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The 1969 York race riot refers to a period of racial unrest in York, Pennsylvania in July 1969. This period of increased racial unrest followed a period of significant racial tension, rioting and racial justice protests that were taking place in multiple cities across Pennsylvania and the nation, during and after the Civil rights movement — actions that had endeavored to abolish multiple ...
This is a list of gangs whose members are associated with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) (typically deputies). Press reports indicate the LASD has had a problem with gangs since at least the 1970s which has expanded to at least 18 gangs. [1] The department has used the term "cliques" when discussing these groups. [2]
The gang itself is named after the Venezuelan state of Aragua, where the gang grew out of a local labor union and formed into a crew of inmates who took control of a local prison and slowly ...
The station served as the police station for the Detroit Police Department's sixth police precinct for over 56 years, covering a portion of Southwest Detroit neighborhoods from 1930 until 1986. It served another 19 years (from 1986 until 2005) as Gang Squad Headquarters for the Detroit Special Crimes Section. The building was abandoned from ...
Federal and L.A. County law enforcement raid 30 homes linked to South L.A. gang Florencia 13 in the shooting death of LAPD Officer Fernando Arroyos in 2022.
The gang, which also peddles a lethal fentanyl mix called Tussi or “pink cocaine,” has grown so fast that it has so far overwhelmed both average New Yorkers and the city’s elite police force.
Alex Alonso, a professor at Cal State L.A. who studies street gangs, noted that the Mission Division covers Panorama City and other communities with larger immigrant populations, which may be less ...
The intersection of 3rd Street and Indiana Avenue was listed number two in a 2007 list of the city's top ten drug corners according to an article by Philadelphia Weekly reporter Steve Volk. [ 3 ] The term "Badlands" was first used by Lt. John Gallo, who headed the East Division Narcotics Task Force [ citation needed ] .