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Gangs in Humboldt Park originated in the 1950s, and quickly cascaded across nearly all racial groups in the area over the proceeding years as gang related violence also increased, with a surge in the late 1970s. [3] By the late 1980s/early 1990s, approximately 49 of the 139 gangs active in Chicago operated out of the 14th district, Humboldt ...
West Humboldt Park is the area west of Sacramento Boulevard. Many residents on this side of Humboldt Park are low-income working class residents. [5] [6] Though in conventional terms the Humboldt Park neighborhood has been considered between Western Avenue, Pulaski Road, North Avenue, and Chicago Avenue. The area west of Pulaski until Kenton ...
Burglars busted into a West Humboldt Park non-profit's headquarters, stealing electronics and even a van, all caught on surveillance video.
In the early 1950s, immigration to Chicago had picked up considerably, namely to the west side and parts of the south side with many coming from Puerto Rico. Demographic shifts and conflicts around this time led to the formation of many gangs, and the inception of a broader gang culture in Humboldt Park, and around other parts of the city.
A Chicago police officer was shot while patrolling in Humboldt Park early Sunday morning, authorities said. Two officers were on patrol on the 3800 block of West Augusta Boulevard at around 2:02 a ...
Two men were in critical condition after they were gunned down in a drive-by shooting overnight in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, Chicago police saiid. About 3 a.m. Saturday, the victims were ...
They expanded into West Humboldt Park at Ridgeway & Thomas, and took over the 'hoods of North Ave & Harding, LeMoyne & Springfield, and Springfield & Hirsch, which branched into Avers & Hirsch ("Westown Cobras"). In the 1980s, according to criminologist John Haggerdon's book Insane the Chicago Way,
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