, 30, of an unincorporated county area near Whittier; Christopher Johnson, 18, of Montebello; and John Perez, [...]
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By STEVEN BEARDSLEY, Naples News
Posted July 28, 2009 at 7:39 p.m.
LEE COUNTY — Elvis Rodriguez, 30, flashed Latin Kings hand signals on his Myspace.com page and called himself “King Kamel,†according to his arrest report.
Richard Figueroa-Santiago, 22, used his Myspace page to post pictures of friends making “Eastside†hand gestures, detectives said.
Now, in the [...]
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