Gang Violence

Former White Supremacist Gang Member Sues A&E For Endangering His Life

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: A&e, White Supremacists, Donald Mazza, Crime News, Crime, Organized Crime, Public Enemy #1, Gangland, Gangs, Lawsuit, Video, Public Enemy Number One, Gang Violence, William Austin, Donald Popeye Mazza, History Channel, Crime News

William Austin, a former white supremacist gang banger turned whistleblower and devout Christian, has filed a law suit against the A&E Television Netw...

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13-Year-Old Killed During Another Bloody Chicago Weekend

Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Adrian Luna Shot, Video, Brighton Park Shooting, Chicago Crime, Chicago Shooting, Gang Violence, 13-Year-Old Shot, 13-Year-Old Killed, Chicago Gang Violence, Adrian Luna 13, Adrian Luna Dead, Chicago News

Police say a shooting that killed a 13-year-old boy in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood this weekend, one of four fatalities among 21 wounded by g...

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The Indie on Demand Movie Review: The Interrupters

Dan Persons | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Latinos, Inner City, Gang Violence, Chicago, Documentary, Ceasefire, Gangs, African Americans, Entertainment News

In this week's quickie Indie on Demand Movie Review, we take a look at The Interrupters, a documentary, now available on-demand.

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Stockton's Poor Mired In Violence After Police Cuts, Recession

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Crime, Police, Stockton California, Violence, Stockton Poverty, Breakdown, Stockton Police, Gang Violence, Stockton Crime, Poor, California Poverty, Stockton Police Department, Slidepollajax, Stockton, Crime News

STOCKTON, Calif. –- Last year, Pablo Cano put to rest 12 murder victims, the most he's handled in four decades as an undertaker in this troubled cit...

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Female Gang Members On Love And Motherhood

Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Book News, Gang Motherhood, Drug Gangs, Gang Books, Gang Violence, Girl Gang Members, Gangs Book, Gangs, Gang Love, Girl Gangs, Female Gang Members, Books News

The following is an excerpt from "Jumped In" by Jorja Leap [Beacon Press, $26.96] No one believes I’m in a gang. My mama don’t believe I’m i...

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WATCH: Why Hasn't This Atlanta Anti-Gay Crime Victim Come Forward?

Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Atlanta Hate Crime, Gay Rights, Gang Violence, Homophobia, LGBT Rights, Atlanta, Georgia, Gay Hate Crime, Gangs, Anti-Gay Hate Crimes, Gay Voices News

Shockingly brutal footage of an Atlanta gang beating up a local teenager who reportedly was targeted due to his perceived sexual orientation has gone ...

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Connie Rice: 'The Conscience Of Los Angeles'

Debra Ollivier | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Connie Rice, Lapd, Martin Luther King, Power Concedes Nothing, Civil Rights, Gang Violence, Fifty News

No one but Connie Rice has ever simultaneously (and successfully) sued the Los Angeles Police Department and forged a pioneering partnership with them.

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New Test Measures How Badly Gang Members Want Out

AP | By CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Anti-Gangs, Youth Violence Gangs, Leaving a Gang, Los Angeles New Gang Test, Gang Violence, La New Gang Test, Youth Gangs, Gang Test, Usc Gang Test, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES -- Melissa Pirraglio spent many of her 11 years of gang life in drug-addled despair seeking a way out. "There's an inkling in every singl...

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Foster Teen: 'I Want Out Of My Gang Family'

| Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Youth Gangs, Youth Violence, Teens in Gangs, New York Gangs, Foster Teens, Represent Magazine, Gang Violence, High School News

This is a teen-written article from our friends at Represent Magazine, a platform for and by young people in foster care. Some details from this young...

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Reclaiming The Streets Of Boyle Heights

Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: East LA, Hollenbeck Station, Boyle Heights Beat, Gang Violence, Boyle Heights, Mayor Villaraigosa, Proyecto Pastoral, Los Angeles, Video, Latino Voices News

This article is part of a weekly series published in partnership with the Boyle Heights Beat. It appears on Wednesdays. By Charley Patiño ...

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Question Authority, Students; Show Them How, Teachers

Larry Strauss | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Schools and Prisons, Prison Overcrowding, Juvenile Delinquency, At-Risk Youth, Inner City Schools, Zero Tolerance, School Security, Gang Violence, Education News

The lockdown model of education with oppressive rules and blindly inflexible enforcement is a failure. Let's find a way to replace punishment with inspiration, dispassionate control with tough love.

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Libraries: Are They Obsolete?

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Student, Grandparents, Public Education, Libraries, Gang Violence, Parents, Libraries in Crisis, Public Libraries, Education News

As time goes by, and our reliance on electronic gadgets increases, there will be less funding provided for our beloved brick-and-mortar establishments. We must never let this happen.

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WATCH: Man Killed By Masked Gunman At His Surprise Party

Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Birthday Party Slaying, Video, Spanish Cobras, Gang Violence, Harry Rodriguez, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Gun Violence, Chicago Birthday Party Murder, Harry Rodriguez Killed, Chicago Gangs, Chicago News

A man celebrating his 24th birthday with family and friends early Sunday was killed when a masked gunman entered the Northwest Side surprise party and...

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5-Year-Old Killed In Gang-Related Suburban Shooting

Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Eric Galarza Elgin, Chicagoland Crime, Gang Violence, Elgin Illinois, Eric Galarza, Elgin Shooting, Eric Galarza Killed, Gang-Related Shooting, 5-Year-Old Shot, Elgin Crime, Chicago News

A 5-year-old boy was killed in a gang-related shooting Friday while he sat in the back seat of his family's car in his Elgin driveway. Someone fire...

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Drug Cartels Compete In Mexico

AP | By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Drug Gangs, Drug War, Mexico Gangs, Drug Cartel, Mexico Drug Cartels, Gang Violence, Acapulco, Mexigo, Drug Cartel Violence, World News

MEXICO CITY -- Masked gunmen dump the bodies of 35 slaying victims during rush hour as terrified motorists watch and tweet friends to avoid the avenue...

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WATCH: A Cure For Inner-City Violence?

Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Innercity Violence, Video, Murder Rates, Homicide, Operation Ceasefire, David Kennedy, Gang Violence, Gang, Violence, Gang Members, Gangs, You've Got, Inner-City Violence, Homicide Rates, Crime News

Finding a way to end gang violence is as easy as offering gang members a "way out." At least according to David Kennedy, author of "Don't Shoot" an...

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WATCH: Students At Urban Prep Targeted By Gangs, Parents Demand Protection

Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Video, Gang Violence, Urban Prep, Robbery, Assault, Chicago West Side, Urban Prep Academy, School Violence, Urban Prep Violence, Charter School, Parents, Chicago News

The parents of students at a West Side preparatory school are demanding heightened protection, claiming their children are being targeted and terroriz...

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Gang Member Charged In Brutal Attack That Left 14-Year-Old In A Coma

Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Summer Violence, Spanish Cobras, Esteban Miranda, Chicago Crime, Logan Square Chicago, Gang Violence, Brain Deleon, Brian Deleon Attacked, Maniac Latin Disciples, Chicago Gang Violence, Chicago Summer Violence, Esteban Miranda Charged, Logan Square Beating, Chicago News

A Chicago gang member was charged late Tuesday in the brutal beating of a 14-year-old boy he mistook for a member of a rival gang to the point of a co...

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WATCH: High School Freshman Brutally Attacked After Studying In Logan Square

Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Video, Brian Deleon, Gang Violence, Brian Deleon Attacked, Logan Square, Chicago Crime, Logan Square Teen Attacked, Chicago Violence, Chicago Police Department, Chicago News

A 14-year-old boy was in a coma early Wednesday after being brutally attacked in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood while walking home from his girlf...

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13-Year-Old Boy Among 3 Teens Injured In Rogers Park Shooting

Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Summer Violence, Shooting, Chicago Crime, Crime, Gang Violence, Chicago Street Violence, Street Violence, 13-Year-Old Shot, Rogers Park Crime, Rogers Park Shooting, Chicago Gang Violence, Video, Chicago News

A 13-year-boy was in serious condition Tuesday morning after being shot along with two other teens in the Rogers Park neighborhood on Chicago's North ...

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Calif. Prisons Use Indefinite Solitary Confinement To Thwart Gang Violence

www.latimes.com | Jack Dolan | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: U.S. Bureau of Prisons, Department of Criminal Justice, Indefinite Solitary Confinement, Solitary Confinement, Florida Department of Corrections, California Prisons, Gang Violence, Impact News

U.S. prisons typically reserve solitary confinement for inmates who commit serious offenses behind bars. In California, however, suspected gang member...

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Butcher Killed By Stray Bullet While Working

Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Alfredo Cuellar r.i.p., Alfredo Cuellar Killed, Chicago Crime, Crime, Gang Violence, Margarita's Meat Market, Chicago Violence, Street Violence, Alfredo Cuellar, Chicago Gang Violence, Video, Chicago News

A butcher and cashier of a South Side meat market was killed Thursday morning after a bullet came through the window of his workplace, Margarita's Mea...

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Witness Killed In Florida Gang Trial

AP | KELLI KENNEDY | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Murder, Witness, Trial, Witness Killed, Homicide, Witness Killing, Futo Charles, Sequestered, Gang Violence, Florida Crime, Gang, Florida, Top 6, Crime News

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The day Eguel Geffrard was supposed to testify in the trial of the man accused of leading one of South Florida's most vi...

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Baking Cookies And Inspiring At-Risk Youth

HuffingtonPost.com | Kia Makarechi | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Ytp, San Francisco Gang Violence, At-Risk Youth, Education Programs, Video, Huffpost Greatest Person of the Day, San Francisco Impact, Sabrina Mutukisna, Cynically Delicious, California Teacher Pathway, Gang Violence, Youth Teacher Pathway, Greatest Person of the Day, Good News, Impact News

Cupcakes and gang violence aren't normally connected, but one Bay Area 26-year-old is taking a passion for well-crafted confections and a desire to pr...

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17 Killed In Mexico Prison Fight

AP | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Mexico, Mexico Prison, Mexico Prison Fight, Mexico Gang Violence, Inmates Killed, Mexico Gangs, Gang Violence, World News

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- At least 17 inmates were killed in a prison fight in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, authorities said Tuesday. A deadly cl...

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