Gang Members

Nov 26 2012

Rival gang members

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A parolee was in fair condition today with a head wound he suffered when he was shot in the head on the Harbor (110) Freeway in South Los Angeles while being pursued by gang rivals, police said.

The incident began around 8:30 p.m. Sunday, when a gang member recently paroled to a rival gang’s area set out to see his girlfriend, said Sgt. James Winter of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Southeast Station.

“It started on surface streets,” Winter said.

Nov 16 2012

Victim not a gang member

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A 50-year-old man was wounded in both arms today in a gang-related drive-by shooting in South Los Angeles, police said.

The victim was standing near the corner of Cimarron Street and Manchester Avenue around 2:10 a.m. when three females in a passing black Chevrolet Equinox yelled an expletive denigrating an area Crips gang clique before someone inside the SUV opened fire, said Lt. Manny Santoyo of the Los Angeles Police Department’s 77th Street Station.

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Oct 25 2012

Group plans to foster international program

Create Now is a nonprofit organization that serves vulnerable youth ages 2 to 25 who have been abused, neglected, abandoned, orphaned, homeless, runaways, teen parents, substance abusers, victims of domestic violence, children of prisoners, gang members or incarcerated.

Oct 24 2012

Both remain hospitalized

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Two suspected gang members were wounded in a drive-by shooting Tuesday tonight in South Los Angeles.

Two suspects in a sedan yelled a gang slogan and opened fire on the victims, one 29 and the other 25 years old, around 8:30 p.m. in the 1300 block of East Vernon Avenue, near Ascot Avenue, said Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. Alex Baez, watch commander at the Newton Station.

Sep 20 2012

Three in custody; one suspect still being sought

Criminal charges were filed against three alleged gang members accused of robbing a Bank of America branch in Canyon Country and leading sheriff’s deputies on a wild chase on Wednesday, Sept. 12, during which stolen money was tossed from the windows of a stolen SUV in South Los Angeles.

Phillip Ely, 29, of Carson; Lavelle Lee Mosley, 22, of Los Angeles; and Terion Lamarr Collins, 25, described as a transient, pleaded not guilty in San Fernando Superior Court to four counts each of second-degree robbery and one count each of kidnapping to commit another crime.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.