Los Angeles Times

States. Los Angeles, California has seen its fair share of murder and it is the job of the police officers and detectives to maintain order in the streets. Jill Leovy, author of Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America, is also a writer for the Los Angeles times; and she took the liberty of noting every murder that occurred in her city. What would follow was a collection of stories and personal accounts from the streets in the eyes of the gunslingers and the law. South Central Los…

Thompson, was very informational to me. The counterculture in the article is gang members. Gang members are the counterculture because they are not the most powerful, influential, or widespread on the earth. Gang members are not respected and often times treated terrible. Gang members are not listened to and are supposed to obey the laws of the dominant culture. In some cases gang members might be the dominant culture, in specific situations, because the city could be smaller or the gang could…

The western mountains stretch across Southern Alaska to California; they are known as the Coastal Ranges. The Los Angeles Ranges are small groups of mountains in southern California. In Eastern California, you’ll find the Sierra Nevada mountain ranges. California also has volcanoes, though most of them haven’t erupted since prehistoric times. They are known as extinct volcanoes. Natural Resources: California has a lot of redwood trees, so it wouldn't be surprising that there…

look painted on them, but not often is it the truth, and not often does it represent any significant part of their life story. Although I look like I might have lived in Oregon my whole life, I have actually moved seven times, beginning in the valleys and suburbs of Los Angeles. The first eight years of my life were relatively peaceful, living in a large home only an hours drive away from Hollywood. After years of this relatively easy life, the building tensions between my parents reached their…

is also one of the 6 strongest economies worldwide. After President trump winner, then many movements are rising. One of them is “Calexit” which makes about 1/3 of Californian want California break away from the United States. According to the LA Times newspaper, 'Calexit' would be a disaster for progressive values by Conor Friedersdorf, the writer states, “Californians are better educated, wealthier, more liberal, and value healthcare and education more than the rest of the country.” Based on…

task, which in turn makes laborers/societies/organizations more efficient. Ultimately, being more efficient enables workers the time to improve their task so eventually organized communities of “specialists” come from division of labor. MS-13 was comprised of smaller groups of MS-13 gangs that operated independently from each other, but apparently this has changed over time. Law enforcement recently reported that gang members from across the US have joined forces, especially on the east…

named Fabian, who had worked at Homeboy Industries for several years. Boyle says that Fabian has become an incredible man and father, but that his youth was difficult. Fabian’s parents were either beating him or too high to beat him. But during his time at Homeboy Industries, he transformed. He became friends with everyone, including former rivals. Fabian convinced his friends not to do a drive-by against a rival one day by claiming the man was his cousin, even though he was not. With this,…

A. (N**gaz Wit Attitude) was on the rise in the rap industry. Men like N.W.A. generally wore baggy jeans and long white or black oversized t-shirts, some times with ball caps. You can usually tell what gang someone is associated with by the color of shirt and pants they are wearing. Drug trafficking was spreading out of the streets of Los Angeles which was making gangs become richer, better organized and more strapped. Money was everything men lived for and they did anything to get it, but that…

officer could keep a gang member in place by using words. I always thought any officer could just beat it out of them or use some type of threat that will eventually backfire onto the officer. My friend’s aunt, who is now a homicide detective for Los Angeles, has been a probation officer as well. For her experience, to get information or some sort she basically had to use physical force to hear what she wanted. Of course that didn 't end to well, but to hear using word’s meaning just talking to…

sense of discrimination from the White Americans. The bad economy and prejudice from the law enforcement fueled these new generation with a kind of hatred they can act upon. This was a recipe that would eventually lead to huge riot in the middle of Los Angeles County in the city of Watts. The documentary described the city of South Central as a black community as a safe environment whereas today, it is known as a city to avoid at a cost because it is so dangerous. The documentary started off…