Los Angeles Gang War 1992

For 30 years two rival los angeles gangs the bloods and the crips had fought a deadly turf war in which hundreds died.

Los angeles gang war 1992. Ashley myers turner kpcc aqeela sherrils a former grape street crip helped established the 1992 watts gang truce. In los angeles county last year 775 people were killed in gang related violence. Rocked by gang violence civil unrest and a proliferation of lethal weapons 1992 was the deadliest year in los angeles county history officials said monday.

And without support they said the truce is unlikely to spread beyond south los angeles home to the crips and bloods and into other areas of the county where latino gangs are based. Skip townsend a roll n 20 blood eventually joined the the gang truce in 92. And now investigators are trying to determine exactly what role the street gangs played in the rioting.

The photographer joseph rodriguez arrived in los angeles immediately after the 1992 riots that erupted when four white police officers were acquitted of violating rodney king s civil rights. Comments are disabled do to stupid ass people commenting racist comments. The remarkable photographs from real life crime scenes are taken by the los angeles police department in the early to mid 20th century nika shakhnazarova 23 jan 2019 16 10.