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...same gang members who will torture an enemy to death simply for being caught alone will take in homeless children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LEON BING: In The Brutal World of L.A.'s Toughest Gangs | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

...They were all dressed in their gang color: red baseball caps, shirts, pants, scarves, shoes. That's what they call "flamed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LEON BING: In The Brutal World of L.A.'s Toughest Gangs | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

...treated them like people. And you changed their gang nicknames in the book to protect them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LEON BING: In The Brutal World of L.A.'s Toughest Gangs | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

...Gang members have told me that when someone looks at them with terror in their eyes or reflexively locks the car doors as they walk across the parking lot, they want to hurt them. They see the women clutching their bags closer, the white men switching their briefcases to the other hand as they approach. They know that part of the reason for the fear is because they're black, or poor. Nobody wants to be an object of terror. Nobody wants to be insulted like that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LEON BING: In The Brutal World of L.A.'s Toughest Gangs | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

...went to their homes. They took you places, introduced you to other gang members, to their parents, their parole officers. They showed you their AK-47s and Uzis. They told you their dreams. They told you about murders they had committed. Did you ever invite them to your home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LEON BING: In The Brutal World of L.A.'s Toughest Gangs | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

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