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Trinidad Silva, Jr. (January 30, 1950 – July 31, 1988) was an American comedian and character actor who played small supporting roles in a number of films of the 1980s. He is known for the roles of Jesus Martinez, a gang leader in the TV series Hill Street Blues; Frog in the film Colors; and Raul, the bizarre animal lover in "Weird" Al Yankovic's first film, UHF.
The earliest (1820s–1860s) criminal street gangs in the United States, who were in New York City and were politically aligned with one or the other of the two prominent political parties at the time — the anti-immigrant Nativist, Know Nothing Party, or the Irish immigrant-based Tammany Hall of the Democratic Party — wore distinctive gang colors to differentiate ...
Colors is a 1988 American police procedural action crime film starring Sean Penn and Robert Duvall, and directed by Dennis Hopper.The film takes place in the gang ridden neighborhoods of Los Angeles: late-1980s South Central Los Angeles, Echo Park, Westlake and East Los Angeles.
He also showed a reporter a gang Whatsapp thread with texts from gang members threatening turf wars with the Venezuelans. Octavia Mitchell, 52, lost her son to gun violence in 2010 and her nephew ...
The Fresno Bulldogs can be traced back to the 1970s but did not become an independent street gang until the 1980s. Their independence developed in the California prison system during the prison wars of 1984—1985. Back when there was still an allegiance between Norteños and F-14ers, the gang was known as F-14.
Colors: Bangin' in South Carolina is a 2014 documentary film directed by Terry Davis. The documentary explores the gang epidemic that plagued the state's capital city, Columbia for years. The film details the 15-year gang feud between the Crips, Bloods, and Gangster Disciples.
Cameron Terrell is an American former member of the Rollin 90s Neighborhood Crips gang, [1] who was acquitted for his alleged role in the murder of 21 year-old Justin Holmes. Terrell's case received national media attention, as Terrell was white and came from an affluent background, which is unusual among members of the Crips gang.
The core members of the Damu Ridas were from two different Blood gangs: the L.A. Denver Lane Bloods and the Crenshaw Mafia Bloods. The two gangs have been close allies for decades and are still allied today. [14] B-Brazy, Peanut II and Lil' Laniak II were from the Denver Lanes.