Gangs

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October 31, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Whether based on actual incidents or the product of rumors and hoaxes, stories of Halloween gang initiations…
October 21, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government says the gang problem in the United States is growing and that there are…
August 12, 2011
LONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron told lawmakers he would look to cities like Boston for inspiration in fighting…
August 11, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The National Gang Center recently released a study that estimated 55 percent of all gang activity occurs…
July 12, 2011
OPINION - 'Boyz n the Hood' seems to ask this still relevant question: Sure we all have to go sometime,…
June 8, 2011
OPINION - The fed crackdown on the Azusa street gangs by itself won't stop hate attacks on blacks...
June 7, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Latino gang conspired to rid a Southern California city of its black residents through intimidation,…
June 6, 2011
NEW YORK - Cops say the 39-year-old victim was walking along the bridal path next to the reservoir at East…
June 3, 2011
NBC NEW YORK - The 14-year-old student from Brooklyn, was rushed to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead...
May 17, 2011
OPINION - While it might be easy to blame the artists for glorifying violence, one must also acknowledge the cultural…
April 12, 2011
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A movie starring Denzel Washington was a little too thrilling for a Cape Town neighborhood that has…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Inner-city students can go to college, and Roosevelt High School principal Terry Houston proves it every day...
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Terrance Roberts tells high school students they'll have 700 days after joining a gang until they're in…
December 20, 2010
Waka also states that the rumor that an associate shown on stage in a video [that has since been removed]…
December 15, 2010
CLUTCH - 'The Peacemaker' follows Malik Spellman, a New York-born gang mediator, as he traverses the streets of L.A., squashing…
December 12, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Moms and dads in Los Angeles County are being sent to mandatory parenting classes after their…
November 29, 2010
OPINION - It should serve as an opportunity for us to examine the ways in which we as a black…
July 30, 2010
In the 11500 block of South Perry Avenue in West Pullman, neighbors said they watched in horror as a gunman…