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Gang shoot out ended high school soccor and baseball games. TX

By Star-Telegram

ARLINGTON — Police made two arrests on Friday in connection with a street gang shoot-out that ended high school soccer and baseball games at nearby Sam Houston High School on Wednesday.

No one was injured, but school officials "pulled everybody off the field into the building," Jimmy Womack, the Arlington school district's…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on March 10, 2010 at 6:38am — No Comments

Man stabbed, Child shot in gang related fight, CA

Police Arrest 2 Men In Connection To Incident

POSTED: 5:08 am PST March 6, 2010

UPDATED: 6:27 pm PST March 6, 2010…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on March 10, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

Gunmen in the notoriously violent organization manned by central American nationals halted at no racial gender or socioeconomic boundaries when it came to killing.

LAWRENCEVILLE — The street gang MS-13 left a bloody imprint during its decade-long turf war in Gwinnett.

Gunmen in the notoriously violent organization manned by Central American nationals halted at no racial, gender or socioeconomic boundaries when it came to killing. They specialized in sending messages, in committing heinous acts in public places that drew headlines.

And they knew how to…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on March 10, 2010 at 6:26am — No Comments

Two 18th st. Gang members, shoot at Rival Sur 13 gang members. GA

Suspected gang members arrested after clash

By Joe Johnson - joe.johnson@onlineathens.com

Published Saturday, March 06, 2010…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on March 10, 2010 at 6:21am — No Comments

Two people stabbeds in greely CO. Gang related....

Two people were stabbed early Sunday morning in south Greeley, and police said the injuries were not life-threatening, but they believe the incident is gang-related.

Greeley police were called at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday to the 2500 block of 14th Avenue Court on a report that a gang party had erupted into a fight.

Police discovered two people had been stabbed — one to the right side of the body and the other person in an arm.…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on March 10, 2010 at 6:11am — No Comments

Three men shot and killed in Omaha NE.

Victims ID'd in shootings

By Jason Kuiper and Juan Perez Jr.

WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITERS

During one of many conversations with a friend he counseled and hired, an Omaha priest delivered the 24-year-old a simple…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on March 10, 2010 at 6:00am — No Comments

Two innocent people were shot over the weekend. Gang members getting more violent.

Young gang members getting more violent, Watsonville police chief says

By Jennifer Squires…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on March 10, 2010 at 5:59am — No Comments

New York Street Gang threatened to "kill any white guys they see walking in the street".

Torrington police on alert for gang activity

BY KEVIN LITTEN REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN

TORRINGTON -- Police were put on alert Sunday after two men told authorities that a New York street gang had threatened to come to the city early Sunday…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on March 10, 2010 at 5:53am — No Comments

“With gangs on the rise, school violence is on the rise,”

Schools, law enforcement speak about problems of gangs…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on March 10, 2010 at 5:45am — No Comments

Mayor Makes "Criminal" Street Activity A Misdemeanor

Mayor Makes ‘Criminal’ Street Activity ‘A’ Misdemeanor

by Brooklyn Eagle (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 03-03-2010…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on March 7, 2010 at 4:13pm — No Comments

RIP...RONALD LAMONT BARRON, GANG INTERVENTIONALIST KILLED

After years in the L.A. street gang world, Ronald Lamonte Barron devoted his life to preventing young people from following in his footsteps.

Barron, a former member of the Mansfield Crips gang that claims territory around Pico Boulevard and La Brea Avenue, was one of a few gang outreach workers who was trusted enough by Los Angeles authorities to counsel young offenders in the jails.

Barron was leaving a bar in his old neighborhood Sunday night with his… Continue

Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on February 9, 2010 at 6:16am — No Comments

10-20, Produced by Terrisha Kearse, Terrisha will be a guest on our Radio Show March 3rd, 2010

Winner of HBO’s Best Feature Film at the 2009 Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival, “10-20″ (pronounced ten to twenty) is an extraordinary film from new comer, Terrisha Kearse. Emotional and powerful, the film derives its name from a law in Florida that gives first time offenders of…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on February 6, 2010 at 6:30pm — No Comments

NO Seatbelt....NO Excuse....

Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on February 4, 2010 at 1:26pm — No Comments

TEXTING WHILE DRIVING CAN KILL

Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on February 4, 2010 at 1:23pm — No Comments

Jersey City double murder likely gang-related

Hudson prosecutor: Jersey City double murder likely gang-related

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

By SARAH RAHMAN

JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

Two Jersey City men were both shot in the head yesterday morning at the corner of Woodlawn Avenue and Corcoran Street in what police believe to be a gang-related execution.

At around 4 a.m., cops found Lester "Bleek" Thompson and Mileak Richardson sprawled on the sidewalk face down, Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio… Continue

Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on February 3, 2010 at 8:30pm — No Comments

ID theft operation uncovered in Phoenix and surrounding communities

Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on February 2, 2010 at 8:43pm — No Comments

Use of Twitter, Facebook rising among gang members (Los Angeles, CA):

By THOMAS WATKINS

The Associated Press

Tuesday, February 2, 2010; 2:24 PM

LOS ANGELES -- When a gang member was released from jail soon after his arrest for selling methamphetamine, friends and associates assumed he had cut a deal with authorities and become a police informant.

They sent a warning on Twitter that went like this: We have a snitch in our midst.

Unbeknownst to them, that tweet and the traffic it generated were being closely followed by… Continue

Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on February 2, 2010 at 7:32pm — No Comments

History Channel to feature Columbia gangs

A prime-time History Channel show on local television tonight will focus on a face of Columbia rarely seen - the capital city as a mecca for bloody gang violence and drug dealing.

"In the Deep South, one gang reigns supreme . . . the Gangsta Killa Bloods," intones a deep-voiced narrator at the show's beginning.

The show airs at 8 p.m. today on the History Channel, channel 45 on Time Warner Cable. It is part of the History Channel's gangland series.

For the next… Continue

Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on February 1, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

Maker of 'Stop Snitching' Videos Convicted

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 29) -- Ronnie "Skinny Suge" Thomas, a Maryland gang leader who produced and starred in the infamous "Stop Snitching" videos, was convicted Thursday in Baltimore federal court of being part of an organization involved in drug trafficking, conspiracy to commit murder and robbery.

Authorities alleged that Thomas and another gang member Sherman Pride, who was also convicted Thursday, were part of the Tree Top Piru Bloods (TTP Bloods). Twenty-five other people have… Continue

Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on February 1, 2010 at 9:23am — No Comments

This is amazing...

Be sure to read and review the PICTURE! This was shared by an anonymous doctor.

A couple of days ago I was running (I use that term very loosely) on my treadmill, watching a DVD sermon by Louie Giglio... And I was BLOWN AWAY! I want to share what I learned.... But I fear not being able to convey it as well as I want. I will share anyway.

He (Louie) was talking about how inconceivably BIG our God is.... How He spoke the universe into being.... Then He went on to speak of… Continue

Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on January 26, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments