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The Ash Street shootout was a gunfight on September 23, 1989, in the Hilltop neighborhood of Tacoma, Washington, United States, between off-duty United States Army Rangers and people associated with one Ranger's across-the-street neighbors, who were suspected of drug dealing and gang activity.
Sanyika Shakur (born Kody Dejohn Scott; November 13, 1963 – June 6, 2021), [1] [2] also known by his former street moniker Monster or Monster Kody, was an American author and former gangster. He was a member of the Los Angeles-based Eight Tray Gangster Crips. He got his nickname as a 13-year-old gang member when he beat and stomped a robbery ...
The film deals with the life of Stanley Tookie Williams (Foxx), the co-founding member of the Crips street gang. [3] Along with showing his life in the streets and his time in San Quentin State Prison, it shows the work Williams did while incarcerated to help decrease gang violence in the world. The film was shot in 2003 while Williams was ...
"American Gangster" The Council in New York City, NY: November 1, 2007 2 "You Rat, You Die" MS-13 in Northern Virginia: November 8, 2007 3 "Code of Conduct" Mexican Mafia in Los Angeles, CA: November 15, 2007 4 "Behind Enemy Lines" Hells Angels in the West Coast: November 28, 2007 5 "Race Wars" Bloods, Crips and Sureños in Los Angeles, CA ...
Law enforcement officials in Los Angeles have charged nine alleged gang members with committing six homicides, multiple shootings and various other crimes in a pocket of South L.A. hit hard by the ...
Crips and Bloods: Made in America is a 2008 documentary by Stacy Peralta that examines the rise of the Crips and Bloods, prominent gangs in America who have been at war with each other. The documentary focuses on the external factors that caused African-American youth to turn to gangs and questions the political and law enforcement response to ...
In the days that followed the mall assault, members of the Eight Trey Gangster Crips messaged each other about the location of rival O’Block and 8AM gang members, known to hang out in the Hoover ...
This is a list of hood films.These films focus on the culture and life of African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and, in some cases, Asian-Americans or White Americans who live in segregated, low-income urban communities.