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The Compton Fashion Center was established in 1985 by six Korean swap meet vendors. [3] It was the first indoor swap meet in Southern California. [1] The vendors purchased a former Sears store in Compton, California for $2.8 million, spending another $1.4 million to convert it to a swap meet with 350 stalls. [4]
The book Once Upon a Time in Compton, by Brennan and Ladd with author/screenwriter Lolita Files, about their years in the Compton Gang Unit, the rise of Gangsta rap, gang wars, the L.A. riots, the investigations of the murders of rappers Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G., and the fall of the Compton Police Department, was published on April ...
The South Side Compton Crips allegedly celebrated the murder of Shakur [8] and a gang war erupted between the Bloods and Crips in Compton. Starting from September 9, 12 shootings occurred, resulting in three fatalities. [9] In response to this violence, the police conducted raids of the houses of known gang members.
Rappers B.G. Knocc Out and Gangsta Dresta were members of the Nutty Blocc Compton Crips. [2] The Game's father was a Nutty Blocc Compton Crip, and through his father The Game also had two half-brothers who were members of the Nutty Blocc Compton Crips. [5] Both of these half-brothers were murdered. [5]
In an apparent change of course from her sworn statements last year, Undersheriff April Tardy testified Tuesday there was no work slowdown led by deputy gangs at the Compton sheriff's station in 2019.
Albert Camarillo, right, a Chicano studies scholar and author of "Compton in My Soul," a memoir about growing up in Compton during the 1950s and 1960s, speaks at Color Compton on Aug. 24, 2024.
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Before Tuesday, federal prosecutors had already charged more than 70 alleged gang members, Luger said. Last year, authorities set their sights on three Minneapolis-based gangs.