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Word: epigmenio (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...they give the police stems from their even greater fear of trigger- happy gangs. Says Regina Jones, a black publicity consultant and former police department radio operator who lives in South Central Los Angeles: "People are frightened of the police, but they are more frightened of our own youth." Epigmenio Alvarez, a factory worker, complains that roadblocks set up by police to disrupt the movement of gang members and drug dealers in mostly Hispanic East L.A. have been a mixed blessing. "The narcos close this street today, and the droguros move to the next one," he says. "Meanwhile, my kids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Complaints About a Crackdown | 7/16/1990 | See Source »

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