Street Gangs of Los Angeles : VIDEO : Youth gangs are nothing new; youth gangs that control whole sections of the city, their brutality fueled and financed by drugs, their indifference to life a metaphor for the ease with which they murder—this is what has made Los Angeles’ gangs so frightening an omen of the future of America’s cities. This program looks at the thrills and dangers of life for black and Hispanic gang members, and at the occasionally successful efforts of parents in gang-run neighborhoods to keep their children safe. (44 minutes)

Street Gangs of Los Angeles

Youth gangs are nothing new; youth gangs that control whole sections of the city, their brutality fueled and financed by drugs, their indifference to life a metaphor for the ease with which they murder—this is what has made Los Angeles’ gangs so frightening an omen of the future of America’s cities. This program looks at the thrills and dangers of life for black and Hispanic gang members, and at the occasionally successful efforts of parents in gang-run neighborhoods to keep their children safe. (44 minutes)

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