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The second reason for the increase in gang violence is just as basic. As gang members like Chino are coming back to their old neighborhoods, the police--demoralized by scandal--are backing out of them. In the mid-'90s, the L.A.P.D. curtailed gang violence with some hard-nosed policing, spearheaded...
Los Angeles chief of police Bernard Parks dissolved the CRASH units in March 2000 and in their place set up Special Enforcement Units, which operate under severely limited rules of engagement. Morale fell to an all-time low, and many cops left for police departments in other cities. It was...
"That is what you call bait," says Spotter with a laugh, looking down the sights of the rifle. He whistles a warning to his homeboys on the street. A black-and-white comes into view, doing a slow lap around four or five blocks, up Pico, across Mariposa, down and...
For the younger gangsters, the shootings are like a game. And with the cops pulling back, the game has only one rule: Kill or be killed. On a Saturday night in the Playboys' neighborhood, three young gang members are hanging out--Rowdy, Spotter and Mad Dog. Spotter has taken a...
But you don’t just hear the facts—nothing but the facts, ma’am. That Joe Friday approach is the fare of police logs and bad cops reporting. These raw radio transmissions give out the texture of law enforcement’s culture. You...