By Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer May 9, 2012 | 4:09 p.m. LOS ANGELES – After about 4 hours of deliberations the jury found 18th Street gang member Pedro Espinoza guilty of 1st degree murder in the 2008 killing of Jamiel Shaw Jr. While walking home in the Washington Heights neighborhood, Shaw crossed paths with [...]
By Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer May 9, 2012 | 2:04 p.m. LOS ANGELES — On Tuesday, closing arguments were presented in the murder trial of Pedro Espinoza, the teenager accused of killing Jamiel Shaw, 17, on March 2, 2008. Espinoza, now 22, was dressed in a dark brown double breasted suit with glasses and [...]
By Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer May 7, 2012 | 6:47 p.m. Updated: May 8 | 11:51 a.m. Correction: The defense did call one witness, LAPD officer Javier Hernandez on May 3, 2012. LOS ANGELES — Monday morning defense attorney Csaba Palfi was ready to present his defense in the murder trial of Pedro Espinoza [...]
By Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer May 7, 2012 | 4:15 a.m. PST Friday marked the fourth and final day of the prosecution’s case against Pedro Espinoza who is accused of killing Jamiel Shaw, Jr. on March 2, 2008. LAPD Gang Expert testifies Officer Winston Lee of the LAPD testified Friday morning in the trial [...]
By Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer May 6, 2012 | 5:55 a.m. PST Los Angeles — The person found most responsible for the brutal beating of truck driver Reginald Denny during the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, Damian “Football” Williams has spoke out on this 20th anniversary of the Uprising. Williams was sentenced to 10-years for [...]
By Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer May 6, 2012 | 3:38 a.m. PST LOS ANGELES — On Thursday, the murder trial of Pedro Espinoza continued, marking the third day of testimony. Juan Torres was the last witness and under the direct examination of Deputy District Attorney Allyson Ostrowski when trial recessed on Tuesday. Torres resumed [...]
By Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer May 2, 2012 | 11:55 p.m. PST Opening Statements On Monday, opening statements in the murder trial of Pedro Espinoza began. Espinoza is on trial for the 2008 killing of Jamiel Shaw Jr., who was a standout football star at Los Angeles High School. On March 2, while walking [...]
By Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer April 29, 2012 | 11:35 a.m. PST updated: May 1, 2001 | 8:07 p.m. LOS ANGELES –During the Los Angeles Uprising of 1992 when people were revolting, protesting and expressing the most extreme versions of hate, I took to the streets against my father’s wishes. I was 21 and [...]
By Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer April 29, 2012 | 11:16 a.m. PST While examining the social networking website, Myspace, I noticed a page of a person claiming Compton Varrio 70, that posted racial hate messages. In the title of the page it states, “COMPTON VARRIO 70 TINY LOKOS BIG MAGIKO NK ALL DAY.” Compton [...]
By Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer April 23, 2012 | 1:45 p.m. PST In 1992, I had a front row seat during the Los Angeles Uprising so I pulled out my Olympus 35mm camera and shot some pics. I shot a couple rolls of the destruction that I witnessed first hand, and visited some other [...]
Streetgangs.com Staff April 15, 2012 | 12:10 a.m. PST LOS ANGELES — Federal charges were announced Thursday against 12 defendants for a variety of federal narcotics and firearms violations as part of an Inland Empire investigation known as “Operation Squeeze Play.” Of the 12 defendants charged two are still at large. In 2011, an FBI [...]
Streetgangs.com Staff April 14, 2012 | 10:18 p.m. PST LOS ANGELES – On April 28, 1992, gang members in Watts, both Crips and Bloods alike, signed a “Cease Fire Agreement,” an unprecedented agreement between rival gangs in Southeast Los Angeles. The “Peace Treaty” simultaneously sought to deal with “human capacity building” in an area blighted [...]
Photos: Los Angeles Riots in 1992 and 20 years later (page 1 of 2)
Los Angeles Riots property damage from 1992 and 1997
Funeral Service for Rolland Miller in Los Angeles
Candle light vigil for Rolland “Rocky” Miller turns out hundreds of friends
McDonald’s sign charging Blacks a surcharge is fake
James Whitey Bulger photos through the years