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Out of all of the special population gangs there are, the group I find the most interesting to read about and research about is the 1% motorcycle gangs. Before this project, I was not very knowledgeable of the 1% motorcycle gangs and their prevalence in the Chattanooga area because even though I’ve lived here my entire life, there is still so much that I do not know about Chattanooga. It is important to know who takes up residence in your hometown and it makes for intriguing research material. I…

The revelation that the dream was teaching the dreamers how to live… Dreamers come to California because it is the last stop for all those who come from somewhere else. However, is it a right place for dreamers? Slouching Toward Bethlehem is a 1968 collection of essays by Joan Didion that mainly describes her experiences in California during the 1960s. The New York Times referred to it as “a rich display of some of the best prose written today in this country”. Also, “The Center Will Not Hold”…

violent and criminal organized gang in the country? After the Central American silver war was over in the 1980’s, many Salvadorians immigrated to the United States. Most of the immigrants migrated to Los Angeles, California and few immigrated to Washington D.C. After settling into the barrios of Los Angeles the Salvadorians became the minority in the community…

home were released by the Los Angeles Police Department last week. The women’s faces in the photos looked like they were unconscious, asleep, or dead. These women were mothers, daughters, and sisters who had families that will never get their loved ones back. It was a abhorrent case that is part of history today. Women left behind children, spouses, and families. I cannot imagine what the women who were captured by this Lonnie Franklin. At this time the people of Los Angeles did not trust the…

The Rodney King incident is an event that took place on March 3, 1991. Rodney King was pulled over by Los Angeles police after a high-speed chase. When the officers were able to finally to seize Mr. King they pulled him out of his vehicle and almost beat him to death. What the four police officers didn’t know is that they were being recorded by a civilian name George Holliday. After the video got to release the four officers were charges with assault with a deadly weapon and excessive use of…

Rodney Glen King lll was an American taxi driver in Los Angeles, California. Tragically, he became nationally known after being identified as the victim, beaten by Los Angeles Police Department (L.A.P.D) officers following a high- speed car chase. Due to the incident, it caused riots all over the nation. California in particular, was the initial place the riots started. Early Sunday morning around 12:30 on March 3, 1991, Rodney King, along with two additional passengers, Bryant Allen and…

This “Dirty Scandal” took place in the New York City Department in 1992-1995. Thirty-three officers were charged with several law violations, including extortion, civil rights conspiracy, grand larceny, and narcotics distribution. It was one of the largest collection of police officers with corruption charges in almost a decade. Those officers were not acting alone, they were organized group under the leadership of - mentioned above - Kevin P. Nannery. Because of this scandal, not only that many…

The report I chose was retrieved from ABC News and written by reporter Dennis Romero, addressing the heartbreaking shooting of an unarmed African American male name Stephon Clark who lived in Sacramento, California. This tragedy initiated a large protest by the Black Lives Matter movement in the Sacramento area. It affected the local community and an event in the community all day on a Thursday, March 22, 2018. The local community the protestors affected were five expressed highways. Protestors…

On March 3, 1991, after a fifteen-minute high-speed car chase, four white police officers brutally beat up an African American named Rodney King, who lay unarmed and helpless on the ground (Davis 67). Bothered by the lights and noise, George Holliday awoke in his nearby apartment and recorded the entire beating on his video camera. The video displayed the officers violently hitting him over fifty times with metallic batons, as well as kicking and shoving him to the rough asphalt. The recording…

Let’s begin with the killing of Los Angeles Police Department officer Kevin Gaines. He was shot by undercover officer frank Lyga. Lyga was involved in a road rage incident with Gaines and suspected him of being a gang member. After his untimely death it came to be known that on his off duty time he worked as a security guard. It also came to light that this was not his first road rage case where he would threaten drives with a gun. Kevin Gaines came to be employed on his off time by Suge Knight…