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Soon after, Hawkins and his family found their cars were being vandalized. The family began keeping watch for hooligans outside the store. Last Sept. 11, Hawkins ran off eight youths who were trying to steal a radio and bicycles from a woman and three children. Minutes later, one of the...
The next night, more than a dozen youths carrying Molotov cocktails appeared outside the Hawkins home but were dispersed by warning shots fired by family members. Twice more that night the youths returned, firing barrages at the house and once even pinning down police called by the family. Says Hawkins...
Hawkins has been displaying true grit all his life. He arrived in Los Angeles in 1939 with a seventh-grade education and $14 in his pocket and soon had a job as a guard at an Alcoa Aluminum plant. Saving carefully, he managed to amass $400 to purchase a small...
Hawkins began his own businesses, among them a motorcycle escort service for weddings and funerals, and several mortuaries. Today the Hawkins family runs a loose conglomeration of 18 firms that includes nursing homes and construction companies and a 35-acre farm. Family members drive a BMW, Lincoln Continental, Mercedes and...
Police patrols have increased in Hawkins' neighborhood, and there is a 24-hour watch on his property. But even if the police go, Hawkins intends to stay. "I'm not leaving," he insists. "I'm relying on my God and my guns."