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...documents the apparent transformation of the Latin Kings, the largest and most powerful street gang in New York City. In 1994, they became the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation, claiming to have abandoned their criminal past and following the examples of the Black Panthers and the Young Lords, a Latino street gang that became a political force in the late 1960s in Chicago. This change to a socially and politically active organization is what the Nation means when it talks about "going downtown...
...three extended) being thrown around all over the place, on top of some heavy beats provided by Sasha Costanza-Chock, who mixed the soundtrack. King Tone, the current leader of the Nation, then talks about his own sense of transformation and that of the Nation, saying that it forces young people to ask themselves "Who are you ? If you don't know who you are, you don't know where the hell you're going." Tone took over the leadership from King Blood, who is now serving a 145- year prison term, the first 45 years of which will...
...Nation has gone "downtown," why are the police so concerned? According to Richie Perez, the founder of the Young Lords, the police ignore gang activity as long as the gangs are fighting each other. Their greatest fear, says Perez, is that "street gangs will become politicized." King Tone describes his dedication to this cause, saying "I'm willing to die to change my people's condition." Responding to the arrests of "Operation Crown," Tone states "that's power-when they arrest you for nothing but being...
...documents the apparent transformation of the Latin Kings, the largest and most powerful street gang in New York City. In 1994, they became the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation, claiming to have abandoned their criminal past and following the examples of the Black Panthers and the Young Lords, a Latino street gang that became a political force in the late 1960s in Chicago. This change to a socially and politically active organization is what the Nation means when it talks about "going downtown...
...three extended) being thrown around all over the place, on top of some heavy beats provided by Sasha Costanza-Chock, who mixed the soundtrack. King Tone, the current leader of the Nation, then talks about his own sense of transformation and that of the Nation, saying that it forces young people to ask themselves "Who are You? If you don't know who you are, you don't know where the hell you're going." Tone took over the leadership from King Blood, who is now serving a 145-year prison term, the first 45 years of which will...