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 Peru Gang Accused 
 of Killing to Harvest Fat 

Cosmetics firms said to pay $60K/gallon; experts skeptical

Nov 19, 09 10:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Peruvian police today arrested four men accused of killing dozens of people and selling their fat to cosmetics companies in Europe. At a news conference that featured several bottles of fat, which police say the gang sold for $60,000 per gallon, authorities didn’t produce any evidence of sales,... More »

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crime • Peru • gang violence • cosmetics • strange stuff • fat harvesting

 Gangs, Race, and 
 More Limbaugh 
 NFL Slams 

Talk show host has repeatedly bashed players and culture of football league

Oct 12, 09 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Al Sharpton has urged the NFL to block Rush Limbaugh's purchase of the St. Louis Rams, calling him “anti-NFL.” Sharpton was particularly disturbed, Politico reports, by a “recent statement that the NFL was beginning to look like a fight between the Crips and the Bloods without the... More »

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NFL • St. Louis Rams • Al Sharpton • Rush Limbaugh • Crips • racism • Bloods • gang violence • Donovan McNabb • pro football • Rush Limbaugh racist quotes

 White House: 
 Beating Vid 
 'Chilling' 

Obama prepares to pitch Chitown Olympics as city reels from murder

Oct 1, 09 4:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Barack Obama prepares to make a pitch to hold the Olympics in his hometown, the White House is decrying a "chilling" videotaped beating death of a teenager in the same city. It's one of the most shocking things "you can ever see," White House spokesman Robert... More »

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high school • Chicago • crime • White House • murder • gang violence • videotape • beatings • teenager • videotaped beating • Derrion Albert

Director of Gang Documentary Shot Dead

French filmmaker falls victim to violence he recorded in El Salvador

Sep 4, 09 7:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The director of a documentary about the brutal gang life in El Salvador was himself the victim of gang violence, shot dead in a car 10 miles outside San Salvador, the Independent reports. Christian Poveda, a 52-year-old French filmmaker, directed La Vida Loca, which aired locally and hits France this... More »

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murder • gangs • documentary • gang violence • film director • El Salvador

(Newser) - A gang of young British toughs armed with snakes used a python to bite a teen they pinned to a wall, reports the Guardian. The 14-year-old boy is recovering with two puncture wounds in his hand. He suffered breathing difficulties, but paramedics say that was due to panic and not... More »

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crime • snake • Bristol • gang violence • Britain • teenager • pythons • snake attack

 LA Fights Park Crime 
 With Midnight Lights 

Even gang members invited to summer nights of food, music

Jul 12, 09 1:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Los Angeles' rundown parks used to be hotbeds of gang violence that scared away law-abiding neighbors after dark, but a new program has brought both a sense of community and a reduction in crime, the New York Times reports. The solution, which has already seen an 86% drop in homicides... More »

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gangs • Los Angeles • homicide • light • gang violence • public park

 Canadian Hitman 
 Cops to 27 Murders 

Assassin took out rival gang members during Quebec's biker wars

Apr 1, 09 5:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Canadian contract killer confessed yesterday to murdering 27 people during Quebec's biker wars, reports the Toronto Star. Gerald Gallant turned police informant after receiving a life sentence in 2001 for yet another murder. The biker, 58, received no extra time for his confession and will be eligible for parole... More »

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Canada • murder • hitman • gang violence • Quebec • assassin • Hells' Angels • motorcycle gang • bike gang

(Newser) - Arizona’s three state universities are following the State Department and attempting to dissuade students from spending spring break in Mexican border towns, a traditional pastime, because of drug-associated violence there, the AP reports. One federal official called the warning “sage advice,” noting “documented violence, attacks, killings”... More »

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War on Drugs • Mexico • Arizona • Mexican border • University of Arizona • Mexican drug war • gang violence • Tijuana • drug cartel • spring break • Ciudad Juarez • Nogales

Rising Gang Violence
Sparks 80% of US Crime

Groups increase presence on web, school campuses

Jan 31, 09 6:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Growing by the year, US gangs boast about 1 million members and are responsible for up to 80% of crimes across the country, a new federal report says. Law enforcement crackdowns have helped, but gangs remain resistant. "They evolve and adapt,” said an FBI official. “They know... More »

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FBI • drugs • crime • gangs • gang violence

 5 Shot Outside 
 Chicago High School 

Attackers opened fire as South Side students exited basketball game

Jan 10, 09 1:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Chicago cops are hunting gunmen who shot five people outside a South Side high school, reports the Chicago Tribune. The attackers opened fire from an SUV last night as a basketball game at Dunbar High School was ending. Witnesses say the gunmen pretended to fire before shooting into a crowd... More »

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Chicago • school shooting • Illinois • gang violence • shooting • South Side

OPINION



 Sorry, Pops, 
 Lily Allen Ain't 
 My Mouthpiece 

Mockney posturing does not make her an expert on gang violence

Dec 21, 08 12:07 PM CST
(Newser) - British pop singer Lily Allen can carry a cute tune, but "spokesperson for her generation"? Puh-leeze, Emily Hill writes in Spiked. Allen's first album, Alright, Still, "soundtracked a summer," inspiring middle-aged music hacks to praise her and London Mayor Boris Johnson to ask for her insight... More »

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British • youth • gang violence • musician • Boris Johnson • Lily Allen • cockny

(AP) - The unlikely stars of Ice Cube's new video are the grieving relatives of a 17-year-old high school football star shot to death outside his home. The song "Why Me?" speaks out against senseless violence and gun crime devastating communities. "It just was a tragic, tragic story of why,... More »

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music • gang violence • rap music • Ice Cube

Riot Police Move In on Parisian Gang War

Violence in French capital leaves several bystanders dead

Sep 18, 08 8:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - French riot police have been deployed to contain a gang war in the northeast of Paris, as fighting between youths from two rival housing projects has left several bystanders dead, reports the Guardian. Unlike earlier violence in France, this battle is taking place not in suburban ghettos but in the... More »

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France • Paris • gang violence • shooting • housing projects

ACLU Blasts Town's 9pm Teen Curfew

Wave of shootings prompts Hartford
to crack down

Aug 14, 08 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Connecticut ACLU officials are blasting a blanket 9pm teen curfew in Hartford and are considering challenging the crackdown in court, AP reports. The month-long curfew is due to begin tonight. The city announced the curfew after weekend shootings left one dead and 10 wounded. ACLU lawyers say the move violates... More »

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gangs • ACLU • American Civil Liberties Union • Connecticut • gang violence • curfew • Hartford

analysis

 Why Is Memphis the New
 South Bronx? 

Demolition of low-income housing has only redistributed the problem

Jun 29, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite a flattened national crime rate in large cities, Memphis was recently dubbed the nation's leader in violent crime, prompting Atlantic Monthly to ask: “Why has Elvis’s hometown turned into America’s new South Bronx?" Local experts offer an unsettling answer: demolition of low-income housing projects isn’t... More »

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poverty • gang violence • urban poverty • Memphis • public housing

LA Mourns Slain High School Football Star

19-year-old gang member charged
with capital murder

Mar 12, 08 3:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mourners packed the funeral of a Los Angeles high school football star yesterday as police charged a gang member with capital murder in his death, the LA Times reports. The shooting of 17-year-old Jamiel Shaw only three doors away from his home was the latest in a spate of killings... More »

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gangs • Los Angeles • Antonio Villaraigosa • LAPD • gang violence • shooting

Cops Nab Gang Member in Bus Stop Shooting

He belonged to Crips,
was trying to make name for himself

Feb 28, 08 8:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Los Angeles police today arrested a gang member who they say shot five children and three adults at a city bus stop yesterday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Police say the suspect, a member of the Crips, had been trying to make a name for himself as an enforcer in... More »

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Crips • Los Angeles • gang violence • bus stop shooting • bystanders

Girl Gangs Clash in Paris

Cops shocked by girl gangs fighting with knives, tear gas

Feb 23, 08 2:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Paris cops recently broke up a suburban street-fight between rival gangs—but this time the gangsters were girls, the Times of London reports. "They had knives, screwdrivers, sticks and teargas and they were really going for each other," one officer said. Girl violence has spiked 140% in France... More »

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France • gangs • Paris • youth • gang violence • teenager

Gang Gun Battle Shuts Down LA Neighborhood

Streets, schools closed after police shootout with drive-by killers

Feb 22, 08 7:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Dozens of streets in Los Angeles were shut down yesterday following a police gun battle with gang members, the Los Angeles Times reports. Schools were locked down and residents ordered to stay in their homes as police searched for suspects in a drive-by shooting that left a man dead from... More »

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gangs • Los Angeles • LAPD • gang violence • Swat • shooting

LA Gang Killings Down 27% Since '06

Crackdown on 11 most dangerous groups by wide range of agencies credited

Jan 11, 08 7:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Los Angeles gang killings dropped 27% from the 2006 high of nearly 300, reports the Los Angeles Times. The city reported 216 gang-related killings in 2007, which still accounted for more than half of all homicides in Los Angeles. Authorities credited the reduction to a program that used police, federal... More »

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murder • violence • gang violence • killings

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